MJD

Hopefully they should be familiar with what you said surely my body doesn’t need to go too! I’ll reach out to them, Thanks for your help!

I’ve used a place in Atlanta for certified Nikon repairs I believe it was camera service pro, can i not use them?

Yeah yeah yeah wishful thinking. I need to get my editing classes done before I go out and advertise again in my new town. Glad I found this out now. what about reselling the lens to recoup? Where should I do that and am I awful for passing it on? What should I ask it’s been taken care of and I just got it last year for Xmas. Husband is going to kill me when u ask for another one ?

Insert crying face. I just came here for classes LOL! New computer new lens. Thank you for letting me know that... I’ll look around. Purchasing this lens did let me know my camera body needed a trip to the shop... good to know they fixed it and it’s not that. I almost want a new camera (drool) instead... the newer nikons don’t have an issue with this lens? also fuzzy because of this issue?

Insert crying face. I just came here for classes LOL! New computer new lens. Thank you for letting me know that... I’ll look around. Purchasing this lens did let me know my camera body needed a trip to the shop... good to know they fixed it and it’s not that. I almost want a new camera (drool) instead... the newer nikons don’t have an issue with this lens?

it is, on a nikon d700

to me this looks like a spot on great calibration. I'm having some trouble out in the field still catching the right focal point... I know a tripod makes a huge difference but I'm "out in the field" it looks like I'm still missing focus or its in focus but fuzzy. I know using a tripod makes a big difference but even with an extremely high shutter speed I'm still not satisfied. The last one is very dark and I wasn't steady.. crazy its off so much just from that. Anyway... do they look kind of fuzzy to you?

and I was browsing posts, saw one for someone who wanted to build and saw all your basic recommended specs. If I'm only using the PC for PS, Bridge and firefox that should be fine right? I really wasnt expecting to have to buy a new computer just yet and I know if I'm going to make the investment it would be best to not have to upgrade again in 2 years. At MAX I have about $500 to spend right now, I guess I know what I'm asking Santa for Christmas haha

and actually its a DVI not a VGA. Still might upgrade and have dual screens. https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-6200-Pro-Intel-i5-Quad-Core-16GB-RAM-2TB-Windows-10-PC-Desktop-Tower-Computer/183443124724?hash=item2ab60ff1f4:g:VvMAAOSwOGZdrcHN:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!32347!US!-1 how about something like this?

What about refurbished? seeing a lot of great deals and would of course research the seller. I've had success with refurbished items before and I think its great to reuse. my monitor only supports a VGA cable so that'll have to go too. panicked a little there.. I have the spyder5pro, that'll still be fine right?

I'm not adverse to doing a complete factory reset... I've done it in the past. I have another 4TB hard drive coming in the mail, my plan is to dump all the photos onto there, at least 2018 and before. Maybe some 2017 when I started shooting RAW

yeah I was hoping to get away with not needing to do that. I am having some major calibrating issues as well so I guess it might be time to start researching. Since I've got you here and you've been quick to answer and know your stuff.. what kind of budget should I be looking at for a proper setup? can I get away with spending $400? $800?

Thank yes you did! its actually a desktop but I think we bought it 9 years ago. For now I'm going to swap out the ram and triple check my files one more time and take a huge load off the computer. What about the D drive? anything I can do with that? 16GB huh? the good thing is at least this will hold me over while I finish up Damien's classes and once I'm generating revenue again I can upgrade and write it off. I only use it for processing my images, all the extra hoopla for the most part has been deleted. Thank you for your help!

So! First, PC details in screen shot provided. Ive deleted files off my c drive, everything that wasn't essential, dupplicate files, unwanted programs, etc. I adjusted my performance to "optimal for performance" as apposed to "optimal for visual" (still adjusting to that one, feels like 1995 up in here) did a disc cleanup, and is weekly defragged automatically. I know that I can add more ram to the computer - I've matched my model to the RAM I would need and see its pretty straight forward plug and play inside the box. my question is - I have 6 GB RAM already , and read that the most I can use is 8. Will the 2 GB really make that much of a difference? What are people operating on these days as far as RAM goes? this desktop is easily 9 years old I'm surprised the ol lass even boots up! AND, Do I bite the bullet and trust 3 external hard drives to hold all my photos? I have them backed up on two but I just cant seem to get them off the C drive!