rconey

Just bought #2 18 tb hard drives for my on site backup. I keep duplicate here and have filled #2 five terrabyte discs. I keep another copy off sight, so after I transfer to the new drives, the old filled two will go off site. I haven't wanted to do cloud backup. Tony Parsons- I'm so sorry. We are all just one mistake away from being idiots......

This is my personal experience so may not apply. I suggest getting a comfortably lightweight camera and carry it everywhere you go. As you move about, think about framing: 1/3rd rules, and near, middle, distance areas. I think ANYTHING can be a subject of photography. You are trying to decide what you want to photograph, so think about it everywhere you go. Even if the image is not of an interesting subject, proper framing can be interesting in and of itself. Second, with interchangeable lens cameras, pick a single focal length lens and go for a walk. Same idea, but let the focal length guide your efforts. An environment photographs differently with different focal length lenses. Third, remember the most important rule- most of the images are trash; throw them away. Don't fret over that either. Maybe you will find what you like to photograph over time, or get back into the technical aspects of photography, including post processing. Maybe not. Regards, RC

Update....... No surprise. Still happy with the Canon PRO-200.

Title: Rough Tennessee Saturday Night

iPhone, no less. Had my Nikon but didn't use it (silly me). Was able to print to 13x19

Can't resist. Late 1980s:

Scanned 2004; image taken about 1991. My wife, Black Canyon, Colorado.

On the plus side, I see lots of comments that "if you aren't getting good images, it's you, not the camera". Slide film in the 1980s, and 1990s with medium format film, then digital since the 2000s gives the perspective that equipment today is outstanding. Image stabilization means I don't often use a tripod anymore (sometimes wish I had...). Probably more important now for most of us is knowing the limits of our equipment rather than needing better equipment. For example on my Z7 I know that if I pull up shadows 5 stops I will see some banding in the background, especially if I use full shadow adjustment and noise reduction in ACR. Now, 5 stops of available shadow recovery is nothing to feel bad about. -Regards, RC

You could create a collage/mosaic in photoshop, but it sounds as if you want some sort of A.I. program to generate the arrangement for you?

I tend to sort through and keep what I like. Nikon here, but the idea is the same. I buy lenses, try them, and if I like them keep them but sell the rest. Having moved to Nikon Z, the old leneses don't keep up as much but some of the old AIS lenses with FTZ adapter are really nice. Don't think I regret selling off stuff. Haven't quite gotten around to selling the Nikon 9000 slide scanner but, well.......

Also, the clean sensor function on startup and turn off helps. I never got around to cleaning after that last trip, but today only see a couple of dots on this image (dots removed)