> On Aug 17, 2020, at 7:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > I generally don't play with building computers anymore. I don't see the point > when you can buy such amazing performance for so little money nowadays.
A pretty base level mac would set me back between half a month and a month of my gross income, before I pay taxes, food, mortgage etc. You’re idea of “little money” bears little resemblance to the reality that I live in. > If you like doing it as your hobby or if it's part of the fun you have in > doing image processing, that's fine. But here's my processing upgrade story: > > I'd been running on a 2012 edition Mac mini updated with 1T SSD and max (16G) > RAM since it was new until last December. It proved sufficiently robust > performance-wise to satisfy my needs until I started playing with the Light > L16 50Mpixel image files. Since I ordered the Hasselblad 907x Special Edition > last Summer, I figured that these 50Mpixel image files might be slow > processing too much on the old mini for my comfort. So I upgraded the mini to > the 2018-2019 Mac mini outfitted with the 3.2Ghz 6-core processor, 32G RAM, > and 1T internal SSD. I bought a new USB-3.1 compatible hub for my array of > working and archive disks, and reused my existing keyboard and trackpad (all > current edition Apple models), USB-3 disk enclosures, and my Apple > Thunderbolt 27" display. It cost me on the order of $2000 total. I upgraded > to Catalina and moved on to Lightroom Classic from v6.14 since, after testing > five different alternatives, I haven't found anything that does what I > want/need as well just yet … and I had some work that I wanted to get done. I may be forced to go to the ransomeware version of lightroom. > > > Disk read/write performance has improved by about 25-30% roughly, image > processing throughput with 50Mpixel Hasselblad raw files using LR now matches > the performance I used to see with the old mini and Olympus/Pentax/Leica > 10-16 Mpixel raw files. The Light L16 "Lumen" software remains a sluggish > performer … It's just not written in an optimal way for macOS, it seems. No > big deal. Hasselblad's own Phocus application performs very well albeit that > I'm just learning how to use it (it's not quite as slick in use as LR > Classic, but 15 years of LR experience do weigh in on that). > > I've done a couple of small videos with this system now using trial versions > of Final Cut and other software: It's MUCH more facile than the old mini. > Everything else I use the computer for has sped up by a noticeable increment > and remains as reliable as ever. :) > > Far as I'm concerned, this was a good trade off between time spent figuring > out how to improve my image processing system, how to transition with minimal > disruption to my existing stuff, and overall performance at a reasonable > cost. I'm sure there are other solutions that might fit what you want better. > > It's just what I did in the circumstance of needing an upgrade, and it's > worked out very nicely. I’m glad that it works nicely for you. It’s nice when you can afford to apply Sam Vimes boots theory to computers. If you can afford to even consider buying a hasselblad your budget is so far and above larger than most of ours, that what works for you out of your pocket change is often beyond the scope of us mere mortals. If I had $2,000 lying around for a computer upgrade, I’d be taking an entirely different tack, up to possibly just buying a new computer. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
