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On 9/2/2023 at 6:47 PM, httpwww.photo.netbarry said:

What expectation of privacy is GSV invading?

I sort of have a problem with it driving down the alleys in my neighborhood with its camera mounted extremely high so it can see over the privacy fences. into pools, etc.  Also, its view from the alley toward our house is SO intrusive that you can see in our back kitchen window, through our house, and out our front window and see the neighbor across the street.  If they are going to use me, or my property for Google's financial gain, I'd at least like the option UP FRONT of signing (or not) a model release.

 

I have a 6D from shortly after they came out in 2012.  I love it, still love it and if I get a "new " camera it will hopefully be a 6D near mint condition.  I'm a decent photographer, but for what I do, the camera isn't the limiting factor.

I bought the 6D in 2013 specifically for the GPS.  At the time, I was traveling all over the world, A LOT! and it helped me remember exactly what I photographed & where, from buildings, to statues and waterfalls and beyond.  I still go back via Lightroom Classic's "Map" function and pull up a year's worth of photos and then zoom in on a general location in say Europe and I can find exactly the photos I took there.

Consider an extension tube as an inexpensive option to start. I originally had a 1:1 macro but now I use an extension tube. (My older Sigma macro doesn't work with my current camera)

<p>Sean Duggan has one on his calendar for March. I haven't taken his Iceland workshop but I took a workshop he gave at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops a number of years ago. I learned a lot and enjoyed it. He's done Iceland before, I always want to go but I've just not had the time. http://www.seanduggan.com/training/index.html good luck -jeffl</p>

<p>I was in the same situation when I bought my 6D. I went with Lightroom, which I'm finding takes care of 90+% of my needs, and on the rare occasion that I still need the tools of CS4, from Lightroom I go:<br>

Photo->Edit In->Edit IN Adobe CS4<br>

and up it pops. good luck -jeffl</p>

I took it in 2008 on a cheap LCD monitor I had calibrated "by eye" and got a 7.

I passed it on to my family at the time, and looked on while they took it on their various computers. It seemed to me that the monitors made a big difference. My eyes are pretty sensitive to light temperature, the left is about 200K warmer than my right, that may also be an advantage. -jeffl.

<p>As a follow up in case anyone else cares, this is what I did and it seems to have been successful and mostly pain free.<br>

1. Installed Lightroom on the desktop and had it import all the photos already on that machine previously keyworded etc with CS4/Bridge<br>

2. Similar to the the video in Eric's reply above, on the laptop, in Lightroom I created a master catalog which I saved to an external harddrive.<br>

3. Back on the desktop, from the external harddrive I imported the master catalog.<br>

4. Because I used a different folder structure and naming convention on the laptop than I use on my desktop and also because I didn't quite understand Lightroom's folder and catalog structure when I initially set it up on the laptop, some clean-up was necessary. I had to delete duplicates from earlier travels, I had to move/restructure the folders of the newest folders and then resync it all. This step for me wasn't as ugly as it sounds nor as it could have been.<br>

thanks for all the suggestions jeffl</p>

 

<p>I've been traveling for the past 6 months or so, working off my laptop. In the meantime I acquired a Canon 6D and Lightroom4 and all the work from those is on the laptop, along with some photos from my 5D, and from prior trips (prior trips have previously been moved over to CS4/Bridge on the desktop). Now I'm back home and have access to my primary computer, a large desktop. What is the best way to get all the photos and Lightroom stuff from my laptop to the desktop? thanks jeffl</p>

<p>I made the same move, the original 5D to the 6D, a couple months ago. For a day or two I carried both cameras, each mounted with one of either the16-35 II 2.8L, 24-70 2.8L or the 70-200 2.8L IS. Within two days I determined that for my uses, the 5D wasn't even close by any measure I could think of, and so I've essentially stopped using it. In addition, I now use my 2x extender with the 70-200 on the 6d and am very pleased with the results. I would only use it on the 5D in the most dire of circumstances....maybe my 5D is a "bad" copy :)</p>

<p>I've had my 6D for about 3 weeks now. I've moved "up" from a 5DM1 which I've had for 6 years and had a EOS-3 before it. There are a number of Rebel models in my family which I've used at various times, but I've never had one myself. It sounds to me like the 6D just isn't the camera for Michael. For me 6D has the only 2 things that would get me to move on from the 5D, better low light performance and integrated GPS. It has things I don't care about that others may, such as video, live view, and wi-fi. It is missing things that obviously others care about that I don't, such as pop-up flash, the joy-stick, more focus points and faster frame rate.</p>

<p>So far the differences I've found noticeable from the 5D in my way of shooting :<br>

On the plus side the 6D is way faster to focus, quieter shutter (I use the quiet mode exclusively), and has sensor cleaning. The LCD is far easier to read/see.<br>

On the minus, it starts up slower (cleaning the sensor) and the battery doesn't last long at all. The GPS takes longer than I'd like to sync. GPS is also the battery culprit (which I expected, but...) </p>

<p>I've read so many complaints about the 6D being basically a full frame Rebel that I was very worried it would be too small in my hands. It is far closer to the 5D than a Rebel in actual hand feel to me, so that certainly isn't an issue. Although the menu system is different, I find it logical and fast to use. I'm still getting used to the location of the power button and moving to the upper or lower focus points. At this point, all the cameras available can make great images, I pick the feature set I care about and go from there, and I just don't get hung up thinking that everyone values the same features as I do. Right now, I can't even think of a feature that would get me interested in buying a new camera, so I imagine I'm set for at least another 6 years. -jeffl</p>

 

<p>I pressed it down while the software was loading...held it down really. good luck jeffl</p>

<p>did you try the "cntrl + shift + i" trick mentioned in a number of the threads about the Minolta 5400 problems?</p>

<p>Vintgar Gorge is nearby and I second Lake Bohinj. If you want to visit nearby countries, Croatia has a lot to offer., Venice, Italy and Austria are not far away either. have fun -jeffl</p>

 

<p>There is the <a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/">National Arboretum</a> and the <a href="http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/">Patuxent Wildlife Research</a> and <a href="http://www.fws.gov/northeast/patuxent/">Refugee Research</a> right along the Balt-Wash (295) between Glen Burnie and D.C. have fun -jeffl</p>

<p>Two questions: Are you letting it warm up enough? and 2ndly, I've read that Windows with dual monitors won't always load the settings for one or both of the monitors, depending on video card, drivers etc in use, so is it always reverting? <br>

good luck jeffl</p>

<p>The view will also change....the closer things will block less of an angle of view to the things behind them the more you back up. So using your example of the tree, the branches and leaves closer to you will block your view of more of the branches and leaves behind them as you get closer to the tree. That is why "zooming with your feet" is not the same as zooming with a lens.</p>

<p>and a tail....</p><div></div>

<p>David - Not very high off the water, it was a small boat, Cruise West's Yorktown (before their demise)<br>

Doug- yes, sorry about that, Friday Harbor/San Juan Island area...just a brain fart.<br>

There are legal limits as to how close the boats can get to the whales...you still can end up pretty close though. </p><div></div>

<p>I shot with a 70-200 2.8L IS AV, anywhere from wide open to about f/8 depending on the light using a EOS 5D. With the orcas around Friday Islands, a longer lens would have helped. With the humpbacks on the Inner Passage, it was long enough. The humpbacks kinda had a rhythm but in any case, something weighing many many tons takes a while to go up and come down again... so even with the 5D I could usually get focus and fire off 3 or so shots during one breach. The photo here was 1/350sec @ f/8 ISO 400 @ 200mm and is a slight crop.</p><div></div>

<p>Not counting film winding issues in the early days of motor/auto winding, twice*.<br>

Once during what will probably prove to be a once in a life time trip, my EOS-10s shutter failed due to the gumming up problem...I didn't know it failed and I didn't know that type of failure wasn't uncommon until I returned from my trip to blank slides.<br>

Once in the middle of a road in the middle of the wilderness of Guatemala when I came across a Quetzal...technically the equipment didn't fail me (and hence the asterisks), it just wasn't up to the job...I got a 70-200 2.8L IS shortly thereafter :)<br>

I don't think backups would have helped at the time.</p>

<p>I had the 10s and the EOS 3 also, and I 100% agree with Ken. The EOS 3 (except for the mirror slap reminiscent of a machine gun) is an unbelievably capable camera...the 10s was awesome for its time.</p>

<p>apparently a lot of people are "visually similar" to tombstones and elephants :)</p>

 

<p>I've visited there many times. All the places mentioned are nice. I especially like Krka and Plitvice. I like to stay in Trogir and use that as the base for places like Krka, Sibenik, Split <em>(Diocletian's Palace & Salona</em>)<em></em> and Zadar. I'd suggest you avoid the crowds in late July and August. Spring is probably best for the waterfall parks. have fun -jeffl</p>

<p>I'll confirm that the mirror only falls out after you've appropriately jinxed yourself...I believe you have :) mine fell out the night after I updated the camera's firmware. While the firmware downloaded, I read the Canon "<a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&fcategoryid=215&modelid=11933&keycode=2112&id=55659">Service Notice</a>" and I remember thinking aloud "that would suck"...a mere 24hrs later I heard the dreaded "clink" as my 5D's mirror fell out. Canon did a good job on the repair and it was months before dust was again noticeable on the sensor. good luck -jeffl</p>