Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, it has nothing to do with type A or immediate gratification or anything like that. But when I am spending several days cycling around Denmark, and there is not much to do in the evenings (campings), then it is kind of neat to be able to show family and friends the places I have seen that day. Yes, 20 years ago it was not possible. Technology moves on, why not take advantage? Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jul 21, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > In this age of type A super personalities, immediate gratification, and > with > the demand that there be absolutely no compromises, to an extent, I agree > with Mark.... As an Amateur, you do not NEED to image process on the > road...... ( Pros may have different needs, and that may be the problem > with > this whole thread... Pros vs Amateurs NEEDS). Go smell the roses > instead......it is a trip, after all....... > > We just traveled to Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia) without a Laptop.... > Quite a few rooms came equipped with Wired Internet access... no WIreless. > We suspected this in advance.... We wanted to travel as light as > possible.... > > My wife has a IPad.... It offers no wired anything....I added a wired to > wireless Router ( about the size of a pack of cigarettes) made by Sapido > > There was nothing we could not do with this setup.... except do anything > with my M8 files... Email, Surfing the WEB for our next Hotel, Booking > hotels, etc. > Her Canon Powershot P+S JPG files worked just fine....but certainly my M8 > files were a no starter. We knew this when we left. > > It is a choice... We did not want the bulk and weight and complexity of a > Laptop..... even a Netbook.... we needed a way to book hotels on the > fly....but we also decided to not do anything with our image files until we > got home. > > We will travel throughout the Western US with this same setup.... with the > additional benefit of 3G..... ( no Sapido wireless router required) > > The IPad makes a perfectly good traveling computer, with the exception of > DNG Image files. It is small, reasonably big screen, light. Works with a > standard power adapter ( although it is Apple) that is serviced by 110V(US) > or 220V ( Europe) and charges her additional "gadgets" as well. > > It took each of us 2 weeks ( part time) to run through our 2K+ images ( > saved on the original taking SDHC cards). We are down to about 600 each... > and have started to select the best images for a remembrance travel book > for > ourselves... akin to a scrapbook.... > > But the memories induced by going over those images were really great..... > > Back to the start.... you do not NEED to do image editing on the fly..... > It is a choice... and it has its downsides... > > Go smell the roses...... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >