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John C.

John C.

Joined on 08/29/06

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Most Favorable Review

So good I bought 2..

Canon EOS 60D 18MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS UD Standard Zoom Lens
Canon EOS 60D 18MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS UD Standard Zoom Lens

Pros: Great video. Great stills. Great in low light, great in medium light, great in great light. Lots of lens choices from Canon and elsewhere. So easy even a Caveman can use it. So sophisticated even a photography snob can use it.

Cons: 18-135mm Zoom Lens is NOT a varifocal. It will not maintain focus while zooming. This is fine for stills (which is what this camera is designed for) but for video you will have to zoom and then focus. I know this was probably a controversy 20 years ago but I still feel a need to complain that my old Canon FD lenses will not work properly (even with an adaptor) on the EOS system.

Overall Review: I've been away from SLR technology for almost 20 years. My last SLR was a Canon A-1. The lenses back most "modern" lenses were vari focal. The new lenses aren't and there's a reason for that. Today we have auto focus - so lens designers don't care if a lens stays focus while you zoom since the moment you snap the picture the auto focus will, well, focus. I also bought a 60D for my son for Christmas so he can pursue his interest in video production and photography.

Most Critical Review

Awesome--UNTIL FAILURE

Seagate BarraCuda XT ST32000641AS 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda XT ST32000641AS 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: REALLY FAST DRIVE!! AND I was able to backup all my DATA from the Seagate very quickly -- to a Western Digital drive. Windows 7 was able to detect that S.M.A.R.T had been triggered -- which means that the Seagate drive is about to take a DIVE. Hence the backup before the Seagate no longer works at all.

Cons: S.M.A.R.T started reporting errors. So the drive must now be sent back to Seagate. So far getting an RMA number hasn't been too bad. I had to run SeaTools which informed me the drive was failing and gave the error code for the Seagate return. I will let you know if I ever get the replacement drive Seagate has promised.

Overall Review: Will write more when and IF i get a replacement drive. Time will tell.

I've copied Hard drives with this device without a computer

SYBA USB 3.0 UASP Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station with Duplicator Support SY-ENC50071
SYBA USB 3.0 UASP Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station with Duplicator Support SY-ENC50071

Pros: Show progress of copy 25% 50%...100%.

Overall Review: This has worked better than other hubs I've used.

Really shouldn't be giving it 5 stars...

WD Elements 8TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN Black
WD Elements 8TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN Black

Pros: I really shouldn't be giving it 5 stars BUT it is working right now. The real test of a hard drive is how long it lasts under what load. Only time will tell. It WILL fail the question is when. And more importantly is everything backed up when it does. Yeah, I think RAID is in my future. Soon, someday.

Cons: The "Cons" will come if it fails what I consider "prematurely".

Overall Review: Was getting about 200 MBps when doing a read speed test. A bit less when doing a write test. At the end of the test it was down to about 170 MBps so this might indicate that as the drive gets to it's maximum storage it might slow down. These were all sequential R/W's.

11/26/2019

I have 3 of these. Have not had any problems- Yet.

Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive 8TB HDD External - PC Windows PS4 & Xbox - USB 2.0 & 3.0 Black (STEB8000100)
Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive 8TB HDD External - PC Windows PS4 & Xbox - USB 2.0 & 3.0 Black (STEB8000100)

Pros: Fair price. Getting about 130MB/sec transfers with USB 3.0. On one of external drives I shucked the outer plastic shell and installed in as an 8TB internal drive.

Cons: If they keep working for a while there won't be any "Cons".

Overall Review: Never trust any hard disk drive. Assume it's going to fail at any moment and backup accordingly. When it fails - you're prepared, if it hasn't yet - be thankful. They're all mechanical - they will eventually break.

10/10/2018

Still working!

Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDRE1TB
Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDRE1TB

Pros: Installed this in April 2016. Still working great.

Cons: If it fails -- I'll let you know.

10/22/2016