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SubjectRe: converting raw images from Canon EOS 600D
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Date2013-11-30 20:49 (2013-11-30 14:49)
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In article <ldsj99t8k0ic3h44pn0aap6bsijc97bols@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>wrote:

Tony Cooper
It's also been suggested, in a roundabout way, that reducing post-processing time allows the user to spend more time photographing things. There's some validity to that concept, but taking more photographs doesn't mean taking better photographs unless you consider that more photographs means better chances of taking a good photography by accident.

it wasn't roundabout and i didn't say take more photos.

i said people would have more time to concentrate on photography if they had better apps.

that can mean any number of things, including taking more photos, but also going on a shoot you otherwise would not have had time for (even if it's something simple, like a nearby parade or whatever), go to a workshop, read a book on photography, experiment with a new technique or even just going to a camera store and seeing what the latest cameras and lenses and other products are.

For the high-volume photographer, organization for selection is the most time-consuming aspect. If that photographer took 1,000 shots of an event, reviewing those 1,000 shots and determining which are worthy of efforts in post is the part that takes up time. The actual post work on the individual shots is minimal if the photographer has decent skills using the camera.

the photographer needs skills using the software to process them too, otherwise they're making more work for themselves.

If one OS means the organization can be done faster or simpler, then you'd have a point for a limited number of photographers. But, is it the OS that would allow this?

to an extent the choice of operating system does matter, since asset management apps are mostly mac/win.

if you choose a different system where such apps are few or nonexistent, then organization will be not be faster or simpler.

So, how can a different OS make a person a better photographer?

it doesn't. it has absolutely no effect on their photography skills.

where it helps is with their productivity and how easily they can create interesting photos. if something takes 5x as long on one system than another, they might not bother.