I do much the same as Stan when traveling. On the K-3 the raw files go
to slot 1 with a standard SD card and JPGs go to slot 2 with an Eye-Fi
card. The JPGs as set to the smallest size to get reasonable transfer
speeds and go to my iPad. The files are still large enough for viewing,
sharing via e-mail or posting on the web.
-p
On 2/11/2016 11:45 PM, Mark C wrote:
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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