Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Duane I have a macbook pro and I think the contrast is jacked up a bit and especially the darks are too dark so I try to remember to check the histogram before I send something off as in make sure I'm really getting a black. Somebody's going to make affordable and easy to use software someday to calibrate a macbook pro monitor and they're going to make a fortune and Steve Jobs is going to be caught with his pants down wishing it was he who did it as it should have been done in the first place. Meanwhile I'm starting to get a separate bigger and better monitor on my short list. It would end up being my TV too as all I do in my spare time is watch hulu. And it looks like day for night no matter what it is. Though it may have the same interface problems if its an Apple. Maybe I need an Orange. Or as the French say a Pear. Or a NEC. Checking now I see a dozen different NECs for under 200 bucks. Its giving me a stiff neck just trying to look at them all. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Duane Birkey <dbirkey at hcjb.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:44:02 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Editing on laptops > > Uh..... Whether you can or should edit on a laptop depends entirely on your > laptop.... When I travel.... I'm using a Dell Vostro.... and well.... > if > by editing you mean looking to see whether the images are keepers or > not.... > it works fine for that..... I consider it essential for checking to see if > any dust has snuck on to your sensor.... and backing things up on different > drives.... etc.... Deciding what is working/ flailing... and seeing > what > other shots I still need to get ... > > I also do rough adjustments to raw files.... sort of getting a jump start > on > things... knowing that I can further tweak things when I get home.... > But > I've not been able to get the screen on my laptop to match my standard > desktop > monitor.... not even close... The variation of what a black point looks > like as I move around or change the angle of view ever so slightly.... > not to > mention the funky lighting and environment one finds while traveling to off > the beat places and the environment means I'm grasping at straws with it... > Last trip everything was a good third of stop different from what I thought > looked good on the laptop and what looks good on my desktop.... and that > variance is not acceptable to me... > > If I have to submit photos for something while I'm traveling... I really > heavily on Histograms.... and I have a few standard files of typical > scenes > from previous trips from my desktop that I open to compare side-by-side... > This is especially helpful when photographing dark-skinned Africans.... > > So I don't make any serious final files while traveling... I want to use > every available moment to shoot.... and that means I'm usually too tired to > seriously edit anyhow.... > > But if I had the latest Mac Book Pro... I might think about doing more > editing on it... > > Duane (I'd rather be shooting than editing) Birkey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information