Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Uh..... Whether you can or should edit on a laptop depends entirely on your laptop.... When I travel.... I'm using a Dell Vostro.... and well.... if by editing you mean looking to see whether the images are keepers or not.... it works fine for that..... I consider it essential for checking to see if any dust has snuck on to your sensor.... and backing things up on different drives.... etc.... Deciding what is working/ flailing... and seeing what other shots I still need to get ... I also do rough adjustments to raw files.... sort of getting a jump start on things... knowing that I can further tweak things when I get home.... But I've not been able to get the screen on my laptop to match my standard desktop monitor.... not even close... The variation of what a black point looks like as I move around or change the angle of view ever so slightly.... not to mention the funky lighting and environment one finds while traveling to off the beat places and the environment means I'm grasping at straws with it... Last trip everything was a good third of stop different from what I thought looked good on the laptop and what looks good on my desktop.... and that variance is not acceptable to me... If I have to submit photos for something while I'm traveling... I really heavily on Histograms.... and I have a few standard files of typical scenes from previous trips from my desktop that I open to compare side-by-side... This is especially helpful when photographing dark-skinned Africans.... So I don't make any serious final files while traveling... I want to use every available moment to shoot.... and that means I'm usually too tired to seriously edit anyhow.... But if I had the latest Mac Book Pro... I might think about doing more editing on it... Duane (I'd rather be shooting than editing) Birkey