Where is the red light that blinks? Is it the same one that blinks to show activity to the SD card? Try removing the SD card and putting in a freshly charged battery, then see if it boots up. If not, remove battery, lens, SD card and leave it overnight, then try again.

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I wouldn’t be in a big hurry to delete the old Windows files unless you’re hurting for disk space. I’d suggest you give it a month or two and make sure Win 11 is stable for you and you’re able to use all your software packages properly before burning that bridge. 🙂

Peter, I’ve wondered about Windows 11. I haven’t wanted to update to 11 because I don’t like the layout of things. But it would be nice if updating would help my laptop. Thanks for your suggestion!

It would be a good idea to upgrade anyway, because it’s not very good to be running outdated versions of Windows that don’t get security updat…Read more

It sounds like it might be because Windows 10 is no longer supported and I don’t think it has been since October. You might try upgrading to Windows 11.
Hopefully that helps!

Upgrading to Windows 11 is (officially) recommended, but it’s not likely to solve your fan issue. Sounds like a hardware problem, not software.

My guess would be that t…Read more

Definitely TIFF for file format. I guess the colorspace kinda depends on your intent. If it’s just intended for computer screens, sRGB is fine. If you’re doing fine art prints, then you might want a different colorspace. I’d imagine sRGB is a reasonable default.

I have no experience with v3, but according to this thread, you’ll want the to choose the 3rd option (“Enterprise” for AMD/INTEL)
https://nikonites.com/forum/threads/affinity-v3-updates-and-how-to-update-when-using-exe-installer-on-windows.52724/

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/113412-setting-up-affinity-photo-as-external-editor-in-lightroom/#findComment-1065396

If you purchased Affinity…

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The Precision 5540 looks like a really nice piece of machinery. I wouldn’t be afraid to buy refurbished from an authorized retailer or top rated seller. Just be sure to check the seller’s feedback rating. If it’s less than 99% positive, stay far away.

If you’re using it for photo editing/graphics work, I’d say 16GB of RAM is an absolute minimum. You…Read more

I looked at the GPU, and no, I only have AMD Radeon.

If you go to the default desktop screen where your icons are, right click, and then click on “Show More Options” do you see something for “AMD Radeon”? If so, click it and see if you can find the settings for “Display” > Custom Color. See the screenshots attached.

you mentioned the sRGB…

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If you plan to use it for text layout though, I’d recommend Affinity Publisher. I own all three Affinity products (Designer, Publisher and Photo) and am very happy with them.

When I look zoomed up, it’s as if the edges of the letters are where the problems are happening. The look like gray pixels and not black.

The grey pixels on the edges of text are normal, (they’re there to make the text look better on your screen). I don’t think it’s the main cause of your blurry prints. But it would certainly yield better p…Read more

Interesting that a different PDF project prints out clearer. If you zoom that one in to 1200% does the text look sharp, or pixelated? I still have a hunch that your tract is not as sharp as it…Read more

I removed all graphics for the pdf and change the text to what I think was on PDF2 (I hadn’t saved it). I then printed it “actual size”. -Not any clearer.

Not any clearer than what? Your very first fuzzy results?

Try zooming in on this PDF to 1200% and see if the text has blocky pixels instead of smooth lines.

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Also uncheck “print in Grayscale” since the printer only has black toner anyway, and the “conversion” to grayscale might introduce additional artifacts.

If you click on “Properties” up in the top middle there, you’ll get to the printer driver settings which will allow you to change more advanced…Read more

It’s sized to print on legal paper. When we set the printer to “fit” it doesn’t cut anything off. (I just thought of this, could that be were we’re getting the compression artifacts?)

Yes, that could absolutely be the problem! You need to create your design EXACTLY the way it should be printed (including margins), and not rely on the printer d…Read more

Another thing to try would be to…Read more

Also, 300 PPI is overkill for digital viewing. Try exporting a version at 72 PPI and see if that helps with the graininess. It might just be that your file is getting too big and Lightroom is struggling to process it smoothly.

Changing the PPI in your Lightroom export settings won’t make any difference in quality at all for digital viewing,…Read more

I agree that PS may not be the ideal tool for this job, but it should certainly be capable. 🙂

Ok thanks for that! I was looking some more at the tripod legs I found on Amazon, and the head from manfratto ( the links in the other post), and it doesn’t look like they will connect. I attached screenshots of the measurements, am I understanding the info right? The first pic is from the tripod legs and the second pic is from the manual for t…

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I would not be afraid of buying a tripod used from an online marketplace as long as you can look it over to make sure it’s what was advertised. You’re much more likely to get a good quality tripod for a better price by buying…Read more

DPI stands for “dots per inch”. For digital files that you’re viewing on a screen it’s not a very useful number, (it’s mostly used for printing) but it’s good to know what it means so you can understand it when people toss the term around. 🙂

Digital photos are made up of millions of little…Read more

My understanding is it is a bit complex to learn/use, but if you are willing to learn it, there certainly is the benefit of it being free!

Yeah, that’s what I would say too. 🙂 I’ve never really used it seriously so most of what I know is what I’ve gathered from others. Another free & open source option that I do have some experience with is RawTh…Read more

Photo Editing Software

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Recommended Photo Editing Software?

https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/85579/weird-canon-17-55-f2-8-is-lens-error

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3934584

Must have been a bad design that breaks too easily. You might try turning off IS and see if that helps. Some…Read more

I’m not familiar with the “split manual focus system”.

@jamesstaddon I think he’s probably referring to split focus systems that they used to put in the old DSLR cameras before AF was a “thing”. 🙂 Here’s a demo of what that looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnkib7FZ8S8

See here for more details: https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EF-RF-Lenses/What-is-the-difference-between-EF-and-EF-S-lenses-and-what-is/td-p/139263

Summary, in case…Read more

most computer/phone screens physically don’t have more pixels per inch than that

This certainly used to be true, but high resolution screens are becoming much cheaper and more popular nowadays. Most phones nowadays have anywhere from 400-600 ppi displays. Even laptops a…Read more

My research and experience has actually been leading me away from limited “all rights reserved” licenses to “open” licenses, such as a public domain or Creative Commons license. I’m sure this is not going to be a popular position on a…Read more

Not sure I understand your next question… 🙂

The photos seem to be very low quality (such as when you try to wind up the brightness on the editor it goes very grainy or something!)

I’m not surprised, considering the amazing progress at noise reduction and better light sensitivity that has been made since 2006. It’s likely that you can do some better with techniques such as “expose to the…Read more