technology
Feb. 15th, 2009 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hypatia42Most people on this list know that I enjoy photography. Some may not know that for years I have been using a 35mm Pentax K1000 as my primary camera. Many people over the years have told me that I should upgrade to digital. While I had my reasons to avoid this, the Honey, my mom and sister and their SOs upgraded me this past Christmas. I got a really fabulous 12.1 megapixel Canon Rebel EOSX. Lots of features and stuffs and bells and whistles that I don't even understand yet. I was right about lots of my objections. Many o the skills are not directly translatable. Still, I'm learning, if slowly.
Where the technology bit comes is the root of my biggest objection to switching to digital. Now that I have a new spiffy camera, I need a new computer. What was going to be an investment of $700 turns into $2500 with everthing that becomes necessary for the camera to work. I swear to you, my camera is a better thinker and rememberer than my PC. That, while true, is sad.
So I'm in the market for a new computer. In the midsts of floundering around with the camera's brain I need to figure out what computer would be best to accomodate my growing skills with the imaging. I feel like Charlie Brown here... "AUGH"
Where the technology bit comes is the root of my biggest objection to switching to digital. Now that I have a new spiffy camera, I need a new computer. What was going to be an investment of $700 turns into $2500 with everthing that becomes necessary for the camera to work. I swear to you, my camera is a better thinker and rememberer than my PC. That, while true, is sad.
So I'm in the market for a new computer. In the midsts of floundering around with the camera's brain I need to figure out what computer would be best to accomodate my growing skills with the imaging. I feel like Charlie Brown here... "AUGH"
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Date: 2009-02-15 06:14 pm (UTC)-
I helped her go all digital, and have a few know-hows in this area.
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Date: 2009-02-15 10:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-16 01:18 am (UTC)-
Read
http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/07/24/switching-from-apple-mac-os-x-to-windows-vista/
and all of the comments that follow,
i think it will give you a good feel for the differences and similarities.
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Personally, I love Apple laptop hardware, but I am very aware that this does not mean that YOU will love it.
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You might want to look at
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Photographers-Optimized-workflow/dp/0240520270/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234747035&sr=8-1
For good workflow tips.