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Subject: [Leica] I Need A Quick and Simple Image Viewer for Mac
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:23:33 -0700
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Hi Philippe,
This article was forwarded to me by a Fuji shooting friend. I'd be
interested in your take on it if you have time.
Thanks,
Bob
http://petebridgwood.com.gridhosted.co.uk/wp/2014/10/x-trans-sharpening/


On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> LR is cheap for what it does Bob.
>
> And works fast if your PC/Mac is fast ?
>
> I can't see myself without its powerful and efficient database, its
> editing capabilities, and export or printing features ?
>
> The only downside is the treatment of fuji files, but I guess you wouldn't
> be affected by that.
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Le 29 oct. 2014 ? 18:19, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> a ?crit :
>
> > Thanks, Bob.  I hear what you are saying, but LR is still a bit slow on
> the
> > intake whereas, as Leo points out, PM is blazing fast. I know people who
> > have 25,000+ images in a LR catalog and if I undertake this enterprise in
> > LR I'm afraid I will be in that group. For 95% of these images I just
> want
> > to see them and there has got to be a cheap fast app for that.  Or maybe
> > there isn't.
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Robert,
> >> Not sure of your reticence to use LR. It's perfect for what you want to
> >> do. It's only a database and adding images to it only takes up very
> little
> >> space on your disk. Renaming the folders in LR is also easy.
> >> I've many thousands of images in my catalogue, some from over 10 years
> >> ago. It's very simple, efficient and powerful.
> >> Just don't think it's worth your time to reinvent this wheel....
> >> IMO of course.
> >> Best,
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>> On Oct 28, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> When I started using digital cameras back ten or so years ago I started
> >>> saving the image files in folders named by......year. Or
> by......camera.
> >>> This was obviously an extremely bad idea since I now don't remember
> what
> >>> might be in those folders, or if I am looking for a specific photo I
> >> don't
> >>> know where it might be.  I don't see the need to import all those image
> >>> folders and their contents into my Lightroom catalog but I would like
> to
> >>> quickly scroll through them and rename the folders to something more
> >>> helpful.  Photo Mechanic http://www.camerabits.com/ comes to mind
> (I've
> >> got
> >>> an old license I could upgrade) but I'd be happy for any other
> >> suggestions.
> >>>
> >>> --Bob
> >>>
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-- 
Bob Adler


Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe) ([Leica] NOW LR for Trans-X Files - THANKS BOB)
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