Improve Photography Roundtable (EP-166)

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Jeff – With Apple refreshes coming soon, nerd out on a couple of things coming that will help photographers (make Lightroom go faster)

• Thunderbolt 3
• M.2 SSD.  Totally different form factor of drives, same flash technology just connected to the computer in a way to actually make it go as fast as it can.  In some testing has promised significantly faster read/write speeds (2.5GB read, 1.5GB write) than the 2.5” SSD drives we are all using today, but in real life testing of “normal” disk usage it has been about 10% better.  I want to get one of these and test it out to see if the photography specific purposes it is better.
• Speaking of flash improvements, Intel is working on a technology called X-Point (cross point) that it has tested to be 1,000 faster than the flash we have today.  So M.2 is faster because it is connected in a new way to make the existing flash go as fast as it can, but X-Point is a new type of flash that can go faster than the NAND tech in SSD drives today.
• Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing).  http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6i5syh.html

Craig- New techniques to try on a weekend, learn something new.

• Star Trails – Star Stax free software.

http://www.markus-enzweiler.de/software/software.html

• Light trails, car lights at night.

• Get up early (!) and shoot a sunrise, get that soft light and long shadows.
• Shoot 12 exposures only with the rear LCD screen taped off, forces you to read the settings.
• Focus stacking, what is it and how to do it? Prompt for Jim as I don’t know how to do it but want to learn.

Erica – Historical Photo Processing:  Wet Plate Collodion

• Combined love for photography, history, and chemistry
• Joys of trying something new (for me) but old (for the industry)
• Greater appreciation for the art
• Desire to learn more
• The process
• Workshops at UA Creative Photography & Training

Jim’s Segment

• http://blog.instagram.com/post/141107034797/160315-news

Doodads of the Week!

• Jim:
• Erica:  Hydroflask
• Craig: LightTrac app http://www.lighttracapp.com
• Jeff: Intel NUC ($390) M.2 SSD and 16GB RAM for $570.  Similarly equipped Mac Mini is $1,100.

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