On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > My question is "why?" (besides just because it's fun/cool or as a proof > of concept)? > > Does it provide any advantages over the laptop/desktop-based > applications? Just because one can play tetris on a programmable > calculator, it doesn't make that calculator a typical gaming platform.
Yes. It is far more portable. So on my last trip (over the past weekend), I was able to carry camera and processing workstation in the smallest space and lightest weight bag imaginable. I shot several photos at a friend's wedding, processed them on the spot, and delivered them to their email accounts for them to share and enjoy. The iPad is quite a powerful computer and does a darn good job of image processing. It's not the right environment for raw conversion processing, so the available (and excellent) PhotoRAW raw processor runs very slowly, but even there it does a superb job. I've posted this before ... this entire set, including the formatting into a slide show or electronic book, was done while on the road last Fall using the GXR and iPad 2. HTML: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25268645/on_travel_2011/index.html PDF: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25268645/OnTravel-2011-2.pdf The ability to do that while traveling, on a machine that weighs a mere pound and is useful for a bazillion other things as well, is valuable. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
