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Tengo una duda. Acepta únicamente papel por la marca epson o podría ponerle papel de otra marca. Puede imprimir en papel brillo. Lustre. O Matte como le llamamos acá en latino América.
You can print on any type paper. I use non-Epson sheet paper. But I'm unable to get any rolls locally other than Epson. I know in the US there is a company that sells glossy, matte, luster, metallic and a couple other papers in rolls. The problem I have is that it costs a fortune to import it into Canada. So if you can find it and it's a common size listed on the printer you can use it. Puede imprimir en cualquier tipo de papel. Utilizo hojas de papel que no sean de Epson. Pero no puedo conseguir ningún rollo local que no sea Epson. Sé que en EE. UU. hay una empresa que vende papeles brillantes, mate, lustre, metálicos y un par más en rollos. El problema que tengo es que cuesta una fortuna importarlo a Canadá. Entonces, si puede encontrarlo y es un tamaño común que figura en la impresora, puede usarlo.
I sold most of my Canon lenses, but in the end, I decided to keep my canon 70-200mm F4 IS version. Now, I am switching to the Sony A7C II with a Metabones adapter, which still provides very good autofocus speed and excellent sharpness. So nowadays, this lens is a pretty good choice for a full-frame camera. ❤
If you need to choose a tripod here is a video that will help with that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-olzMeUTKKw0.htmlsi=ETv3mW5uBrcLSP79
Awesome advice cheers. Personally ive been shooting photography sonce my early teens im now 59 for the last 31 years ive shot for newspapers 21 on my last paper anyway last week myself and other 'togs on the rag were made redundant the company are relying on their scribes to illustrate their stories uning the phone cams haga thats progress. So now im going to try to go it alone i have a wealth of photography experience in many many genres im confident in my ability with a camera far less so in my business knowledge having said that my 7 years uoloading content to RU-vid has finally started to pay off i mean fair play 12 nzd a week isnt life changing but hey better than nowt. I never saw YT as a money maker i do it because i enjoy it. Liked and subbed cheers 📷
In terms of hardware both are manufactured by Noritsu. With the Fuji machine you are stuck with CP-49E box chemistry, where as on the Noritsu is standard RA-4 chemistry. Personally I would choose the Noritsu as the software is easier to use and very customisable.
How is your printer on monochrome colors? I am finding this printer has problems with banding, that no amount of head cleaning or printer calibration solves. Setting it on fine helps, but it is still not perfect.
@@firstchoicephoto Thank you for your reply. Yes the banding is the same direction as the head travel. It is as if the head is not being fed enough ink to give a uniform print.
I have not seen that. I did have a banding at 90 degrees to the paper travel. That was fixed by first making sure the had was cleaned, then running a Paper Head Adjustment till everything was 0, then running a Paper Feed Adjustment. Also I have found on some images that you NEED to use a higher quality setting to eliminate some banding. It appears in solid areas that are darker then 50% grey but just shy of 100% black. I make sure to run those on Print Quality - High Quality and that goes away.
@@firstchoicephoto It seems these printers need constant adjustments to keep them working properly. I have 4 of them and they all are giving problems. I shouldn't have to switch to high quality in order to get a decent print without banding for certain images. It is like these printers are pre production and we are doing the testing for Epson! Hopefully things will improve with future software updates. I miss my Noritsu wetlab.
Love your thoughts about print pricing! There are a tremendous number of hidden costs or indirect costs that should be folded into the minimum price for a print. Inventory costs, display costs, sales costs, taxes. Thanks for your video!
I recently purchased this lens. I was completely intrigued by your comments about fine tuning this lens on the dock. Do you have a video with your recommendations of the settings that you used to do the fine tuning? That’s a video that I would love tonsee.
The settings will be different with each camera / lens but this playlist will take you to 8 videos on the 150 - 600 lens ru-vid.com/group/PLGjzqsyU5T3QVGCBjRCjYBXSRREA2wXmh&si=vnUQXigBNfsVLk9p
@@firstchoicephoto ofcourse there is a limit to being too soft. But again imho as long as the composition is good and the subject was in focus. Pixel peep sharpness is not always necessary.
That is so true, dealing with a person now that is zooming in to 100% of a massive file and not realizing that at that magnification the resulting print would be 60x80" and she wants a file to post online. FRUSTRATING!!
What cleaning solutions do u use to clean the lens? I read the manual and they said don’t use organic solutions and I only got isopropyl alcohol and I am afraid I might damage it
Very informative video! I’m still a little confused about the custom settings. I mostly do wildlife photography (wildlife that moves fast). I just bought the sigma 150-600mm so not too familiar with kit yet. Im still trying to figure out the settings for the type of photography i do. I mostly use aperture priority and manual modes. Would you suggest that I use custom settings for that type of photography and if so which custom setting? I have a Nikon d3300 but I’m about to receive my Nikon d750…I would imagine the settings would be different. Thank you!
Settings are so personal. I LOVE aperture priority and Auto ISO. That allows me to quickly adjust exposure compensation. BUT I also use manual in situations that I will be shooting in for a long time.
Call me a psychopath, but when I agreed to take a portrait of my cousin's daughter, I started getting requests to take family portraits...during Christmas break. I didn't ever intend to do portraits.
I have only recently started using a polarizing filter with my digital camera. Is there any instance where I would benefit from reducing or increasing my Exposure Value in conjunction with my filter? Great video, and thanks for explaining the benefits and use cases for these great lens accessories.
In some situations the filter will darken the image. Not every time but it can reduce lighting by a stop or even two. A lot depends on what the subject is and how it is lit. I generally don't worry about it as I would rather it be slightly under to work with then over.
You can still do a lot with a kit lens. I have seen some amazing work from people with a kit lens by having the subject further away from the background then someone with an f1.2
I think that people use too large apertures rather than too small, nowadays. Almost every single photo from large sensor cameras, published in the internet (excluding landscape photography) are “bokeh shot”. Portraits, nature, macro etc are nearly always the same main theme - I bought a new super bright lens and that’s how it blurs the background. Composing pictures with large depth of field is very challenging.
Thank you for the tips, I always take a camera with me when I'm riding the eBike. Did RU-vid compression mess up the audio on this video? It sounds pretty distorted with head phones on.
Thank you for the helpful tips I'm going to start my own professional business BTW I'm a very kind at heart Railroad & Train and lots in nature photographer diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome also based in Northern Alberta doing loads of RailFanning Photography with Canadian National railways & Canadian Pacific Kansas city in Alberta.
Hi, watched your basic 24 minutes videos and this . Very informative and useful for starters. My Epson 4990 perfection flatbed is giving blurred images. Its 16 years old and not used for last 8 years. As i saw some water marks on mirrors of scanning headso i cleaned them with lens cleaning package, then its quality improved. But still the colour overflows to the white letters in the magazine scans. Need to show you to explain it visually. Please share your email/ communications id to send the result. Tried most settings in 😢 the software
Thank you for this great informational video. I’m just a nervous photographer, but I have thousand‘s of photos. I have never printed out from my camera cards and iPhone. I’m looking for a good high volume printer for my home to help me print out all of these photos and then just keep printing as I need. What do you recommend? I was looking at an Epson Eco tank printer. I have a canon PIXMA, but the cartridges don’t hold much ink and it just becomes a pain because I can only print out about 10 photos before it needs ink again. It’s just irritating. I’m looking for something with a high volume capacity , that’s affordable and works!
I looked at the Eco tank for a project but heard a lot of horror stories about them. HONESTLY not sure how true they were because so many people blow things out of proportion. If you do get one run it like crazy for the first couple of weeks to see for yourself. If I was going to get a consumer level printer I would look at the Epson P900. The quality is GREAT!!!
I bougt the ET-18100 Eco tank a few weeks ago. It is a simple Printer without bells and whistles and works fine and fast up to A3+. Also nice and easy is the software "Epson Print Layout" including softproofing. I am very happy with the quality of the prints on Ilford Studio matt, satin and glossy paper. The Epson 107 ink is realy cheap. With included 70ml (each ink) you can print many Photos! There are some disadvantages too: - There is no ethernet, you have to use USB (or wifi) - There is no gray ink => for black and white prints it is not the perfect solution - It is specified only up to 300 g/qm paper How good it will work in long term run, I do not kow...
I just received this lens used from eBay. I am looking forward to new photographic experiences with my Pentax K-5. I didn't do a lot of research before purchasing, but I think got a good deal. I just know that Sigma makes great lenses.Thanks for your review.
Well I could have added that, but I am sure that after the first 2000 hours that most people would have complained again. Professionally repairing a photo takes thousands of hours in training, SO MOST PEOPLE are better off to stop the damage and send them to a professional. But if you would have taken a minute to check out the channel you would have seen a section that talks about correctly using Photoshop to do just that. I am adding more videos so you are welcome to invest the multiple hours in learning a skill that most people are to lazy to learn. Here is the link to the playlist here ru-vid.com/group/PLGjzqsyU5T3R-NPUceuUGVwnAcCazljgK
Got a RP for $650. Good entry level price to begin with but I’m glad I got a deal to get a start on the RF mount. My old DSLRs shoot fine though. I do miss the extra reach the crop gave all my lenses on the DSLRs.
Hi, Thank you for your videos. I’m very interested in learning how to scan properly, as I'm starting to digitize all my photos and want to do it right the first time. I noticed that your video doesn't mention the PNG file format. If the Epson printer software offers a PNG option, could you explain why you prefer JPG instead? I haven't bought the scanner yet, but I plan to after watching more of your videos. Thanks again!
I have never been a fan of PNG for photos. I find that jpeg maintains higher quality than PNG. If you even want the best quality, but it takes up a lot of space and does slow things down, for a small gain Tiff format get you even a little bit more quality.
