p.1 #2 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Tether your phone to your laptop so you can file on location if you don't already have a cell modem. Buy a spare card reader and power adapter just for the car. It's not something you want to worry about leaving behind at home/newsroom.
Basically any LCD that has an IPS display will do you fine. The Dell 2405FPW was like the first widely selling 24" 1920x1200 LCD and it had an amazing color gamut. It was about $1k new in 2007. You can probably find one pretty cheap used. But if you want something new you can find something equivalent in the $500 range from ASUS and Dell.
I keep my laptop in the car when on assignment. I know some bring theirs with them but I really don't need the extra 3lbs with me, nor do I want to carry a larger bag.
p.1 #3 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
YES ... I was thinking about tethering/ WiFi sharing for sure I have never done that ... Thanks! ... So I change my AT&T plan to make my iPhone share WiFi? And then I transfer straight to the Net without the files ever living on the phone, right? (Apple probably doesn't allow that anyhow on iOS?)
GREAT TIP on the always-there power and card reader for the car. I have an Inverter under my passenger seat already, so I will hook it up there.
Hmmm ... What is the guesstimate of how long an LED-backlit LCD monitor will live for? Is the Dell 2405FPW an LED-backlit one? I am leery of getting it used or a sweet 24" Cinema, but will probably get one like that for the great value and image quality.
p.1 #4 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Get one of the Korean 27-inch, IPS, 2560 x 1440 displays using slightly lower grade panels of the type Apple uses in the ACD 27 (I have the ACD 27 LED)-- in the $300 to $400 range new.
Really can't beat that.
But no matter what you get, don't forget to invest in some kind of color calibration system for both Laptop and display. Absolutely essential for work.
p.1 #5 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Any idea at all which makes and models those are?? The IPS or TN part is rarely mentioned in product descriptions.
Thanks, very intriguing
I've used mainly SuperCal for my exhibit prints from my Epson R1800 ... And it looks great and has become very reliable, but with new computer and monitors that may change for a while.
Should I eventually get a hardware calibration system so others can get accuracy (magazines/publishers)??
p.1 #6 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
number one recommendation would be to get a new model with USB 3.0
first, it will make downloading cards way faster. second, it will make large external storage cheap and easy, the extra couple hundred for the new model will pay for itself in your savings vs. Thunderbolt storage solutions.
p.1 #7 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Great post! I was just wondering the same thing. I decided on an Air to replace my white Macbook as well. I have the thunderbolt screen and use externals anyway, so it just made the most sense to me. So far, thrilled with it!
p.1 #8 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Yeah, I am sort of regretting getting a 2011 i7 over a 2012 i5 for the USB 3.0, but it's not a deadline workhorse for me that much and most of my big hard drive transfers will be overnight or during other break, so no big deal. I'm OK with USB 2.0 for now and Thundernbolt things will come down in price, eventually -- somewhat, and it is fastest for when I really do want to crunch some video files combined with the multi-threading i7, etc. Still, most of the time and most people would be better off with the newer one.
I think, however, that one with 256GB SSD like mine refurbed at Apple would have cost me $200-300 more ... Mine was $1,199 with 4GB, i7, 256GB, same warranty as a new Air Flawless and great so far.
p.1 #9 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Just a side note on the tethering... T-Mobile turned off my tether capability after a few weeks because I wasn't willing to pay the extra $15 a month on top of my data plan and everything else (I don't see why I should have to pay extra to use a feature built into the phone they sold me). But I downloaded "foxfi" for free from the app store, works the same as the T-Mobile tether capability did, and it's free. I don't know if it's available for the iPhone, but I'm sure there's an equal to it if foxfi isn't available on iPhone.
p.1 #10 · What are your top pro MacBook Air photojournalist/general tips and accessories for a new Air owner?
Does it do Final Cut a little bit without melting?
Even my early 2008 MBP was able to handle a little bit of video editing (with FCPX and Premier Pro) without bursting into flames. The computer you're considering should have no problems at all.
I have never done that ... Thanks! ... So I change my AT&T plan to make my iPhone share WiFi? And then I transfer straight to the Net without the files ever living on the phone, right? (Apple probably doesn't allow that anyhow on iOS?)