andrew_sacco

You mentioned your cell phone, so I'm assuming you're not tied to film, correct? Without over thinking and analyzing this I'd recommend one of the following, based on MY experience. I wanted to see if I wanted to invest in a Leica rangefinder camera but was into digital so bought a Fuji X100T and it's been a fantastic travel autofocus rangefinder with outstanding image quality. That camera led me to purchase an M2 with 50mm Summicron lens and I much prefer that over the Fuji. Sure, I miss some shots but it's the experience of carrying and using that camera that is magic, like a bamboo fly rod, a fine side by side double gun for bird hunting, or a fine crystal glass to have your single malt in. It's the experience. So the first suggestion is a camera like the X100T. Just got back from a fishing trip and carrying my D850 tucked into my waders will not work, so I got an Olympus OMD5MkII, a mirrorless with 50-300 lens effectively. Small, unobtrusive, and outside some very poorly designed menu layouts (I shoot RAW and aperture priority only) I find this camera to be versatile and just my most used camera now. I got great landscapes out west, great candid and family shots, then shot about 750 frames at my sons soccer game on high speed shutter with the 300. Incredible at about 1/6 the price of a newer Leica. I own more cameras than I can use, but of my smaller cameras outside my 4x5 and Hassy, the M2 and the Olympus get the most use for ease of use and carrying. YOU WILL USE WHAT YOU CARRY MOST. If I was held at gunpoint to choose one, while the Leica is my favorite by a long shot, the Olympus is much more the practical camera doing much more and I can get more shots with it, so I'd choose that.

<p>I will do that, thank you. </p>

<p>This sounds very stupid. I got my new PC installed and LR and PS CC downloaded. I have all my images on an external HD (WD MyBook) and also on Carbonite for an off site backup. The WD external HD used their propriety software to back it up, and it's not on my new computer. I can buy it I guess by download to restore to the new computer. Is that the safest strategy? I was planning on replacing this drive and using Acronis with image backup (it's getting quite old). Am I able instead to copy the appropriate catalogs to their respective locations then "import" the photos from the external drive? Or do I drag and drop the entire 20,000 images to "My Pictures" on the new PC? I'm slightly confused here and not even sure what catalogs to restore, there are like fifty of them. I have Lightroom 2 and 3 catalogs, Lightroom 2 and 3 preview called .lrdata, and Lightroom 2 and 3 catalog and Lightroom 2 and 3 .lrcat (some of which are locked??) I am confused as hell now and don't want to do something wrong. Much appreciation. Happy New Year everyone. </p>

<p>I analyzed to death my choice of lens for my new (to me) Leica M2. I chose a used 35mm Summarit f/2.5 complete with a rating of "good" from KEH. I actually tried to save money for once in my life as my first choice was a Summilux 35mm f/1.4 ASPH . Scanned images from North Coast are more than I expected with this lens. There is magic not because of it's MTF but because it's just a joy to use. I'm learning this lesson the hard way after many years in many different hobbies. </p>

<p>Thank you very much. I'll check on this when I get back home tonight. I'm assuming importing from the disk is the right thing to do. I did a few images like that and I didn't see anything change in the metadata files. Sometimes I miss negatives and sleeves... </p>

<p>I have no idea why, but I have hundreds if not thousands of images out of my 15,000 that have the Lightroom "The metadata has been changed by both Lightroom and another application,..." Question is two parts:</p> <p>First, can I batch search for these images rather than browsing all folders to find them?<br> Second, I'm not sure what to do to fix them: import settings from disk (hard drive??) or over write?<br> I don't know how this happened. I have an external hard drive backup with Acronis and also use Carbonite for some level of redundancy. </p>

<p>David, thank you. I am not keen on spending new money on this machine. I got it when my last one was lost in a flood, and had to get something relatively quickly. I will try to clean up what I have but have a feeling within the year I'll be replacing it. I'm not even sure what to look for and where. I prefer kind of an "off the shelf" machine rather than custom built due to cost, convenience, lack of my knowledge and making my life "simple." Appreciate the feedback. </p>

<p>You folks are very helpful. Thank you, I'll look into all of these items. </p>

<p>Hi folks. I am using an HP Pavilion HPE h8-1010 PC with i5 and 8gb RAM (which is it's max.) Has served me OK until I got my new Nikon D810. I'm running PS CS5.1 and LR 6. I am dreading thinking about transferring software and images. Just dreading it. I'm using a NEC 2490WUXCi monitor. I'm assuming the RAM is limiting me mostly? I'm not a computer genius, certainly not a high volume user. I shoot for fun and family. Other than replacing the box due to my RAM limitation, are there any other viable options? I would also consider upgrading PS in the near future. </p>

<p>Thanks Ray. Still waiting on Sherry Krauter, I was told about three weeks turnaround or until the estimate. I'm not sure of the lens age, it's marked f 2.5, but is black and otherwise very new in condition. A metal Leica hood fits perfectly without any issues there. The body is in very very good shape. Got the first roll of film back the images are just gorgeous (TMax400) and clean and crisp as can be edge to edge (North Coast does a great job.) Shot at different shutter speeds an all exposures as compensated look very similar. That was the first hurdle. Three weeks is creeping along as I'm anxious to find out what can be done with it. And I agree, I might have gotten a good deal. I wanted an old Panerai watch from him, he was not so generous or willing to part with those and must have close to several hundred watches worth enough to buy a nice vacation home! </p>

<p>Well here's where we stand. I shot a few rolls and I can keep it if I like it. While I wait for those from North Coast, I am sending it to Sherry Krauter to have it looked at and he'll pay that fee and we'll go from there. If it's OK he'll knock something off it for the bent ring. I have less than $1,400 into it for the body and lens. He doesn't need the money, he's simply downsizing to move south. He is a very serious watch (Panerai) and clock collector and a friend of my uncle's so I'm not worried about being taken advantage of. I do appreciate all the help folks. </p>

<p>Well, looking closely the front ring is very very slightly out of round. Certainly it looks like it was bumped or dropped. Only when I held it back could I see it is very slightly out of round. I called him but since he never used a filter he didn't know about it. He said he'd knock a few bucks off so I have that to think about. How did I miss this the first 200 times looking at it??? Thanks for the help.</p>

<p>Thanks for the responses. After the test shots are back and all is fine I am getting the metal lens hood. I'm basically just running through exposures at different shutter speeds and apertures to make sure things are working well and as expected. He doesn't have history on the body and it is probably 8 out of 10 in condition and seems very solid, all the black leather stuff is intact. The lens is a coded 6 bit he said and really fine shape. I'm going to call BH Photo where I got the filter from. </p>

<p>Thank you. Perhaps I'll just be super cautious and return the filter to BW. If I keep the camera, which I likely will, then I can consider getting a Leica filter. Thank you. </p>

<p>Holy God. Talk about confusion. The filter box says .50mm pitch. I can get it to hold and maybe I'll do that until I take a few rolls. I figured I'd drop $30 to protect a lens selling for more than ten times that, but didn't plan on this snafu. Dang it though, this rig sure feels sweet! I have a Fuji X100T that I've heard called a poor man's Leica, but it feels nowhere as nice as this does. </p>