[geeks] Replacing a Mac Pro 2006

[Mark Benson]

On 3 Dec 2012, at 21:43, Mike Meredith wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 15:51:25 -0500, Nathan Raymond wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That's something I've also considered but no Linux = No
>>> professional-grade photography workflow management software
>>> (Aperture or Lightroom, basically) so
>
> Aftershot Pro. Downloadable as a trial, and seriously worth a look.

Will look at that too. Thanks.

>> I have to chuckle, btw - you clearly like open standards, but you use
>> a camera system (Canon) that doesn't embrace them...  One of the
>> reasons I use Pentax is that while it has a proprietary RAW format
>> (PEF) they've always supported DNG, and in some of their latest
>> cameras (like the Q) the only RAW format is DNG.
>
> The more seriously you take photography, the more painful it becomes to
> switch camera systems. I've spent 10-15 times as much on glass as
> cameras (Canon 1ds3 as the main beast, and a Leica M8 as the
> 'compact').

Oui, I have 2 relatively good lenses and a Newtonian telescope rigged to work
with an EOS. Switching cameras would be paaaainful.

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