On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > I quite like the look and feel of the iPad. But at this point, and into the > future as far as I can see, it will not replace my laptop and so it would be > an extra piece of gear to carry on my travels, not an alternative. > > With my laptop on my travels I: > - download my photos at the end of the day. Primary to the internal > HD, backup to an external portable HD. > - Do a quick pass through the day's results in Lightroom, with > preliminary ratings. Minor editing on particular shots to post on my blog or > send to friends/relatives. > - Slide show for me and my wife. > When I get home, I transfer the files and associated ratings and edits into > my home system of HDs, my main LR library, etc. All of my preliminary work is > preserved. > > If I had an iPad with current software, I would need to make major > adjustments to my workflow. And would probably wind up being able to do > little more than store-and-review while on the road. I would love to hear how > the capabilities of the iPad could provide a workable alternative workflow! > But I am skeptical. > > stan >
>From a Photography standpoint the iPad has two real uses. 1. Portfolio. It's a slick portable image viewer with a first-class screen. This makes it a good option for a portfolio to take with you to show off your work. 2. Second monitor/tablet on the road. See Ctein's write-up here: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/07/why-i-needed-an-ipad.html What a lot of people are forgetting in all the Tablet hysteria is that the iPad is not a Tablet PC. It's a peripheral, an iPod on steroids with limited general computing capability added. Think media player/eBook viewer/photo viewer that also can web browse and do email in a pinch. It's not going to replace even a netbook as a general computing device. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
