Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which to me can mean choosing the "best" images to upload and leaving all images on the iPad. John -----Original Message----- The word used was "editing". Mark William Rabiner > > I do know what I am doing thanks ;-) > > Who ever said about deleting images? If you go back to the origins of > this thread the request was about software to look at Leica DNG images > (I assume) and upload JPEGs (I assume) to the Internet when away from > home and what software existed for an iPad to do that. We all know > that there is plenty of choice from different manufacturers for > software for Mac/Windows netbooks/ultrabooks/laptops/desktops/servers but what can work on an iPad? > > " The question is: if you were only going to have access to an iPad > (in this case, an iPad2) for a couple of weeks, expected to take a lot > of pictures, and wanted to do some editing and uploading to the web, > what would be your editing app or choice? Snapseed? iPhoto? Revel? " > > If there is nothing then that is the end of the query, pointless > saying what else exists as I am sure they know that fully well. > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > If your asking me I'd say it looks like you've got the thing under control. > I'm just talking about deleting a bunch of valid images while sitting > at a sidewalk caf? zipping through the images on a little hand held > screen. A darned shame if you ask me. > I'd do most of the editing where you can concentrate and have a better > viewing experience. Certainly I've sat on the subway or bus and > deleted some images off a card by looking at them in the back of my > camera. Zooming in to see if they're soft. If there's any question I'd > leave it on the card and wait till I can later see it better. > Also when I'm going through them here I can delete the total bloopers > but the important thing is to RATE them. One to five stars. The five > starred ones with a yellow tag are the ones you'd see on my Lug > gallery and maybe some other places. Even my 5x7 print box in my side bag. > > My Friday flower I posted yesterday was a sleeper. Though I shot > plenty of flowers in the past weeks none of them did much for me. I > spent some real time assessing them last night. After a half hour of > looking through all my > 2012 keyworded "Flowers" shots I found the shot I ran which was shot > in mid March at 6 AM. It only had 3 stars on it before! That I call a > sleeper as I'm super happy about the way its looking on the LUG gallery right now etc. > a shot which I didn't even know for five months was there. 17 people > have seen it and its not been up more than 24 hours I call that pretty good. > > A huge most valued part of ones photo work flo is taking the time to > see what you've got. Rating and keywording them with a lot of consideration. > > I'm betting that its not all that uncommon just like in the days of > slides in yellow boxes which get put in the closet; of people who > can't be bothered with their output. > Pictures are fun! > Sure cameras are fun but pictures are funner. > > Mark William Rabiner > >> From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:12:20 +1200 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Editing on an iPad (bus, or plus bus...) >> >> 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 >>>>>>>>>