Monday, June 13, 2005
Tablet PCs as a Digital Darkroom
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 01:09 PM
"Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and my Fujitsu Stylistic ST4000 Tablet PC are now permanent additions to my camera bag. Taking my Tablet PC with me is like taking a digital darkroom on the road, one that takes the guess work out of photography. What makes a Tablet PC any better for digital photography than a plain old laptop computer? The advantages are all about the form factor. Most Tablet PCs are light weight. In fact, they're lighter than many professional digital cameras, so you'll barely notice them in your bag. Also, proofing a picture on a tablet computer is more like holding a print in your hands than viewing the same picture on a laptop computer's LCD. Last, the pen is a more natural way to proof, edit, and mark up pictures on a computer than using a mouse."
This is something I've thought about as well, but I've just never been able to justify the purchase of a Tablet PC. Both for video and photo editing, a pen interface would be cool...at least, I think it would. I haven't used a current-generation Tablet PC - do they have digitizers that are more sensitive and less twitchy? I used an old Acer and it wasn't something I could see myself using for hours on end because the floating cursor bothered me too much. :D
This is something I've thought about as well, but I've just never been able to justify the purchase of a Tablet PC. Both for video and photo editing, a pen interface would be cool...at least, I think it would. I haven't used a current-generation Tablet PC - do they have digitizers that are more sensitive and less twitchy? I used an old Acer and it wasn't something I could see myself using for hours on end because the floating cursor bothered me too much. :D
