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The purpose for the photo trips that I take are primarily for downloading and culling my. images, but if I have a touch screen, I might like to do some editing. Maybe give me specs for both? Thanks so much! Budget under $5000 Canadian, about $3500 USD at most.
You can download the images and cull them on an iPad. You can also edit them very quickly. You can then airdrop them to your Mac at home. Just make sure that before you airdrop them you hit the option button to include all photo data including edits.
Most Apple laptops are fully capable of culling, albeit the speed will also depend on the program you are using. If you are editing, with something like Lightroom Classic, then you will want a reasonable amount of RAM and a decent processor. The game changed when Apple released the M1 and M2 processors, as they are more efficient designs and RAM requirements are not quite the same as they used to be. I am not as familiar with Apple laptops as I am with Windows models, but along with settling on RAM and CPU, I would give consideration to the color quality of their screen options as laptops can sometimes be a bit more limiting than an IPS panel monitor. And, I would give some consideration to the keyboard and battery life as well since. The main thing to remember about laptops these days is that almost everything is now soldered on the board and is not easily upgradable if it is upgradable at all. So, if you can, try out what you want to buy and ask questions of somebody who knows what they are talking about. I suspect it will be hard to completely miss the mark with Apple's new laptops as they do not really sell loss leader models. And if you do narrow down your choices, I bet you will get good feedback from folks here. I cannot comment any more on them as I have not kept up on the changes since they designed their own CPU's.
This. Is the method I decided on. Thanks!
An iPad is a very different device than a laptop. You can probably find a workflow that works with an iPad, but it may require some work to get things to happen as you wish. Some here, and at other forums, have done it, but IMHO, it is not intuitive or simple. Having said that, I do love the iPad for what it does best. I am just not sure I would choose one over a lightweight laptop if I wanted to do a lot of culling and editing on the road unless size/weight were absolutely paramount in my decision criteria. But I would get opinions from those that do use it for culling and editing before making any decisions. I suspect that a forum search on the work "iPad" might turn up some interesting threads.
Great idea! Never thought of that!
That's what I was thinking.....thanks for pointing that out~
You can get a new MacBook Air M1 chip starting at $1000. Check out Apple website. M2 start at $1200. Obviously , that’s the base configuration but if it’s a laptop you really want, I wouldn’t settle for anything other than a M1 chip. Get as much memory as you can afford and at least 512 gigs of storage. You can offload and back up your photos using an external drive. The Samsung T7 drives is the way to go. If your are leaving on Dec. 3 , buying directly from Apple may not be an option since you may not get it delivered on time.
. Thanks to all for steering me in the right direction for chip, memory needs, etc. Such a great resource and support group you all are!
I have an iPad Pro- M1 and it works great. I just purchased a Samsung SSD to off load photos from the iPad . That way you can keep the iPad from filling up and also have a portable backup.Wow, so many valuable pointers! I also looked at the iPad forum, per Ken's and others' input, and ultimately have decided to purchase a new iPad Pro, 11" with 1 TB storage,M2 chip. I have used my 5th gen. iPad mini to back up photos while travelling and enjoy editing them at the kitchen table with finger on screen, a few everyday, and can go back on my desktop to edit also if I wish. It's out of memory to use for travelling now, but I love it still. Works well as it's my hobby
Thanks! Great to hear it's working great! I previously bought a WD My Passport for Mac and have an adapter for the iPad to boost power for back-up once photos are downloaded on the iPad, but never used it. What do you think about this?
Same here PatrickI use iPad Pro
1 USB-c camera to ipad
2 cull if needed
3 copy via usb to Sandisc ssd
4 Affinity Photo on iPad for quick edits on.y
5 ssd to Mac when home
Thanks for all of your specifics! Very clear!I use iPad Pro
1 USB-c camera to ipad
2 cull if needed
3 copy via usb to Sandisc ssd
4 Affinity Photo on iPad for quick edits on.y
5 ssd to Mac when home
Glad you made a decision. I would read this thread: https://bcgforums.com/index.php?threads/ipad-pro-backup-via-usb-c-question.19630/ , and I would test everything before you leave.
Thanks for directing me to that thread-- will definitely test it all before departure and weigh in with experience. Fingers crossed it works!
