[Leica] OT: canon 1dsII now has a wireless network transmitter

[reddawn at singnet.com.sg (David Teo)]

Hi mehrdad,

I don't get it - how do you solve your workflow problems as you 
outlined below - juggling raw files, transferring, processing, printing 
etc with just the purchase of a single wireless transmitter? (which 
btw, also works with the 20D and the 1d mk2)

Do you mean to say u transfer the images wirelessly to your laptop and 
run some kind of batch process to process the RAW files and print 
automatically?

If that's what you're doing - batch processing RAW files 
indiscriminately, then I have a simpler and cheaper solution for you - 
shoot JPG, and buy a card reader to transfer your images. It's much 
easier that way. If you want to shoot RAW and glean all the advantages 
of the digital negative, u MUST sit down in front of the computer and 
decide on the amount of post processing needed for each file - whether 
to change the white balance, adjust levels etc etc. You can still do 
batch processing for files shot in similar conditions - for example, 
applying an exact colour temperature to a group of files shot in the 
same fluorescent lit room.

It's the same for printing - if you want beautiful prints, you will 
want to sit down and tweak files for printing according to print sizes 
- an example would be deciding on the amount of unsharp masking needed 
for a particular print size. It's like going into the darkroom, 
printing test images and finally getting a good one. Only this is 
easier. And smells better :)

Digital photography puts the control of the entire process back to the 
photographer. Time spent in front of the computer is part and parcel of 
it.

Well, unless you hire assistants to do the dirty work for you :)

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David Teo

On 21-May-05, at AM 09:11, Ted Grant wrote:

> "mehrdad" offered:
>> i think u missed the point, i rather be shooting and not juggling raw
>> files, transferring, processing and printing. if  you do any kind of
>> heavy digital shooting, you would know that there is a lot of time
>> spent on the computer and i personally hate it.<<<