Serious photo editing is now possible on a laptop – lousy iPhone shot of the 16” MacBook Pro editing an image in DxO while managing the catalog in Lightroom (it was also running Word, Safari, Mail and Acrobat at the time.). At the beginning of 2019, there was very serious concern about Apple’s continued commitment to photographers’ needs, and Intel was doing their … [Read more...]
An iMac Pro in a backpack! Two weeks with the 16” MacBook Pro
What fits in a small backpack, yet edits photos like a desktop workstation? A 16” MacBook Pro. Introduction: An Apple beauty shot of the new MacBook Pro The long-term review MacBook Pro has been here for two weeks now, and I have enough experience with it, both in heavy photographic workloads and in general use (e-mail, Safari and a lot of writing) to form some … [Read more...]
A sturdy base and some light – part 2 of a series of short reviews.
I’m not sure the huge Robus RC-5570 was ever meant to be set up to its full height inside a small apartment? The hot shoe on that Z6 is very close to seven feet above the ground! The water bottle appears in a number of tripod images for scale – it doesn’t look very big here. 1.) Camera Support equipment (Robus, Oben and Arca-Swiss). Camera support is a longer … [Read more...]
A PowerBook Once Again?
A PowerBook/MacBook Pro family portrait (mostly Apple marketing images) – 1991 to 2019 28 years ago this fall, Apple released the first Mac PowerBooks. They weren’t actually the first portable Macs. Outbound Systems and a couple of other companies had made portable computers that required the ROM chips from a Mac in order to run. Apple themselves had previously released … [Read more...]
Batteries, Power and Workflow, Oh My – Part 1 of a series of short reviews of photographic accessories.
A Zendure SuperTank powering and charging a 15” MacBook Pro and an iPhone 6S+ while charging a camera battery. Note: Most of the equipment in this article was supplied for review purposes by manufacturers or distributors. Much of it will receive fuller reviews in the future, or appear in reviews of other equipment. Most photographers enjoy a good photographic gadget, … [Read more...]
