jon_s.1

When I was in art school, I had an acclaimed fellow student - a couple of years ahead of me - tell me "there's no such

thing as beauty; it's just a cultural construct." Doesn't quite make sense, given that cultural constructs still have

existence, but that was the general thrust of what we were taught about such things. Looked him up online last year and

he's a successful artist now, fwiw.

<p>Hey, so if you change your user name does the change apply to only new forum posts, or does it replace the name on old posts as well? And if so, uploaded photos would have the photographer's name changed as well? Thanks. </p>

<p>So my old HP laptop has finally died, and I'm looking for a replacement. I have a desktop at home for editing, so the laptop would mostly be used for backing up photos to an external drive while away from home...but I occasionally do like to edit a shot or two with Photoshop (now using Creative Cloud) while on the road, and I tend to end up with pretty big Tiffs - like half a gig. Currently shooting with a 5d mark II, but may upgrade to a higher resolution camera (a7r?) in the near future.</p>

<p>So, I could get a super cheap laptop with 4 gigs of ram for around $200, or go for 6-8 gigs for $400-500. Can't really spend more. Any input on how much ram I would need to do a little editing with Creative Cloud and this new laptop? My desktop currently only has 6 gigs, and it's been fine speed wise. I may be getting a new desktop soon as well...so money is kind of an issue. Thanks!</p>

<p>I've never used the 18-70, so I can't comment on that one, but I did briefly own the 18-105 and 16-85 simultaneously. In their shared range, I found these lenses to be equal in terms of image quality. So I don't think you can go wrong with the 18-105. </p>

<p>I'm going to have a few (one to three; the gallery owner hasn't committed yet) of my landscape prints displayed at a gallery in Provincetown, MA in June and I'm currently trying to decide where to get my prints from digital files made and what sort of paper to print on. I'm not new to photography, but this is basically the first time I've been involved in such a venture, and I do not have the equipment to make prints of sufficient size (either 16x20" or 20x30")on my own.</p>

<p>Thus far I've had a lot of prints done by Adoramapix in these sizes and been generally pleased with the results. This lab prints only on Kodak Endura papers and is quite inexpensive - $20 for a 20x30 and $10 for a 16x20. My question is whether to stick with Adoramapix for this endeavor and use Endura, or whether I should step up to a better lab that provides a choice of papers....and in that case, what paper to use. If the gallery owner requests 20x30s, the prints will likely be priced somewhere around $500, not exactly cheap, though price is by no means decided yet...given that approximate price range, would it be better to go with a different lab/better paper? Or is Endura a good enough quality paper to use for this? Some local Boston labs have quoted me $75 to $100 per 20x30 print, and given that I'll also have to spend a bit of money framing the prints, I'd like to save if I can...if I spend $100 on a print, $100 on a frame, and get $250 back on a sale (the gallery takes half), that's only a $50 profit....<br>

So, what do you guys think? Would Adoramapix/Endura be ok, or should I step up to something better? If so, what papers should I be looking at?</p>