On Oct 28, 2010, at 7:10 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > .....I say no. > > BTW this is not meant to start an OS war, please. > > I was pondering this last night. Lets see if i can convey the thoughts.;-) > > When i decided to up grade a camera back in film days, i just did, > then add the film and carried on.
The good news is that every year and a half the amount of processing power that you can get for your dollar doubles. The bad news is that every year and a half the amount of processing power that folks who write software assume that you have doubles. For many years it pretty much cost $2,000 for a standard home computer. If things worked like the film era, that $2,000 would still buy you an Osborne 1 or a TRS-80. Today, for $1,000 you can buy a laptop computer with enough processing power that back then it would have given the researchers at LANL a priapism that lasted a week. > > Now i;m kinda stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. > > Neither the PC i have nor the iBook have enough umph or proper OS to > upgrade my editing programs such asLR2 to LR3. That's not a problem > unless i stick with the cameras i have or up grade to something LR2 > can handle Raw wise, like a D700 or D300s. I;m not even sure the new > cameras like the D3100 and D7000 Raw files can be used. You can always use third party raw converters. On the other hand, I find the noise reduction capabilities of LR3 to be the killer ap. > The jpegs i shoot with my K10D are fine sharpness wise so i don't > bother with Raw, however i have noticed with the Nikons with the > higher mp's shooting in Raw is the way to go to get sharper photos, at > least with the D200, which after 4 years i have figured out. > > So when i comes time to upgrade, if i'm allowed, it looks like not > only the expense of the camera, possibly lenses as well, but new > computers and software. How old are your computers? You can't do much about the iBook, but you could possibly save a few dollars upgrading the M/B in your PC. If it's an older PC, you may also need to spring another $70 to buy a 1TB SATA drive for it. If you aren't looking for the latest and greatest, and can still use your video card: $120 for M/B, $100 for CPU, $100 for memory should make a huge step up. > > Something i dont remember having to worry about in the film days. I know what you're saying. My car is the same way. The cost of gas keeps going up, I need to get it smogged every two years, not to mention the price of oil changes, tune ups, insurance and registration. We just didn't have to worry about this back in the horse and buggy days. > > Dave > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
