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Which iMac would be fast enough for photo processing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deckyon" data-source="post: 1232739" data-attributes="member: 197651"><p>There is really nothing wrong with your current system that some basic maintenance or a reimage could not solve. If your RAM is at the most the system can take (and RAM is cheap enough, especially when compared to a new system) then you will be fine.</p><p></p><p>I ran CS3 on my old Win7 machine (4GB RAM, 2.22 C2D) and it was fine. The only "lag" is the startup and that machine was decent, especially when I bought it new. While I am a bit further up the professional rungs (stepped out of the hobbyist role a few years ago) it worked fine, and when resizing for the web, it would do a whole week's worth of shots (2.5k) in about 20 minutes. That is more than acceptable.</p><p></p><p>I just got my new MBP a few weeks ago, and I have Bootcamp Win7 with my CS3 and Sony Vegas Pro installed for the major work, but I found I wanted to spot-edit without rebooting so I picked up Aperture. I don't know what these others are talking about in terms of lag, but when I added my Scotland Tip library (copies only) into Aperture and started working on them, I thought it was a bit slow until I realized it was indexing the whole directory (3000 shots at 8MB each in Canon RAW). Once it was done, and since, I have seen no lag.</p><p></p><p>If your budget is tight, get more RAM first, clean up your old system or do a full reimage and reinstall your software. If you still are having issues then you are out only time and about $100 or so for the RAM.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to the color space, unless it is really bothering you, or you are selling something, it isn't going to make a huge difference. For my cameras and my system, I have everything set to sRGB. Works perfectly well. And, with RAW, you can change it on the fly. So again, not a huge deal. And, the only REAL place it matters is at the printer. your print shop should be telling you their image settings anyway, if they are worth their salt.</p><p></p><p><strong>I really think you are over-thinking things.</strong></p><p></p><p>Example of an unedited photo straight out of the camera:</p><p>Model: Canon EOS 20D</p><p>Aperture: f/11</p><p>Exposure Bias Value: 0 EV</p><p>Exposure Program: Aperture Priority</p><p>Flash: No Flash</p><p>Focal Length: 16 mm</p><p>ISO: 100</p><p>Metering Mode: Multi-Segment</p><p>Shutter Speed Value: 1/60 sec</p><p>Color Space: sRGB</p><p>Date/Time: Thu 26 Aug 2010 05:51:34 AM EDT</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.sturmphoto.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1690" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deckyon, post: 1232739, member: 197651"] There is really nothing wrong with your current system that some basic maintenance or a reimage could not solve. If your RAM is at the most the system can take (and RAM is cheap enough, especially when compared to a new system) then you will be fine. I ran CS3 on my old Win7 machine (4GB RAM, 2.22 C2D) and it was fine. The only "lag" is the startup and that machine was decent, especially when I bought it new. While I am a bit further up the professional rungs (stepped out of the hobbyist role a few years ago) it worked fine, and when resizing for the web, it would do a whole week's worth of shots (2.5k) in about 20 minutes. That is more than acceptable. I just got my new MBP a few weeks ago, and I have Bootcamp Win7 with my CS3 and Sony Vegas Pro installed for the major work, but I found I wanted to spot-edit without rebooting so I picked up Aperture. I don't know what these others are talking about in terms of lag, but when I added my Scotland Tip library (copies only) into Aperture and started working on them, I thought it was a bit slow until I realized it was indexing the whole directory (3000 shots at 8MB each in Canon RAW). Once it was done, and since, I have seen no lag. If your budget is tight, get more RAM first, clean up your old system or do a full reimage and reinstall your software. If you still are having issues then you are out only time and about $100 or so for the RAM. When it comes to the color space, unless it is really bothering you, or you are selling something, it isn't going to make a huge difference. For my cameras and my system, I have everything set to sRGB. Works perfectly well. And, with RAW, you can change it on the fly. So again, not a huge deal. And, the only REAL place it matters is at the printer. your print shop should be telling you their image settings anyway, if they are worth their salt. [B]I really think you are over-thinking things.[/B] Example of an unedited photo straight out of the camera: Model: Canon EOS 20D Aperture: f/11 Exposure Bias Value: 0 EV Exposure Program: Aperture Priority Flash: No Flash Focal Length: 16 mm ISO: 100 Metering Mode: Multi-Segment Shutter Speed Value: 1/60 sec Color Space: sRGB Date/Time: Thu 26 Aug 2010 05:51:34 AM EDT [IMG]http://www.sturmphoto.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1690[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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