Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

TRhoads wrote in post #18748380
is that a sky swap?

no that's from a fire 15miles away.

Miranda1 wrote in post #18748208
I don't but I'm in the market to upgrade my existing MacPro tower. I thought about going with the iMAC but I think I may end up with a fully spec'd Mac Mini instead, I just love the form factor of those things and the latest update has made it a contender for me. I thought about the hackintosh route as well, I've built more than my share of workstations in the past but at stage in my life I couldn't be bothered, I just want something that works straight out of the box.

The plot thickens. There are really mixed reviews online about the performance of the 2017 imac 27 5K with lightroom CC. Some are saying its really sluggish and has issues when scrolling the library in loupe view. Others are saying its fine. There seems to be an issue with Adobes code as smooth scroll is windows enabled only (However my current macbook doesnt have the issue so not sure if that actually is the issue). Theres also a lot of confusion as some people chime in on the threads who have the 2015 imac or older versions of lightroom which doesnt help clarify the 2017 imac with LRCC issue. Im now worried about spending the money on the imac and end up frustrated with lightroom. I really love the mac OS though. I may just revert back to the original plan and build a PC that I know will be fast (and upgradeable)

EDIT - If my googling is correct it looks like the "3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7" CPU in the mac mini is the i7-8700 CPU from Intel which is the very CPU I was planning on building my PC around anyway. Very tempted by the mini now!

Edit 2 - the lack of gpu acceleration may be an issue. Nothing is ever simple

If an older Canon L lens is showing new signs of decentering...one side of image is sharp and other is not..can that be sent to canon for repair? A good friend of mine has an older 24-70L that recently started showing these signs and at all apertures.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18748561
Edit 2 - the lack of gpu acceleration may be an issue. Nothing is ever simple

Looks like you can run one externally, but then that kinda kills the clean, compact aspect and probably the value proposition, too.

WhyFi wrote in post #18748664
Looks like you can run one externally, but then that kinda kills the clean, compact aspect and probably the value proposition, too.

The last 48 hours of researching has made me realise I really want to stay in OS X so I’m thinking I will hang fire and see if apple release a 2018/2019 iMac with the newer CPUs. The 2017 model was released just before intel released coffee lake and its the 8700k coffee lake chip that has a high potential to be in the top 27” iMac if upgraded (also the chip I was planning my pc build around). If they do that I’ll be all over an iMac

xpfloyd wrote in post #18748669
The last 48 hours of researching has made me realise I really want to stay in OS X so I’m thinking I will hang fire and see if apple release a 2018/2019 iMac with the newer CPUs. The 2017 model was released just before intel released coffee lake and its the 8700k coffee lake chip that has a high potential to be in the top 27” iMac if upgraded (also the chip I was planning my pc build around). If they do that I’ll be all over an iMac

I was eyeing the iMac pro but just recently got the i9 MacBook Pro with 32 gb of ram. Very happy with it so far.

We have several iMacs at our office and to me the biggest factor is the main drive. The processors aren’t that different and the one with platters is slow as a dog. Fusion drives are a step up. I run the one with platter off an external SSD and it’s faster. So you may want to try that with your current machine as a stop gap.

randy98mtu wrote in post #18748706
I was eyeing the iMac pro but just recently got the i9 MacBook Pro with 32 gb of ram. Very happy with it so far.

We have several iMacs at our office and to me the biggest factor is the main drive. The processors aren’t that different and the one with platters is slow as a dog. Fusion drives are a step up. I run the one with platter off an external SSD and it’s faster. So you may want to try that with your current machine as a stop gap.

My current MacBook Pro retina (late 2015) still handles everything fine (struggles with some things but generally ok). I just want a faster desktop machine with bigger screen for my main editing. Whilst they are all quick some aren’t optimised for lightroom for example the 2015 iMac is faster then the 2017 iMac for lightroom CC by all accounts. I’m sure the new processor would solve the issues though

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18748158
More effort with the 24GM.
I can already tell this one's a keeper.
Wide-field astro...1.4 is a dream, and the fly-wire focus is way way improved for manually dialing in, though
I've read that at 1.4 AF is indeed possible using the zoom in 10x and then AF.
Weight wise even if I have to walk a bit I can carry this one and the Laowa 15/2.
Landscaping looks fine to me-

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2a2Z​jJs The tree by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

That shot is fantastic--colors, pop, sharpness and composition.

Is this the best 24mm lens ever made?

xpfloyd wrote in post #18748723
My current MacBook Pro retina (late 2015) still handles everything fine (struggles with some things but generally ok). I just want a faster desktop machine with bigger screen for my main editing. Whilst they are all quick some aren’t optimised for lightroom for example the 2015 iMac is faster then the 2017 iMac for lightroom CC by all accounts. I’m sure the new processor would solve the issues though

What are they doing with GPU acceleration these days? The last I looked, which was a while back, tbh, it seemed to mostly help with zooming/panning on images with extensive cloning and stuff like that.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18748723
My current MacBook Pro retina (late 2015) still handles everything fine (struggles with some things but generally ok). I just want a faster desktop machine with bigger screen for my main editing. Whilst they are all quick some aren’t optimised for lightroom for example the 2015 iMac is faster then the 2017 iMac for lightroom CC by all accounts. I’m sure the new processor would solve the issues though

I have a high-spec original late-2014 iMac 5k (i7, SSD, 32GB RAM) and it’s been fine with the newest version of LRCC, with only an occasional slowdown. I would have thought the newer ones would be better, that seems odd. I guess I’ll wait before considering an update to mine, lol. I have noticed that the move from High Sierra to Mojave has seemed to slow things down a bit in the develop module (I’ve had some beachballs for a few seconds here and there that I didn’t have with High Sierra), but that may just require an optimization update on Adobe’s part.

Crater Lake. Last year at this time there was three feet of snow.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/P3Ro​q2

From what I’ve been reading over the last day or so it seems to be in relation to the 5k screen on the 27” model. If you reduce the lightroom window people are reporting that it solves the issue. Like I said earlier though it’s a bit confusing as so many conflicting reports. I’m going to hold out for the next edition

xpfloyd wrote in post #18748750
From what I’ve been reading over the last day or so it seems to be in relation to the 5k screen on the 27” model. If you reduce the lightroom window people are reporting that it solves the issue. Like I said earlier though it’s a bit confusing as so many conflicting reports. I’m going to hold out for the next edition

I've been reading up on it as well. I'm pretty much decided to go the mini route but I think I'm also going to hold off a bit as well, at least untill into the new year that should give some of the early adopters a chance to flush out any issues with the new mini. If the GPU is a problem with the work I normally do I suppose I could always add an external E-GPU but that kind og kills the form factor and drives up the cost significantly for me.

Miranda1 wrote in post #18748768
I've been reading up on it as well. I'm pretty much decided to go the mini route but I think I'm also going to hold off a bit as well, at least untill into the new year that should give some of the early adopters a chance to flush out any issues with the new mini. If the GPU is a problem with the work I normally do I suppose I could always add an external E-GPU but that kind og kills the form factor and drives up the cost significantly for me.

same boat as me. Not sure how much an issue the lack of gpu is currently and no idea when new iMac is due so stuck in limbo. The Mac mini looks sweet apart from that gpu issue. I need to google e-gpu as I didn’t even realise that was an option!

Does anyone know if you can install lightroom CC on more than one comp? I.e if I subscribe and install on a laptop can I also install on my desktop? (I’m still using lightroom 6 at the moment)

Edit - found the answer https://helpx.adobe.co​m …-number-of-computers.html