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Using Your Synology NAS with Lightroom Classic | Storing Your Photos Part 4 editing hot topics Apr 11, 2025

By Wayne Kenward

Using Your Synology NAS with Lightroom Classic – Part 4

If you haven’t already done it, sign up to the COAP Academy,Ā  Rich and Tom will cover the Lightroom catalogue and folder structures.Ā 

Lightroom Catalogue and Images

It is critical the Lightroom catalogue runs on a local dr...

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Setting up your NAS | Storing Your Photos Part 3 editing hot topics Apr 11, 2025

By Wayne Kenward

Accounts, Mobile Apps and Desktop Apps

Synology Account - https://account.synology.com/ Set up an account, you will need this to register you NAS and manage support tickets and subscription or licences.Ā Ā  Also, the NAS and some services need this to work.

Synology Active Insights...

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Choosing your NAS | Storing Your Photos Part 2 editing hot topics Apr 11, 2025

By Wayne Kenward

If you haven’t already ready my blog ā€œImage Storage Guideā€, please read it first.

Blog: Image Storage Guide | COAP Online

This blog is a follow on to the ā€œImage Storage Guideā€ and covers selecting a Synology NAS, connection, configuration and some ideals on how to work with a Syn...

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Clifton Cameras and COAP Quarterly Tech Round Up - Q1 2025 hot topics Mar 09, 2025

ByĀ Aled Phillips

Well, what a start to the year it’s been! Seems as though as soon as the January blues had set in, the photo market exploded with lots of exciting new products to get our inspiration whirring and our wallets shivering in fear!Ā 

Sony

Sony announced their FE 400-800mm f6.3-8 G OSS ...

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STEP AWAY FROM THE AIRSHOW, SIR... hot topics Aug 19, 2024

By Rich Cooper

Now, this is a delicate subject.

It’s dangerously close to biting the hand that feeds us, and it feels uncomfortable to go there when so many external barriers of red tape & bureaucracy are put in place to stumble this lifeblood of our hobby.

But Airshows. Air Days. Open Houses. Ai...

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Image Storage Guide | Storing Your Photos Part 1 hot topics Jul 02, 2024

By Wayne Kenward

Photo Storage – Local, USB, NAS or Cloud

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Climbing Out of a Rut hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Dan Eley

Sometimes we all find that moment as we gradually slip into a rut with our aviation photography, whether it be due to life in general, health or just family and work commitments it happens to the best of us.

It’s how we react and pursue our photography during the ruts which differs bet...

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Do I Need a Super Computer for AI? hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Wayne Kenward

So, do I Need A High Powered Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) to cope with AI technology in software?

Topaz has been using Ai for a while now, with Adobe including Denoise in Lightroom Classic and Ai Generative Fill in Photoshop, Ai is now mainstream.Ā  You may have seen your old

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What Is COAP & How Did It All Start? hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Rich Cooper

Rich Cooper jumps on the UK Airshow Review Podcast for an extensive interview. Rich discusses his life long enthusiasm for aviation, the span of his career and all about Centre of Aviation Photography, including this COAP Online platform!

Rich gives the full back story of how The Ce...

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A Tribute to Blackjack hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Jack Bird

On the 29th of May 2021, as the aviation community readied itself for the return of airshows to the UK post covid, the RAF Typhoon Display Team unveiled what would become known as Blackjack!

ZJ914, Blackjack’s tail number, started its life on 9 Squadron based at RAF Lossimouth. 9 Squa...

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Obsessions... hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Dave Lockwood

We all have them, for some of us it’s the chase of capturing ā€˜that’ plane in flight or collecting serial numbers. I have a new one though and it’s something I can’t quite figure out why, patches.

I’ve spent far too much in recent months at events, trawling eBay, obscure websites f...

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A Tribute to Daily Risk hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Rich Cooper

This is always so tough.Ā 

Having been immersed in squadron life for most of my photography years, one thing that I consistently walk away with (99% of the time) is how tight they are.Ā 

Literally living and dying for each other.Ā 

How every squadron tradition and every social activi...

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