Google| Subject | Re: converting raw images from Canon EOS 600D |
| From | Floyd L. Davidson |
| Date | 11/30/2013 11:00 (11/30/2013 01:00) |
| Message-ID | <87txeunr9a.fld@apaflo.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Savageduck |
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Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>wrote:
SavageduckHe doesn't seem to need the hand holding that the vast majority, including you, require. The lowest common denominator when it comes to consumers is not where a perfectionist, a professional, or even just an advanced photographer actually needs to be. But it is indeed where most of them are stuck.
On 2013-11-30 02:45:26 +0000, floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) said:Floyd L. DavidsonSavageduck
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>wrote:SavageduckFloyd L. Davidson
[...] most importantly I have a feeling your hardline choice of OS is your real problem, and it is distracting you from paying attention to improving your photography.
That in fact seems to be *your* most serious impediment to improving your photography.
Not really, there is a whole shopping list of other things which impede the improvement of my photography.Floyd L. DavidsonSavageduck
The OP seems to be well aware that a more functional OS is eventually going to allow him to produce better results...]
Locking himself into a single OS solution in the face of what is minimally recommended by the camera manufacturer, in this case Canon is certainly going to be a distraction of some degree.
So why do you respond to questions when you know nothing at all about the answer... I guess the subtle hint above was too vague?SavageduckFloyd might have an answer, but be warned, he is a Nikon shooter.Floyd L. Davidson
He didn't ask how to operate his camera though, and if he had I certainly would not be the one to ask, nor would I bother to try answering questions I know nothing about.
I didn't think you would.
So don't be telling others what the significance of using Linux is.SavageduckGood luck with your quest.Floyd L. Davidson
True, because most answers here will be equal to yours... garble about a topic you don't know the answer to, or even enough to understand the questions.
My knowledge of Linux is nonexistent, and I have little desire to dabble in those mysterious waters.
My knowledge of GIMP is limited to making a comparison with Photoshop using OSX, and I found it lacking in several areas, but that is just ignorant me. I still have version 2.8.2 installed on my Mac, and I am probably not going to use it again, other than to remind myself why I don't use it.The biggest problem you'll face with GIMP is the different user interface concept. It was designed to be run under X, and by people used to X. The restrictions of the MS Windows systems are just as confusing to us as X is to you. Things like having anything ever run full screen, and having all windows in a single frame. Disgusting!
I have my opinion regarding my choice of OS and you have yours. (Mine is OSX).I really only have one small nit with OSX, which is the effort they went to to hide access to things like a shell command line.
I was correct with one thing, that you would be able to provide the OP with some assistance and direction in his quest. I don't underestimate your wealth of knowledge, as you do mine.But I don't seem to have underestimated your knowledge.
As to my photographic skills, they have always been open to some improvement, at least for the last 60 odd years that I have had some idea of what a camera was when it was in my hnds. It is an ongoing learning situation for me, and I continue to learn with lessons coming from a variety of sources, including you.Anyone who can do anything is in the same boat. I've been doing this stuff for 50 years and all that means is that I can now finally learn some of the things that 10 years ago, never mind 20, were still far beyond my grasp. Some of that is the added experience, but some of it is the accessability to better learning tools with modern digital technology. Such as Linux...
-- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com
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