Maybe a small Lumiquest? They come with elastic fittings now.

https://lumiquest.com/products/lumiquest-mini-softbox

Extremely unlikely but you may have a new error preventing it starting up. Give it a few days.

I use Capture One, but I got in before the subscription licensing, which is so not worth it with C1. But editing and raw processing and skin tones are annoyingly second to none.

Yeah, EVFs are very different from seeing the live scene directly, and while I still prefer an SLR view, I use my Q2 more than anything.

One advantage has is that an EVF can see in the dark. One disadvantage is that there’s a lag and this gets worse in the dark.

It’s only over time and with practice that you can predict what’s going to happen.

I use exiftool to move all my pictures, skipping duplicates, into one place.

Also use https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka to find and sort local duplicates, as well as an app called PhotoSweeper X that can actually compare images and not just metadata.

Flash is awesome, Joe McNally swears by them and David Hobby has a website - Strobist - devoted to teaching you how to use it.