GKPE 8, Yet more NZ ramblings from some flightless Kiwis.

Mark0159 wrote in post #18891096
so getting a new computer, so many things to look in to. Do you know how much to spend? do you have a brand that you perfer? is this going to mainly for editing? does screen size matter?

If you are thinking on the photoediting side and the cash can go that far, look for a laptop that has it's own video card.

but most of it comes down to how much you want to spend. Come up with a number that's seems like the right amount you want to spend but just allow for a little bit more, just in case.

I'm thinking at the absolute most $2000, but prefer less.

Not aligned to brand.

Mainly Lightroom, and a bit of media, but editing mainly. Bigger screen best for my eyes - 15.6 I think, I hope...

Thanks

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Mark0159 wrote in post #18891096
so getting a new computer, so many things to look in to. Do you know how much to spend? do you have a brand that you perfer? is this going to mainly for editing? does screen size matter?

If you are thinking on the photoediting side and the cash can go that far, look for a laptop that has it's own video card.

but most of it comes down to how much you want to spend. Come up with a number that's seems like the right amount you want to spend but just allow for a little bit more, just in case.

Thanks for that. Without going crazy will go for best specs I can afford.

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", and an M5, also an M6 that has had a 720nm filter bolted onto the sensor:
TF posting: here

https://tonysearle.co.​nz

weka2000 wrote in post #18891451
I got my HP ProBook from PBtech $1500 ……. SSD and 16gig RAM 15" screen. Had no issues.

Will check them out .. sounds perfect.

Thanks all for thoughts.

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

joeseph wrote in post #18891296
For me, that would depend on pricing and warranty - no point paying too much when same item is cheaper elsewhere. on the other hand, you dont want to have to ship it back to Siberia if something goes wrong.

Dont be even remotely tempted to buy an extended warranty as the consumer guarantees act covers stuff for much the same period.

If it helps any, I bought a HP laptop recently from JB Hifi for travelling and the hard drive (ssd) is way too small really, so I'll be upgrading that at some stage.

My old HP laptop, a Compag Presario failed just a week or two out of warranty, motherboard I seem to recall. The place I bought it at weren't interested, so I wrote to HP in the States. They arranged for it to be couriered somewhere, repaired it, replaced the keyboard which failed after the mobo repair, and it still runs with Linux on it. It was in the days of Windows with the odd name which fails me. Have used to edit in Linux, but it's slow, and wouldn't meet specs for Win 10, and wouldn't run Lightroom I think.

I support HP because of that, having said above I wasn't aligned to brand!

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Mark
https://www.flickr.com​/photos/52782633@N04
Canon EOS 6D | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM | Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD | Canon Speedlite 550EX -|- Film | Canon EOS 3 | Olympus OM2 | Zuiko 35mm f2

Mark0159 wrote in post #18891725
Best of all, it works better than your current one

That is for sure! Lol.

Rule for new laptop - keep wine well away

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Mark
https://www.flickr.com​/photos/52782633@N04
Canon EOS 6D | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM | Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD | Canon Speedlite 550EX -|- Film | Canon EOS 3 | Olympus OM2 | Zuiko 35mm f2

Mark0159 wrote in post #18891729
hmm I would recommend keeping all liquids away from it, just to be on the safe side.

True - all food and fluid

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

https://tonysearle.co.​nz

'mericans...

Canon EOS 1D X • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @560mm • 1/200 • f/20 • ISO 800

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some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", and an M5, also an M6 that has had a 720nm filter bolted onto the sensor:
TF posting: here

British:

Canon EOS 1D X • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @153mm • 1/200 • f/25 • ISO 800

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(sorry, no audio - 12x Merlins sounded great though!)

some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", and an M5, also an M6 that has had a 720nm filter bolted onto the sensor:
TF posting: here