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Lightroom prompts a "catalog" backup every fortnight and that will back up to where ever you have set up the catalogs to be saved to. What I do is every time I need a new external hard drive I buy two. One is the main one I work off and the other I use to make a copy of not only the catalogs but more importantly all the RAW photos that I take. I hardly saved anything at all to my Mac's internal harddrive

I have sold a few cameras on ebay, but never bought anything. I jad a friend get scammed. He ordered a camera and it wasn't in the box, just weights. The seller had pictures of the camera in the box, proof of shipping and proof of delivery. He had a heck of a time trying to get his money back.

Amazing Tip mate! thanks so much for sharing - appreciate !

Might allow you to renegotiate the price with a private seller, but most retailers (like B&H) don't differentiate between US and gray market once the lens is used, since the only real difference is whether or not the new lens is covered by factory warranty. Obviously, used lenses are not.

great advice... many thanks for this input

cheers mate. The Facebooks groups are a good place to list your Aquatech gear. Try The "Aquatech User Group": at this link: facebook.com/groups/194637741303618. OR another group is Surf & Ocean Photographers FB group, which is here: facebook.com/groups/2135112629886851

One thousand percent, this is THE most important tip not mentioned in the video.

Yes of course, If the lens does not match the description or the images shown then this would protect the buyer... great point

That is such an great insight! thanks so much for adding that to the comments. Maybe that is exactly what is happening with my 100mm macro. Appreciate you taking the time to share this.. cheers

This is a great strike rate then. Yeah I find with secondhand lenses most of the time you we be okay. Camera bodies can be way more risky but there is less to go wrong with the lenses. So its great to know from your experience that it works in your favour nearly every time... thanks so much for the input

Oh yeah, Im hearing ya! I just got the new RF 24-70mm 2.8 L and the ole bank account took a solid hit... but the quality of both the RF and EF L series version of this lens is so good and the lens will last for decades so I would say its a good investment for the quality that you will get

Yep, you have to always weigh up precision and hassle verses dollars... up to everyone what they choose in each moment... but sounds like you are happy with the homemade job which is perfectly fine, glad that you can see the value in actually doing something about the problem rather than battling to keep the thing at the bottom of the pool or ocean... thanks for the comment Nick, appreciate

Hey Timothy thanks for your question, that really depends on a lot of factors. Like if you are shooting from the water or the land. From the beach obviously you need a fairly good telephoto lens. The 100-400mm lens range is a good starting point, the zoom factor allows you to pull back for lineup shots or to get scenes with great backdrops but also get tight action if the waves aren't too far out. If there is a fair distance then the bigger 600mm lenses are more preferable, but it does come down to your tastes in a good surf photo, personally I like the more pulled back look, so I am often using lenses up to 400mm more than beyond it. If in the water my favourite two lenses are the 15mm ultra wide lens for close up action and the 50mm to position yourself a little further back.... hope this helps, with more information I can probably get more specific

I only use the "Lightroom Classic" version where there are no limitations. So I can't say for sure if the free version has or has not got the file saving options... I'm guessing it doesn't from what you have said. If not can you save it as a TIFF file? if you can this will be uncompressed and should be a super large and high quality file

So when using the 50mm lens I am definitely using AUTO focus, especially in the water because there is no way of manually focusing inside my water housing, and auto focus works really well. I take all my pictures as still photos using my Canon R5 camera inside a Aquatech housing.... the video you see is from a separate GoPro camera that is mounted on top of my water housing

So glad it helped, appreciate you letting me know!

thats so awesome to hear Zoe, so glad it helped and cheers for letting me know

Hey mate, such good insights you share here from your own experience. Its all about spending more time out there and you have got to find what works best hey? appreciate your contribution to this video... and Im so glad some of my other videos helped with the Aquatech housings, thanks for letting me know

Sorry to hear that, I've only had 3 of that type and have all worked perfectly, but I have used dozens of the LaCie ones with 100% success so far, so I have tested more of them, but I guess with every product at times there can be a fail

thats awesome to hear, thanks for letting me know!

yeah, A fair bit cleaner I reckon

thats fine, You are best to use OS Extended (Journaled) this will work perfectly for your 2021 mac

@ Done deal. Thanks!

So you want a picture that is exposed for the bright sun but still get detail in the landscape? if this is so then its really tough because your camera has to choose one or the other. If you expose for the landscape which is much darker then the sun will be blown out and if you expose for the bright sun then the foreground landscape will be pretty much black. So you could consider doing a composite image or sometimes fill the foreground with high powered flash and exposing for the bright sun for the ambient light could be another way around it, but this more so works for portraits or close subjects than big landscapes. But yes that is a challenging image to take

@dreamlifephotography got it, thank you.

Much needed new product team.... cheers

Yeah Nathan It definitely helped with that shoot. You can just hold your position so much easier

use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) I used that for years and it works fine

your welcome! so glad it helped, appreciate you letting me know

I have just replied to your email, but thought I would paste the response here as well: Hey Dave Thanks so much for your message. So firstly, when I shoot video, I am in preset or manual White Balance. The reason for this is that while the video is going it can potentially change colour temperature during the clip and this is almost impossible to edit out. You don't want the clip to change colour during filming it makes the editing process a nightmare. WB is not as much a problem when shooting still photos especially in RAW format. So when doing stills feel free to be in AUTO WB. So set your manual WB in the degree Kelvin to what looks most natural. That depends on the light on the day and even what the light is bouncing off down there. The colour balance can then be corrected in post production, but its best to get it as close when you are shooting it with video. Aquatech have just released some strobes that will suit your style of work perfectly. They have also released some constant light setups that would be good for both video and still photography. Not sure they are available in Australia yet, but will be soon: UA-cam on the new Aquatech strobes here: ua-cam.com/video/bBc1qKsHsHk/v-deo.html AND The UA-cam on the new constant lights is here: ua-cam.com/video/xLYQIAinMWw/v-deo.html Currently I am using the older flash housing for my Canon 600ex speelight, but that don't make that model anymore. BTW if you need anything from Aquatech use my code which is TOMW to get an extra 5% off Also how deep are you going with scuba? Generally the Aquatech is designed more for surface work at the moment, down to about 10m rating, but I know crew who do take them much deeper. These housing are different to dive housing. I have a starter course that is only $27 that sets some solid foundations for success with your new housing. It can follow on to a more comprehensive course, but I will leave the link below for you to check out. www.waterphotographycourses.com/water-surf-photographer-essentials-course-organic Let me know if you have any more questions Tom

Are you using Lightroom Classic? the desktop version that is the extended or main version should have all of these options, even with the newer updates. I have the latest update of Lightroom classic and they are all still there. the mobile version or "reduced" version which I think is just called Lightroom does not have all the features

@@dreamlifephotography Thanks for the reply! Lightroom seems to be dumbed down cloud optimized, Lrc looks a lot closer to your video thanks! That being said It can't possibly be uncompressed as a 28 MB Nikon RAW - a crazy 145 MB in Photoshop - at 100% quality exports to a JPG file of around 8 MB. I can use "Super Resolution" enhance and it comes out around 20 MB - but then your stock photography houses reject it for being overly retouched :-(

@@WorldWideMoose just export as a TIFF file if you are concerned about compression

@@dreamlifephotography 100% but the stock photo houses (Alamy, Shutterstock etc.) are trapped in the 80's and want JPEG :-)

They are now in New Zealand and Indonesia... but they are open to expanding to other countries, where is your friend?

@@plisskenetic because a smaller aperture is a smaller hole so it lets less light in, so you need longer shutter speeds to get the correct exposure

thats my point, it doesn't have to be about the location... it can instead be about finding the light, and while that may not be as consistent as Cali it definitely happens... good light happens everywhere at certain times

And money