Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You were saying about Netbooks and I am saying that is no good for a Mac user (although I do have a Dell 9 running OSX 10.6.2). You seem to be jumping between email/web type stuff which an iPad can do to laptops which are bigger/heavier but can do more. I have a 17" MacBook Pro (as well as a workstation) but would not dream of taking it on holiday with me. I will be in Europe for 5 weeks in a couple of months, what is your suggestion for coping with 10s GBs of photos I expect I will take? I have +100Gb of SD cards, do you suggest that I buy more and keep them until I get home? Not download them anywhere and I may find an issue, or excessive dust on the sensor, or the cards have become corrupt or..... For me that is single point of failure and I can keep them on a card but also on my Air and an external drive. For a lesser time, or travelling light, that is where an iPad came in as per the original query. Goalposts seem to keep moving..... john -----Original Message----- You'd have a Mac Pro Quad core back in your dorm room with a calibrated screen. Or maybe a full sized laptop hooked up to a nice big screen; and that would be me. With two extra hard disks hooked up to it. Mark William Rabiner > > And if you are a Mac user with $$$$ worth of pro-class > Adobe/CaptureOne etc software? > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > Half the kids at Columbia and NYU appear to be using Acer's now at the > starbucks and better coffee shops. Its really impressive to see those > little laptops and know that it would be no problem to have them with > you all day without making you have to carry a full back pack with > like with a regular laptop. The keyboards are not so compact as to > your not able to type out papers with them. And the screen seems to be plenty clear enough. > > Mark William Rabiner >> >> I have the Acer Aspire One. It's a tiny little thing but works great for >> travel. >> >> Tina >> >> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tina, >>> >>> Which model do you have? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Akhil >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> My tiny little Acer netbook can handle LR and PS. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 2:37 AM, John McMaster >>> <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote: >>> >>>> I really think that you are not understanding this. Nobody is >>>> saying that the iPad will be their only computer, just it is >>>> small/light for travelling with and is there software to allow >>>> basic cataloguing/editing of Leica shots with it.... If using a >>>> full blown laptop, I like others chose a Mac Air, then there is no issue. >>>> >>>> john >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> I'm talking about maybe our photography which we sweat about buying >>>> exclusive Leica gear for is too important to be editing with trendy >>>> hand held gadgets. Maybe we can put them down for a few minutes and >>>> enjoy the scenery - talk the the person next to us. And when we get >>>> back to your hotel/motel edit our photo's on a laptop. On a screen >>>> where we can see our images. >>>> I find the never ending search for more ways to spend even a higher >>>> percentage of our waking hours than 80 percent at a tiny hand held >>>> screen ridiculous. Perfect perhaps for the Sony point and shoot >>>> list but for the Leica list I just want more. >>>> Put the damn PDA down for a minute. >>>> >>>> There seems to be a direct reverse correlation between how much >>>> money people spend on a camera and how much time and effort and >>>> money they want to spend dealing with their pictures later. >>>> If this was the Linhof list we'd be talking about editing our >>>> output on our decoder pinky rings. >>>> Big camera small editing screen. It all balances out perhaps. >>>> >>>> I think we'd all be better off with cheaper cameras and a better >>>> workflo with premium software to do it with. >>>> >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>> >>>>> Do you know what you are talking about? >>>>> >>>>> john >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> >>>>> You are missing my point. Why edit on an Ipad when you can do so >>>>> with an IPhone? >>>>> >>>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>>> >>>>>> You are missing the point, Mark. This discussion is about tools >>>>>> for the >>>>> iPad. >>>>>> Lightroom is not available on that platform. Sometimes even a >>>>>> laptop is too big and too heavy, for example next week when I >>>>>> will be touring Jutland on bicycle for several days. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Nathan >>>>>> >>>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 21, 2012, at 6:13 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm always amazed after spending tens of thousands on the most >>>>>>> exquisite glass and bodies from sunny Germany we can never find >>>>>>> software cheap enough to edit them with. >>>>>>> Aperture or Lightroom are already configured for people who's >>>>>>> commitment to photographic wonderfulness is not exactly the issue. >>>>>>> What are we looking for now shareware or freeware? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>>>>