gary_anthes

<p>I've been using a Canon 6D for several years and am pretty happy with it. But I can't help wondering how much technology may have improved in the past two-three years. I do a lot of hand-held, low-light photography, so good auto-focus in low light and most especially good quality at high ISO are the most important things to me. (I shoot often at ISO 3,200 and get good results with the application of a little NR in post-processing. And not bad even at 6,400) Is there any way to compare current Canon DSLR's for IQ at high-ISO? I know reviews usually look at that, but not in a systematic way that would allow me to compare cameras. I would upgrade from my 6D if I knew I would get a noticeable improvement in low-light.</p>

<p>I'm looking for some simple, cheap (preferably free) Windows-based software that will create book pages, including two-page spreads, into which I can place jpg images and text. I tried Adobe InDesign but it is too expensive and more complicated than I need. I want to create dummy pages that I can print out and make into a draft book for review before submitting to a publisher. I have Photoshop and Word, but not Lightroom. Thanks for your help.<br> Gary</p>

<p>Thanks all. I bought the 27-inch wide-gamut display from NEC, http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1006641-REG/nec_pa272w_bk_multisync_pro_27_gb_r.html. It's all I need for critical photo editing but I must admit I was not prepared for the small-type issue. Yes, I can increase font size in Win 10 and in various apps, but I'm finding it hard to get something that I like CONSISTENTLY across all apps. Certain things like my web browser do not work well at anything but the default size, which on this monitor is tiny. Oh, well, I will try again when I replace this monitor in about four years or so.</p>

<p>Thanks much to both of you. Maximizing the performance and compatibility among computer, graphics card, photo editing software, monitor, cable connectors, etc. etc. is not easy, and the one party that might seem able to help me sort it out (Dell) has no technical support worthy of the name. But my existing rig offers excellent performance, excellent results photographically and terrific printed images that closely resemble what I see on the screen. So I'm declaring victory. Thanks again for your help.<br> Gary</p>

<p>Thanks, Andrew. The specs page of the NEC monitor says for Display Colors: "1,073,741,824 (DisplayPort/HDMI 10 bit)/16,777,216 (DVI)." Maybe my question is one for Dell: Why isn't there a DisplayPort port for this high-end graphics card?</p>

<p >I recently bought a Dell XPS 8700 desktop PC with Win 10 and a 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 graphics card. My monitor is the NEC PA272W-BK 27" LED Backlit Wide Gamut (Adobe RGB) display. The PC has has HDMI and DVI-D ports in the expansion slot for the graphics card. </p> <p >The problem is that the DVI-D port is required for full display resolution of 2,560. HDMI will not give full resolution. But DVI-D does not display the full Adobe RGB color space of 1 billion-plus colors on the monitor. To get full Adobe RGB and 2,560 resolution seems to require DisplayPort, which is not supported by the graphics card. So it looks like I can have 2,560 resolution or full Adobe RGB color, but not both. Can anyone advise?</p>

<p >I will soon buy a high-end Windows 10 desktop PC. But I'm struggling with the question of monitors. First, I don't want one larger than 27” (24” would be better) and I don't care about video or gaming, only photo editing and printing. My question has to do with ultra-high def (3840 pixels and up) and with the monitor's support for both Adobe RGB and sRGB. (I shoot and process in Adobe RGB). I know the theoretical advantages of both the ultra-high def and support for Adobe, but I'm wondering about the <em>practical</em> advantages. Obviously, relaxing those requirements lowers my cost a lot, simplifies things technically, and increases my choices. Thanks for your hands-on (vs. theoretical) advice.</p>

<p>The link is to the Aperture web site, which has never had a security problem that I know of. But if you don't want to go there, I will just say the workshop in question is at Aperture in New York and is a two-day workshop on self-publishing of photo books by Bruno Ceschel of the company <em>Self-Publish and be Happy.</em></p>

<p>Any thoughts on this workshop or its leader? http://www.aperture.org/workshops-classes/ceschel2015/<br> Thanks.</p>

<p>David Henderson, did you ever go? What was your experience? Does anyone have recent experience to report?<br> Thanks.</p>