On 28 Nov 2005 at 21:26, Bob Shell wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2005, at 8:05 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > "I, as well as every full-time career professional photographer > > I've ever met, > > just happen to use Mac. It's a given, just as Windows is for > > engineers and > > cubicle workers. By "full-time" I mean full-time, not the guy in > > your office > > who shoots weddings, portraits, stock or sells photos at fairs on > > the side. By > > "career" I mean someone who's been doing photography all along, not > > someone who > > dropped out of another job. I don't mean to offend anyone with these > > definitions and I'll hope to find a more delicate way to explain > > that people > > coming from other careers often bring baggage. " > > > Much as I normally dislike Rockwell, I am in full agreement with him > on this. I know a lot of high-end professional photographers, and > nearly every one of them uses Mac. I'm a strong advocate of Mac for > imaging use, and even more so for digital video work.
I guess Apple doesn't have such a mental hold on people outside the US or alternately there are much more capable computer engineers elsewhere. I worked along side the publishing and pre-press industries long enough to draw my own conclusions (I expect that you know that the Australia magazine publishing industry were the first in the world to implement wholesale electronic publishing work-flows as well? And none were primarily Mac based to my knowledge). I'll submit that video editing on the low end is likely currently primarily the domain of the Mac but not still imaging at least not here. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
