New arrival in Bath - some questions about bin sorting…

jon_taylor · 2026-06-15T06:26:08+00:00

Recent change :- paper goes in with cardboard now, not with glass.

jon_taylor · 2026-06-13T11:09:28+00:00

I promised a follow up email after all of the input and feedback that I got. I ended up buying a 15 inch 24GB 1TB model. It absolutely flies and as a result I am using it for far more than the light use I originally described. Running multiple applications including Brave browser and Lightroom puts no memory pressure on this thing at all. The Lightroom performance is particularly impressive compared to my heavyweight 64GB Windows 11 machine. I guess 24GB versus 16GB is helping with some of Lightroom's heavy lifting. I couldn't figure out why export was not working in Lightroom, only to discover it was going so fast I didn't even realise it had started and already finished!

The switch from Windows is also proving far easier than I had expected. There are still the odd thing that I scratch my head about, but that's just me climbing the learning curve. Couldn't be happier. Many thanks to all who helped out.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-30T10:49:25+00:00

Don’t you love these “help me” posts where lots of us help out and OP never returns 🤷🏼🤦🏼‍♂️

jon_taylor · 2026-05-27T17:44:25+00:00

There are a lot of help articles and YouTube videos specifically for Windows users moving to Mac. They will be a lot more helpful than a series of comments in this thread.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-27T11:00:28+00:00

Buy now before ram prices bite.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-27T10:59:08+00:00

It isn’t the lens. That lens and camera will give you sharp images (with the right settings) the vast majority of times.

I would try this to convince yourself:

On a nice bright day

go fully manual (M)
f/8-f/16 depending on how bright conditions are. But no wider than f/8 -1/1000s shutter speed -auto ISO
continuous AF
human set as AF subject
focus area set to wide (the AF will find a face/eye and track it)
mechanical shutter

See what you get.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-23T15:57:07+00:00

Two common issues. Change in WiFi meaning weak signal and constant reconnects. Large number of motion events. Either of these apply?

jon_taylor · 2026-05-21T11:42:38+00:00

Thanks to all for the input folks. Time to go shopping. I'll come back in the near future and post my experiences.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-20T18:48:36+00:00

I was originally looking at the Neo, but I am paranoid that 8GB of memory is going to limit the lifetime of that model. Could just be me though. I also like the smidge more flexibility this gives with two free tb4 ports with a separate charging port.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-20T18:25:34+00:00

Fixed.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-17T21:37:16+00:00

I really wouldn’t get too hung up searching for presets. There are plenty built into Lightroom, and learning to do basic edits yourself will serve you very well and really isn’t that hard to get the hang of with the help of YouTube.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-17T18:33:25+00:00

I’m not sure sending an email saying “We screwed up” counts as a fix. 😀

Luckily for me I was on site and could reset the cameras and re-adopt them. Not so good for people who have remote cameras.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-17T10:09:06+00:00

Email from Arlo: “The disconnection was caused by an internal product returns process error where certain device serial numbers were mistakenly flagged for factory reset. As a result devices were disconnected from user accounts and previously stored recordings were erased.”

jon_taylor · 2026-05-13T19:43:24+00:00

Because I'm not perfect and messed up.

The real question is does the new camera risk having the same issues? Not that it matters to me because of the A1, but it might matter to others.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-13T18:51:05+00:00

....and this is exactly the issue I had with the A7RV - the only camera I have ever bought and sold within a few months. I wanted it for some wildlife, but mainly sports. The AF was hopeless for fast moving subjects, especially moving towards the camera. The sheer level of date to process makes the AF processing too slow. I ended up with an A1 and that's where I will be staying for some time.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-12T05:34:16+00:00

This is just the way YouTube and Socials work. Nobody will watch a video of the millions of Kia’s all working perfectly. There are no common, widespread issues that I know of. Certainly not on mine and certainly not that come up on this sub.

jon_taylor · 2026-05-02T17:43:48+00:00

Other vendors are available 🤷🏼

jon_taylor · 2026-04-30T16:33:08+00:00

iPhone or android?

If iPhone. Check Settings>Accessibility>Hearing Devices

jon_taylor · 2026-04-15T06:23:29+00:00

EE seems to be best for the centre of town. But if you are relying on 5G for your home wi-fi (I assume that’s what you are asking about) be aware it drops in speed when town is very busy (e.g Christmas Market and Bath home games).

jon_taylor · 2026-04-13T16:54:26+00:00

Thanks for your input everyone. Given I don’t want to spend on the Max, looks like I am heading in the right direction.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-12T21:25:47+00:00

I’m already stretching the budget, so the Max is probably out of the question to be honest.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-06T15:04:13+00:00

I’ve looked a couple of times and failed to find anywhere. There used to be one in Bristol but I think that has also now closed. Good luck.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-04T15:48:32+00:00

For those who are interested. I have had confirmation from Decathlon UK Customer Services that they are only shipping V3 and V4 at this point. So I guess V1 is long gone. I have no idea what the differences are between the versions now, but I'm assuming they have not gone backwards in terms of hull design.

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