Thanks, Stan. That's an interesting alternative. Hadn't htought about
the RAW + JPG approach and using a tablet to process the JPG files. What
software are you using on the ipad? Are you using a SD card reader with
it, or does it support SD cards directly? Any thoughts about how
effective an ipad min would be for photo work?
Thanks
Mark
On 2/12/2016 12:05 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
Not an answer to your question, but an alternative to think about.
I have a perfectly functional 7-year old laptop. I have lately used it only for
photo processing while traveling. Increasing frustration as newer software and
larger files bogged down my work.
I had specced a new MacBook Pro with max memory etc. Looked at the price. Said
screw it.
On my recent four week trip to Chile I took multiple SD cards, a backup hard
drive that reads directly from SD cards, and my iPad. I shot RAW + jpeg. Backed
up and stashed the SD cards when full. I downloaded all jpeg images to my iPad.
Did minimal processing along the way within Photos on the iPad. (Some pano
stitching, color balance, sharpening... Basically minor tweaking.) Mostly just
to share with traveling companions and people back home. Once back home I
deleted the jpegs from my iPad. Downloaded the RAW files from their SD cards to
Lightroom on my desktop and started processing.
I am still trying to think of reasons to keep my old laptop. My iPad does
everything faster and better than my laptop except the photo processing bit. If
I had publication deadlines to worry about or some other time pressure, I would
reconsider.
stan
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 11, 2016, at 9:56 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
A couple days ago I dropped my 9 year old laptop and the hard drive was
trashed. I replaced it with one that I had on hand and am now completing the
process of downloading and applying every Windows Vista update patch ever
issued... One of the few things I still use this laptop for is processing
photos while traveling. My phone now handles email, casual web browsing, etc.
The laptop has a decent dual core processor (Intel Core 2 T5300) and 4 gigs of
ram. I've been using Photoshop CS 5.1 and bridge to review and do some light
processing of photos. K3 DNG files are pretty slow on this setup, K5 files
were not too bad.
So - before I reinstall Photoshop, any suggestions about a leaner and faster
program for basic raw file processing? I don't want to spend much money since I
could upgrade to a much more competent laptop for a few hundred dollars. But
maybe there is a sleek and simple photo editor out there.
I'm also wondering if an earlier version of Photoshop might be the sweet spot
in terms of light footprint.
Any suggestions?
Mark
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