Re: OT? Transfers

Regarding WD vs Seagate vs HGST vs Toshiba, ... My opinion is that there is no big difference between reliability of HDDs from the major brands WD, Seagate, and HGST. (Actually HGST is now a part of WD.) I am not talking about the "bleeding edge" models. There are models (lines) in each

Re: OT? Transfers

Newegg is great. I buy a lot from them. Paul via phone > On Dec 8, 2016, at 9:20 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > Newegg isn't too bad, either - they'll currently ship a WD elements > 2TB drive to you (free shipping) for less than what staples charge > for the Seagate (and about

Re: OT? Transfers

Politics doesn't enter into my buying decisions. It's not a black and white issue, Paul via phone > On Dec 8, 2016, at 9:20 PM, John wrote: > > Staples currently has them at $89.99. Amazon & Newegg have them for $79.99 > > For me, the extra $10 to Staples is worth it

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Newegg isn't too bad, either - they'll currently ship a WD elements 2TB drive to you (free shipping) for less than what staples charge for the Seagate (and about what Frys want for it in-store). I haven't had my one long enough to be able to offer any reasonable estimate of life expectancy, but

Re: OT? Transfers

Staples currently has them at $89.99. Amazon & Newegg have them for $79.99 For me, the extra $10 to Staples is worth it because they have a local store & collect NC Sales tax at the time of sale, so I don't have to figure North Carolina's EFFED-UP internet tax at the end of the year. If I was

Re: OT? Transfers

Look at Other World. Computing also. Staples is pricey in my experience. Paul via phone > On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:36 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Dave - how much is the 2tb at Stapleswhere you are? > > ann > > >> On 12/8/2016 10:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> I have

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There are way better deals than Staples online. Start at Amazon. Paul via phone > On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:36 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Dave - how much is the 2tb at Stapleswhere you are? > > ann > > >> On 12/8/2016 10:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> I have decided, now

Re: OT? Transfers

David J Brooks wrote: oh another question. Am i getting into any troubel if i go more then 2TB for the drive, say a 3 or 4. its an older computer, 2011 iMac 21.5" with OS 10.11.6 BTW, if you have gigabit ethernet, you also might do well with a NAS box for your external archives. Is your

Re: OT? Transfers

Dave - how much is the 2tb at Stapleswhere you are? ann On 12/8/2016 10:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I have decided, now that i have the time, to transfer all of my CD and DVD back up photo disks to an external HD, I need a new one anyway and Staples has a nice Seagate 2tb on sale. I also

Re: OT? Transfers

I would suggest avoiding Seagate as they currently have the highest failure rates. Hitachi is actually the most reliable by far with 2% failure rates. Western Digital comes in a distant second. I use Western Digital drives mostly and they have been reliable. So has my hitachi drives. I have an old

Re: OT? Transfers

David J Brooks wrote: Good ideas Igor. I have always used Seagate HDD's but never really looked at reviews. I'll do that iMac is USB 2 You can get Thunderbolt to USB 3 adapters for prices that are merely rapacious, unlike the obscenely rapacious costs of thunderbolt drives. Something

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my cell does not have a data plan its an ancient emergency plan with 20 min talk and $0.15 a trext, i can access internet only if i have access to mine or someone else s wifi so that's out for me Dave On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Phone? For

Re: OT? Transfers

oh another question. Am i getting into any troubel if i go more then 2TB for the drive, say a 3 or 4. its an older computer, 2011 iMac 21.5" with OS 10.11.6 Dave On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 6:33 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Good ideas Igor. I have always used Seagate HDD's but

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Good ideas Igor. I have always used Seagate HDD's but never really looked at reviews. I'll do that iMac is USB 2 Just wondering now if i should copy them to my HD then to the new external that way they will be on my time machine drive aswell (ie 2 drives). I have alwasys in the past had two

OT: Service interruption

My main computer appears to be dying (I've been unable to boot it reliably since last Saturday), so I haven't been looking at PDML, etc., for a few days (I read PDML via my Unix shell account at panix, and I didn't have a secure SSH client set up on any of the other machines until I found the

Re: OT? Transfers

Phone? For uploading RAW photo files? That's out of question (unless you are talking about 1-2...) I don't know about your phone data plan, but most are not unlimited these days. Mine is only 2GB per month. Even for the landline, using Cloud storage for backup can be complicated, depending

Re: PESO - Pedicabs

Very nice. Always wanted to capture the fascinating variety of pedi-cabs we have here, and the interestingly dressed pedi-cabbists. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Deft camera work, Rick! > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 6, 2016, at 6:49 AM,

Re: OT? Transfers

>Igor makes a lot of good points, I may double up on a few: > >You really want to transfer your files to a couple of external drives, >one of which to be kept someplace other than your house. Perhaps do a >swap deal with someone else on the list for offsite storage. > >Do pay attention to HDD

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Re: PESO - 'On the Dew Line'

Thank you Rick and Malcolm for commenting. Rick I might try working with the background but in general I try to make my images replicate the scene as I recall them being. This web was hanging over a body of water and I took the image shooting down from a dirt bank. Kenneth Waller

Re: Pentax 67 pentaprism issue

I'm not exactly sure how the 6x7 pentaprism is constructed, but if there's some kind of corrector glued to the bottom the way lens elements are sometimes glued together, it might be something that's got into the glue. "Bugs" don't eat glass, but they will eat glue. On 12/8/2016 1:06 PM, Gonz

Re: OT? Transfers

Trade-offs may apply: If you copy your entire image catalog to the external drive, they're all in one place that becomes a possible single point of failure. If you spread your catalog across a number of thumb drives, you multiply the possibility of having one of them fail. Maybe your best

Re: OT? Transfers

Igor makes a lot of good points, I may double up on a few: You really want to transfer your files to a couple of external drives, one of which to be kept someplace other than your house. Perhaps do a swap deal with someone else on the list for offsite storage. Do pay attention to HDD

Re: PESO - The Naked Violinist

Marco, I like the concept of the image but wish the background was more OOF to separate it more from the subject. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Marco Alpert" Subject: PESO - The Naked Violinist Totally

Re: OT? Transfers

Zos said what I was going to say. You will not feel a difference between 7200 and 5400 rpm drives in the transfer rate when you are backing up photos. The main situation when you feel the difference is in the "random access", when the system/program accesses many small files. (E.g. in case

Re: Pentax 67 pentaprism issue

It looks a little symmetrical to me because it is right where the top edge of the prism is. When looked at closely, it appears like little trails left behind by a burrowing insect, but of course insects do not burrow in glass (that I know of). On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Collin B

Re: PESO - The Naked Violinist

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 11:58 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > > Totally safe for work (sorry): I see that the fiddly bits are covered. > http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso38.html > > Comments, as always, welcomed. > > -Marco Nicely done, Marco. -- -bmw -- PDML

Re: Pentax 67 pentaprism issue

Fungus looks more symmetrical. That looks like lint to me. Too much sense of depth to the smaller piece. Assuming that it is lint ... Check the focusing screen. If that's not it then remove the focusing screen and try a light poof of air to blow it out. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT? Transfers

It kind of depends on the bus speed. However all other things being equal, the Thumb drives should be faster than a cd/dvd drive. All things are seldom equal. The one thing that is sure, the 32 gig thumb drives will require less user intervention assuming you packed as many files onto the

Re: PESO - The Naked Violinist

Thanks, Philip and Malcolm. m > On Dec 7, 2016, at 9:10 PM, Philip Northeast wrote: > > lovely effect with the shallow DOF, excellent tone and contrast as usual > > Philip Northeast > > www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au > > On 8/12/16 3:58 pm, Marco Alpert wrote: >>

Re: Pentax 67 pentaprism issue

Not so sure it is fungus. Have you seen the movie "Arrival"? Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W1m5ER3I1Y On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Gonz wrote: > Its smack in the middle of the view and the bulk of it appears > black(opaque) when trying to compose a pic. > >

Re: OT? Transfers

The CD is going to be slower than any drive you connect it to. Don't worry about rpms. Most externals are 5400 anyways. You'll spend a premium to get a 7200rpm drive that is external and it won't really gain you much in transfer speed though your random seek times will improve. Something that

Re: OT? Transfers

thanks, never thought to look at rpm's Dave On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Almost certainly better transfer rate to an external skinny drive. Make sure > it’s a 7200 rpm Seagate. And thumb drives seem to fail frequently. At least > in my

Re: OT? Transfers

Almost certainly better transfer rate to an external skinny drive. Make sure it’s a 7200 rpm Seagate. And thumb drives seem to fail frequently. At least in my experience, although that’s based on use of recycled thumb drives that I’ve gotten at press conferences. Paul > On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:38

OT? Transfers

I have decided, now that i have the time, to transfer all of my CD and DVD back up photo disks to an external HD, I need a new one anyway and Staples has a nice Seagate 2tb on sale. I also have a number of 32 gig thumb drives i thought might also do the trick. Just curious would the transfer rate

Re: PESO - 'On the Dew Line'

Well composed as expected. J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2016, at 11:24 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: > > Ken Waller wrote: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18319419 > > > I can imagine this as a very large print. Like a lot. >