Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

DTBaan wrote in post #18689322
dual monitors! how could you do with out? :P

honestly though.. On my bonus monitor that I use for media, I do wish I could have gotten a 4k monitor to view 4k. I decided not to because at that time it was meant for 1080p so I didnt think I need the 4k. Now more 4k medias are available so I will eventually get a 4k to replace the old.

but in your case, you already have a 4k tv, I think dual screen will be more useful for your needs.

btw I have that same case at work and I think it looks nice one problem I have is if I installed an extra mechanical hard drive on the upper right section where the cd-rom is, it tends to rattle. I would have to stick some sort of object (used cardboard) to tighten up the fit.

34" 3440x1440 without rescale, I'm liking more than dual screens.

fwiw, I use a dual screen setup right next to my 34" setup, and dual screen is nice for some stuff, but the single is generally nicer once I use snap-in software to make it behave like dual screens. When editing photo/video, I often use the entire 34" screen, and a divider in the middle would annoy me to death with dual screens. It's not all about resolution, but size as well, 34" is the size of dual smaller monitors, about 2x the size of my 17" laptop, but taller (more vertical realestate).

navydoc wrote in post #18689413
I did wind up ordering a second monitor like the one I'm already familiar with, a 2K 2560 x 1440 IPS from Dell. Heck, I get neck strain from viewing 2K on a 27" monitor now. If I set two 27" monitors side by side, I'd need a neck brace for sure.

Thanks for the heads up on the 'rattle' issue. The new computer is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow and I plan on installing the secondary 1.5TB drive from my current computer to the new one. I'll know then which bays are in use and which are available. My drive that will be exported over has all my programs, keys, serial numbers, desk top shortcuts, and a spreadsheet of subscription sites and other locations such as the control panel to my personal website with the usernames/passwords and links. I'm amazed at just how many there are.

keen to hear your overall thoughts on the speed once you have had a chance to use it for a bit Gene for edits etc. If I eventually get round to building a new editing pc I’m going to use the same chip (well the 8700k but both similar). My ultimate goal is a dual screen setup. I currently do all my edits on a 15” MacBook Pro retina and whilst it isn’t holding me back I would like the extra screen space. Where I put it in the house is the main issue, that’s why I sold my last one. My house looks like a toy factory that’s exploded these days

xpfloyd wrote in post #18689461
keen to hear your overall thoughts on the speed once you have had a chance to use it for a bit Gene for edits etc. If I eventually get round to building a new editing pc I’m going to use the same chip (well the 8700k but both similar). My ultimate goal is a dual screen setup. I currently do all my edits on a 15” MacBook Pro retina and whilst it isn’t holding me back I would like the extra screen space. Where I put it in the house is the main issue, that’s why I sold my last one. My house looks like a toy factory that’s exploded these days

The one thing I'm excited to discover is what bay the 1TB ssd card is located in. I have a feeling it will be the m.2 slot on the motherboard. I almost hope it will be a card mounted into the primary bay instead. That way, I could install an Intel® Optane™ memory card in the m.2 slot (this computer is optane ready).

"Intel® Optane™ memory is a smart memory technology that accelerates computers’ responsiveness. It accesses your computer’s frequently used documents, pictures, videos, and applications quickly and remembers them after you power off — enabling you to create, game, and produce with less waiting."

https://www.intel.com …nology/optane-memory.html

Even without Optane memory, I'm anxious to see how performance is increased with the addition of the Nvidia GTX 1080 graphics card. My current computer has 32gb of ram but the graphics card is a GeForce GTX 650 Ti.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18689461
keen to hear your overall thoughts on the speed once you have had a chance to use it for a bit Gene for edits etc. If I eventually get round to building a new editing pc I’m going to use the same chip (well the 8700k but both similar). My ultimate goal is a dual screen setup. I currently do all my edits on a 15” MacBook Pro retina and whilst it isn’t holding me back I would like the extra screen space

dual screen is awesome and worth trying.

I cant say how it behaves on a Macbook, but my current dual monitor system is on a windows laptop + 22" monitor, and it works great.

My Macbook has an HDMI, so I'm assuming it can do dual screens as well, and it would be a nice way to get your feet wet with dual screens. Along with my Macbook, I can have up to 4 screens going at once on my desktop , controlling them all, I use a software kvm that is absolutely brilliant, by a company named "synergy". 1 keyboard, 1 mouse, 3 computers, 4 screens, navigating with a trackwheel (found about about through some CAD guys). Super fast to navigate the through all screens.

Charlie wrote in post #18689481
dual screen is awesome and worth trying.

I cant say how it behaves on a Macbook, but my current dual monitor system is on a windows laptop + 22" monitor, and it works great.

My Macbook has an HDMI, so I'm assuming it can do dual screens as well, and it would be a nice way to get your feet wet with dual screens. Along with my Macbook, I can have up to 4 screens going at once on my desktop , controlling them all, I use a software kvm that is absolutely brilliant, by a company named "synergy". 1 keyboard, 1 mouse, 3 computers, 4 screens, navigating with a trackwheel (found about about through some CAD guys). Super fast to navigate the through all screens.

Souns like your computer setup must look like "Mission Control" at Cape Canaveral.

navydoc wrote in post #18689487
Souns like your computer setup must look like "Mission Control" at Cape Canaveral.

my Macbook is also running Parallels for Win 10 AND Win 7 virtual machines at the same time

few of the machines also run dragon for dictation support

once you get the hang of it, it's quite fluid. I have a mix of onedrive and dropbox if I want to sync/share across computers, sometimes it can be tough with windows shares and Macs.

I wanted to mention that I was late choosing the winner of this past weeks 52 week photo challenge but based on the likes, the prize goes to Travis. He just posted this weeks theme and he and I both hope more of you will submit your entry.

The theme for this Week 31 is Around The House

Around the House. I don't know where the competition thread is located.
But these were taken around the cabin. Mostly for Eriet or anyone else interested
in the Tam FE AF 28-75.
I did the firmware update on this lens a few weeks ago. Forced myself to take
it to the cabin today.

More for Eriet and anyone else interested in the Tam 2875

Last one

Here's the link to the 52 week challenge Robert.

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1490504

I didn’t see this posted here yet (sorry if I missed it). Finally one central site that’ll hopefully save us some money on Sony gear.

http://www.sonypricewa​tch.com

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18689644
Around the House. I don't know where the competition thread is located.
But these were taken around the cabin. Mostly for Eriet or anyone else interested
in the Tam FE AF 28-75.
I did the firmware update on this lens a few weeks ago. Forced myself to take
it to the cabin today.

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Mine went back to ACE today. Mo is going to send me a new one.

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My copy would not have been able to do that. Thanks for the validation love these..... but what is all that green?? I live in the land of brown