Sony A7x lounge

I'm nik colour Efex there's a thing called white neutraliser. You use the eye dropper and click on the bit you want white. You can then mask it in so that it only changes the required parts

xpfloyd wrote in post #18132876
I'm nik colour Efex there's a thing called white neutraliser. You use the eye dropper and click on the bit you want white. You can then mask it in so that it only changes the required parts

I will have to give it a try. Thank you sir!

mystik610 wrote in post #18132719
iOS is a more efficient OS than windows so given two machines with similar specs, a mac tends to run better. That was my impression as of 5 years ago at least. Realistically, we've sort of maxed out the specs that we need out of personal computers. Unless you play games or run something that really taxes the hardware (i.e. video editing), you'd be hard pressed to sense a difference in performance and the preference for one OS over another is largely a matter of taste.

Hehe my laptop at the new job has windows 10 installed. I actually like the OS a lot. The new version of excel is super sluggish which I hate though.

iOS is mobile OS, so yes it would be more "efficient"

if you meant MacOS, that not true, windows 10 would be more efficient now.

What new version of excel? 2016? mine will open up by the time I de-press the mouse button. One thing that slows down office programs are plugins that get attached (adobe PDF, nitro PDF, Google drive, etc....) that launch with it.

people get this false feeling that Mac is faster, as new mac are much more expensive so they come with PCIE based SSD (1500-2500 MBps) now, so when they compare it to a cheap PC running a hard drive (90-150 MBps) or SATA based SSD (300-550 MBps), it might feel slower. Not every SSD is the same.

If you want the best performance get a PCIe add-on card or M.2 with PCIe using nvme, and I doubt the PC at your work has one of those.

Playing in the backyard yesterday. Setup my a7r2 with metabones and tamron 70-200 2.8 VC. Used a remote so that I could stay out of the heat. This little one guards the feeders, very territorial!

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Mg9K​xX

I was a Windows/Linux only guy until somewhere around August 2006 when I first tried out Hackintosh on my Windows laptop which made me buy my first Mac in October 2006. Since then I've owned 3 Mac Mini models and played around with various iMac and Macbook models at work. Right now I'm having fun with Windows 10 on my old gaming PC (i5-2500K, 6GB RAM, GTX 970 4GB).

That being said, if I wasn't a gamer, I would only be using Macs at home. I like Windows (10) as well, but I just prefer Macs, since I can dive into a terminal and use linux/unix commands. You can do way more powerful things in a linux/unix terminal than in a Windows command prompt. All Adobe products are also available on Mac, so Macs combine the best of both worlds for me.

Regarding viruses... It all depends on what people do with their computers. If you visit fishy websites, tend to click on any attachment/link in e-mails, use pirated software, et cetera, then yes, you're more likely to get a virus using Windows than when using OS X. And that's not solely due to Windows having a larger user base. That being said, even though I know what I'm doing, I always use a virus scanner on Windows (NOD32) to help ease my mind while I've never used a virus scanner on Mac so far.

Macs aren't cheap indeed, but they are not so expensive anymore as 10 years ago. The problem is people only compare the hardware specs and then come to the conclusion that Macs are expensive. Things that are often overlooked are:

- All Macs come with OS X, if you build your own PC you still have to buy a Windows version which is very expensive if you go for the maximum edition.
- Macs often use laptop hardware which isn't cheap.
- Macs that come with laptop hardware will save you money on your electricity bill.
- Good design has a price.

I never once said osx was immune to virises. I stated windows is easier to hack which it is. My windows machine (which I rarely use)is updating security patches daily. Every day some one has found a way to hack into the os. Hacked software is VERY readily available for Windows because its easy to hack. Very little available for osx. Most not all virus developers target windows as its easier to infect.
But back to the original post I do belive a PC or Mac with equal hardware should be the same. As mentioned it's prob more of a ram issue. I recently upgraded my laptop because of ram. Yes my files are not as large as the a7r2 but light room runs smooth as well as all plug-ins.

All I know is I've never had a BSOD on my MacBook, in fact in 2 years of ownership it hasn't crashed once. Macs in built time machine software is also hassle free when it comes to backups. I've tried similar software on my PCs and they are always a faff. I still like PCs though and I also like win10. My MacBook dual boots to win10 as I have some PC only software. Best of both worlds

genesimmons wrote in post #18132895
I never once said osx was immune to virises. I stated windows is easier to hack which it is. My windows machine (which I rarely use)is updating security patches daily. Every day some one has found a way to hack into the os. Hacked software is VERY readily available for Windows because its easy to hack. Very little available for osx. Most not all virus developers target windows as its easier to infect.
But back to the original post I do belive a PC or Mac with equal hardware should be the same. As mentioned it's prob more of a ram issue. I recently upgraded my laptop because of ram. Yes my files are not as large as the a7r2 but light room runs smooth as well as all plug-ins.

https://en.wikipedia.o​rg/wiki/Patch_Tuesday

bunch of nonsense.

With windows 10, they seemed to have moved away from Patch Tuesday.
Here is update history
https://support.micros​oft.com …windows-10-update-history
Your "daily" comment is still nonsense.

Apple releases less updates, that is true, that is also the reason why MAC has more vulnerabilities, MAC is easier to hack, Apple is slow to respond with security fixes, that why their OSs are most vulnerable.

"Hacked software is VERY readily available for Windows because its easy to hack" I don't know if I should cry or laugh by that statement.

you know nothing about hacking... either way, your "hacked software" majority is not "hacked", majority is keygen, which is a pattern recognition. once you get few keys, you can figure out a pattern.

Software getting compromised by OTHER companies have nothing to do with Operating systems security.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18132901
All I know is I've never had a BSOD on my MacBook, in fact in 2 years of ownership it hasn't crashed once. Macs in built time machine software is also hassle free when it comes to backups. I've tried similar software on my PCs and they are always a faff. I still like PCs though and I also like win10. My MacBook dual boots to win10 as I have some PC only software. Best of both worlds

My PCs don't get BSOD either...

type "mac crash" in google and you get 33,330,000 results... so, so yap, it never happens difference is its not called a BSOD, its kernel crash.
people using macs don't know what the correct terms are, so you have to simply it, hence "mac crash"

xpfloyd wrote in post #18132901
All I know is I've never had a BSOD on my MacBook, in fact in 2 years of ownership it hasn't crashed once. Macs in built time machine software is also hassle free when it comes to backups. I've tried similar software on my PCs and they are always a faff. I still like PCs though and I also like win10. My MacBook dual boots to win10 as I have some PC only software. Best of both worlds

I remember when I was in college and the school had a local library which was equipped with old CRT iMacs. I managed to get a BSOD on one after a few minutes of use (was my first experience with Macs). The funny part is that I was using Internet Explorer (I believe version 5) while the BSOD occurred. I really hated Macs back then.

Edit: before nekrosoft13 gets on his high horse, yes it was a kernel crash, but let's keep it understandable to most people.

nekrosoft13 wrote in post #18132930
My PCs don't get BSOD either...

type "mac crash" in google and you get 33,330,000 results... so, so yap, it never happens difference is its not called a BSOD, its kernel crash.

its all the same hardware, the difference is Apple keeps a closed garden, and they only use the same hardware over and over and over and over again. they don't let you change anything.

With PCs there is no limit/no restrictions to what hardware you can use, and sometimes that can cause problems, but if buy good hardware, and not crap from unknown companies you are fine.

Yes, time machine is a good, no argument there.

Anyway, I'm done with this topic, no winning it here, especially on photography forums...

btw... a 12 years experience in industrial IT/security

I am a die-hard PC user. Even when working at newspapers, which nearly always had Mac work stations. I did my processing on my own computer and transferred files to their Macs.

Haha I guess the bigger the font the smarter u must be haha to funny. ߘ

Sony announces 42MP Alpha 99 Mark II with 5-axis stabilization


https://www.dpreview.c​om …nnounces-alpha-99-mark-ii

Sony a99 II Officially Announced ! (42MP, 12fps, $3,198)

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS from B&H Photo Video

Dual SD Card Slots; 14-Bit Raw Output

http://www.cameraegg.o​rg …9ii-officially-announced/

nekrosoft13 wrote in post #18132930
My PCs don't get BSOD either...

type "mac crash" in google and you get 33,330,000 results... so, so yap, it never happens difference is its not called a BSOD, its kernel crash.
people using macs don't know what the correct terms are, so you have to simply it, hence "mac crash"

its all the same hardware, the difference is Apple keeps a closed garden, and they only use the same hardware over and over and over and over again. they don't let you change anything.

With PCs there is no limit/no restrictions to what hardware you can use, and sometimes that can cause problems, but if buy good hardware, and not crap from unknown companies you are fine.

Yes, time machine is a good, no argument there.

Anyway, I'm done with this topic, no winning it here, especially on photography forums...

btw... a 12 years experience in industrial IT/security

Where did I say it never happens? I said it's never happened to me. Your sweeping generalisations are quite rude - "people using macs don't know what the correct terms are". Yeah I'm a moron, you got me