Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having received all this great advice from various esteemed members of the list when I posted my question about 10 days ago, I thought I'd let people know what I ended up deciding. After trying iPhoto (since I already have it) and a couple of the other options, I settled on Photo Mechanic (www.camerabits.com). I had seen a demo of it at the 2004 Photokina but never really played with it. Now I did, and I just sent my order yesterday. The main reason I liked it is the speed--even though my Powerbook has a slower chip and less memory than my Windows desktop machine, Photo Mechanic is much faster at breezing through a folder of RAW images than ACDSee on the Windows machine. This was the deciding factor for me, since I do not use the other features much (database etc.). Speed is most important. The pictures from the Copenhagen commemoration of the Warsaw ghetto uprising I posted yesterday were edited on the Powerbook using Photo Mechanic, and then processed using Photoshop Elements 4 -- all on a train from Frankfurt to Amsterdam Wednesday night. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog