Anyone use PFixer with a BCF-2000?

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Just got mine yesterday and love the way Lightroom adjusts the motorised sliders on the BCF-2000! Should make working through a stack of images a whole lot faster and more intuitive.

I'm a bit of a tech numpty though and can't work out if it's possible to assign sliders to adjust parameters for the Graduated Filter or Radial Filter... any other users out there who have any idea if this is possible?
 
I am thinking of getting this:
PFixer MiniMal Bundle
Anybody using this?
Can you tell me how did you get BCF-2000?
Their website shows that they don't ship it to UK and it is out of stock anyway.
What has been your experience with it so far?
Thanks.
 
saglik said:
Can you tell me how did you get BCF-2000?
Their website shows that they don't ship it to UK and it is out of stock anyway.
What has been your experience with it so far?
Thanks.
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As you say, they don't ship the BCF-2000 to the UK but you can get one from loads of UK music suppliers (or there are several used on eBay)... the only difference is that you have to install the decal overlay yourself instead of having it arrive all recalled up. The overlay arrived within a week of ordering so no real hardship and, of course, the software is just a download. Really easy to set up, even for a numpty like me. Take your time installing the overlay though, it's really sticky and I suspect that if you get it wrong the first time (or even slightly out of line) then I doubt you'll get it off cleanly for another go!

Took a little bit of getting used to but seriously loving it now! Using physical sliders for basic adjustments instead of the on screen ones is so much more intuitive and massively faster. I love the way the sliders are motorised too so they just set themselves almost instantly to the correct levels when you change images. Rotary dials are great too, my workflow is faster and, well, just more fun!
 
I would consider skipping pfixer and just buying a used bcf2000 from eBay and trying midi2lr (for free)
 
Paid £120 for mine on eBay about a month ago, it's just a case of waiting for well priced one to come along. There's a used one on there at the moment for £90 with just under 2 days left to run and no bids yet, I was lucky with mine as the guy was local to me as well
 
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saglik said:
BCF2000 controllers are not that easy to find from eBay these days.
I have been looking but usually they go over £200 and don't want to spend that much really.
Does anybody have any experience with this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/..._rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=577047927&pf_rd_i=desktop

If anybody out there used one of these can you please share your experience?
Thanks
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I think the good thing about the BCF2000 is the motorized faders which automatically adjust when you switch between photos
 
I put in a bid for that one already.
The brand new ones costs £219 from a UK supplier with a free delivery.
I might go for that if I cannot find one at ebay for a reasonable price.
Thank you for the help.
 
I bought that unit now and received the midi controller.
Downloaded the software and the combination works very nicely.
I need to keep practicing it for a while but it looks promising.
I like this solution so far.
I will write once I use this system for few weeks and I know more about this.
The unit cost was £98 including the postage.
I am now waiting for the overlay and I think it will help me more when I install that on the unit itself.
Thank you for the help guys.
Appreciated.
 
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