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On 1/25/2023 at 11:30 AM, WJT said:

Hello, I note that many of your images are marked as "hidden". Is it possible that this is what is causing the problem? Do you have the ability to selct and unhide those images?

Good question. I don't know how my images became hidden?  I will check that out. Thank you.

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One of the most important issues is being able to edit images that have been put in my personal gallery. Every time I try to click an image to open I get the message I don't have permission, so I cannot even edit/delete my own images. This needs to be fixed asap.

On 1/21/2023 at 8:43 AM, marc epstein said:

In the gallery, the images are not manageable?  Some images are duplicated and unable to delete the, some cannot be viewed?  Can this be fixed?  Thanks for helping 

I agree, I keep getting the message when I try to open one of my images that I do not have permission.  This is getting old very fast.

And, today I read where Pentax is exploring the possibility of making a new film camera.  Wow.  I know there are photographers out there still shooting film so this could be of interest to them.  For me, I don't see myself going back to film anytime soon. 

I don't like the new way of getting to your images. Your images should show up on your profile without having to work at it. Please go back to the old way which was much better in my opinion.

Pentax recently announced a replacement for the K70 which will be the KR.

Also, Pentax plans to release several options of its K3iii body which will be a monochrome version, an astronomical version plus several other incarnations.

So far I am totally not impressed with the new changes. It is not intuitive at all.

My albums/images do not yet show up either.

Taken with my older Pentax K50 and 18-55 lens. Unfortunately, my K50 is developing the aperture block failure problem.

GQR

KP? K-S2? They can't get thinner, they'd have to produce a new lens line. And that won't happen because it invalidates everything. And honestly, do we want it to happen?

 

However, it's hard for me to believe this. The GF2 compared to the K-7 is nowhere close. And remember I'm using 2022 high end DXO software (with AI noise reduction) to process current GF2 images, I don't own a K-7 anymore (though still have gigs of images I could reprocess). When I processed those k-7 images in 2010 or whatever it was with that generation software. The K-7 at the time was maligned as a poor low-light shooter even if it was mostly a certain kind of noise vs unusable images, I believe the M4/3 made strides, but APS-C and FF had to make equal strides (if not greater strides).

 

I'd love to be wrong. And I'm rooting for the M4/3 format because while I kind of dismissed it before, I really appreciate it now. m4/3 as a whole just doesn't appeal to me, I mean I would never use it as my primary format, I do find it's the right format where I'd normally bring a digital compact. my GF2 with the 14mm 2.5 is exactly the same size as the enthusiast Samsung EX1 of the same era with a tiny little sensor. I had a photo published in a fairly prestigious regional calendar (shot in raw) on the EX1. The GF2 is clearly better than the EX1 and gives far more artistic options with lens choices. So the GF2 with its ISO 400 ceiling is still a good camera.

The newer m4/3ds cameras are much superior to the older models. I shoot with a Panasonic G9 and an Olympus OM-d-m-5iii both with 20mp sensors. I can say the images can compete with APS-C sensors in most situations. Macro and wildlife photography shine with this system, especially for shooting wildlife as the body/camera are so much smaller and lighter than APS-C and especially FF. I am pleased with the images I can get from it. Sometimes shooting in low light noise is a little more noticeable but with today's software it can easily be removed.

I too have done the same...it just seems Sigma is losing interest in the Foveon sensor which is unfortunate as I thought it always had potential as seen in the images posted here on this forum.

What software develops Foveon?

Everybody says, you can't beat image quality when it comes to Full Frame, but now that Pentax put all of this effort in their Flagship APS-C, is it really worth foregoing all those feature for so-called better image quality ? I'm late into the game, and still love my K5-II which is one of the best cameras I ever owned. I would love to move up to a Pentax FF, but I'm also a Canon user and have owned the original 5D and currently own the 6D which are both FF. I must admit that the image quality is a little better on those cameras than in cropped cameras, but not always and in only in certain situations can you tell the difference. Actually, with the advances in sensor technology, you might not be able to tell the difference at all these days, so I'm not sure which way to go ?

I still have and use my Pentax K50 but most of my shooting now is done with micro-four-thirds bodies and lens. I don't like large bodies and lens and newer Pentax ones are just too big for me. I get almost as good images from my Olympus/Panasonic cameras as I did from Pentax. If Pentax in the future releases a smaller body I certainly will look at it. I won't hold my breath though.

I've looked at Sigma cameras more than a couple times over the past couple years. Ultimately, purchasing one just does not make sense to me. Some of these images are. indeed pretty darn nice tho!

I too have done the same...it just seems Sigma is losing interest in the Foveon sensor which is unfortunate as I thought it always had potential as seen in the images posted here on this forum.

I have used an Olympus Pen e-pl1 for years upgraded to an e-pl7 and now (after using it to death) I am looking at upgrading once again.

 

I love the small form factor/high-quality image that I have gotten out of my e-pl series. I also have a lot of good glass for it.

 

Therefore, I was wondering if there was any difference between the Olympus Pen e-pl9 vs. e-pl10?

 

I have researched multiple websites and they say the only difference is a couple of "in-camera editing options" are different. Since I use Adobe LR to edit, I do not care about those features.

 

Are there any other differences between the e-pl9 vs. e-pl10?

I still have and use the EPL-7. It is great for taking with me on bicycle rides as it fits nicely into my bike pack.

As for the new EP7 camera it has 20mp and other nice additions to it. Unfortunately, for the time being it won't be for sale in the U.S. I suspect later it will appear here too as did the E-PL10 which started out overseas as well.

Just curious if anyone is using Xnview mp software for their managing images?

To date, I have been using Lyn to organize my images but am thinking about switching to Xnview MP as it offers more capabilities and appears to be faster in sorting images. Lyn has been good but it is slow on my Mac. I tried the newer version 2.0 of Lyn and like its layout, etc. but performance wise it is much slower than Xnview MP.

If you are using Xnview MP I would love to hear your thoughts on it.

GQR

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