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Is your web browser color managed?

September 25, 2012 JimK 5 Comments

If these two images look alike, it is. Several people have told me that Chrome for Windows is now color managed. My current version, 21.0.1180.89 m, is not. Update 9/26/2012: 22.0.1229.79 m is. Firefox 15.0.1 for Windows 7 is. Internet Explorer for Windows 9.0.8112.16421 is. Firefox for Android is not. Chrome for Android is not. Safari for the… [Read More]

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Another way to stay on top of backups

September 25, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

Vice Versa has a great way to stay abreast of what’s happening with your backups. It’s especially nice if you have four or fewer profiles. Unfortunately, it’s going away. The Vice Versa folks have written a Windows Gadget that looks like this: It doesn’t take up much screen space, especially if you have a 27″ or… [Read More]

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Keeping track of your backups

September 25, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

When working with computers, things go wrong sometimes, and backup is no exception. Disks fail. Software hangs. You need to know that your backups are being done. Maybe you’re the kind of person who just has to make a mental note to check on the status of your backups every morning. If so, my hat’s… [Read More]

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Automating folder creation

September 25, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

I create the disks I store off-site on a server that has USB-attached boxes that accept bare drives. Whenever I load a brand new disk, I need to create the directory structure the Vice Versa expects. I used to do this manually, which was error-prone and boring. Now I use a script. If you’re not… [Read More]

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GoodSync

September 24, 2012 JimK 4 Comments

In addition to Vice Versa, I can also recommend a program called GoodSync. Imagine the meetings at which the product marketing folks rejected AverageSync, SoSoSync, JustOKSync, and BarelyAdequateSync as not sufficiently appealing, and BetterSync, BestSync, GreatSync, and SuperSync as too pretentious, before settling, with commendable modesty, on GoodSync. GoodSync runs on both Windows and Apple… [Read More]

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      • Bad and OK 200-600 at 600
      • Excellent 180-400 zoom
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      • Good 100-200 mm MF zoom
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      • Good 120mm MF lens
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      • Good 24-105 mm FF lens
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      • Good 35 mm FF lens
      • Good 35-70 MF lens
      • Good 60 mm lens on IQ3-100
      • Good 63 mm MF lens
      • Good 65 mm FF lens
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      • Good and bad 25mm FF lenses
      • Good zoom at 24 mm
      • Marginal 18mm lens
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      • Mildly problematic 55 mm FF lens
      • OK 16-35mm zoom
      • OK 60mm lens on P1 P45+
      • OK Sony 600mm f/4
      • Pretty good 16-35 FF zoom
      • Pretty good 90mm FF lens
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      • Tilted 20 mm f/1.8 FF lens
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    • Found a problem – now what?
    • Goals for this test
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      • Full frame
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    • Shortcuts to UniWB
    • Preparing for monitor-based UniWB
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    • The math behind the one-step method
    • Iteration using Newton’s Method

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