Totally different for me:

• NC-calendar syncs two different calendars (work and private) accross all my devices.
• NC Photos with Memories organizes 2 TB of photos and has all the functions Immich has.
• NC Password Manager syncs my Passwords
• I share big files with my clients via NC and photo albums to friends and family.
• NC syncs and organizes different Input-folders for my paperless-ngx-server.
• I update NC with a small script, works every time

So it replaces at least 5 different Programs. And it’s 80 % private use, 20 % for my business. Not too big, not too clunky, just the right tool.

Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!

The contrast equalizer looks like a very powerfull tool, I will try to get it to know better. And your “fine clarity”-recipe looks very promissing, thank you for sharing.

Why do you choose Lychee over Immich? Does it have features you prefer?

Challenge: Bird or church-person? Cardinals are often seen in groups, twitter a lot and shouldn’t eat too much white bread, or they will poop all over your car.

I am using the Tamron 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC and I enjoy it a lot. Autofocus with the Sony works fast, with the right light even flying swallows are not save.

Regarding the focal length: I noticed that I don’t care much if I go 450 mm or 500 mm. But what I do care about: sometimes I wish I could below the 150 mm, to be a bit more flexible. So my next lense in my next live would probably be a sharp and fast 100-400mm.

The high-effort-way: self-hosting. Take an old PC (or easier: nextcloud-hardware) and install Nextcloud + Memories-App or e.g. immich. But exposing your server to the internet should only be done after learning a lot about the subject, as it could potentially be quite dangerous.

Two of our professional-photography-friends are using picdrop.com, 1 GB is free, 10 GB cost 10€/month, 500GB are 15€/month.

I would be skeptical of a page where you could upload this much data for free, as server space simply has it’s costs. If you don’t pay the service, they will make sure they get their money in a different way.

I installed the version from F-Droid-Store, Version 0.6-something. The main problem for me was, that you couldn’t download single songs, only complete albums - and I gave up on the App.

This post made me install the 0.9-beta-APK (directly from github), and it already fullfills all my wishes, you can download single songs now! And I love that you can filter for your favorites and download them all at once. Really looking forward to further process, it’s so promissing.