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Hi folks this is my take:-
1) The new MBP 13 is physically smaller and lighter which is good for us travelling photographers who are always on the move, especially good for those travelling on planes. I often leave my 15 MBPr behind as too heavy and physically large. Remember when carrying your MBP you are also likely to get a case which increases bulk, e.g thinktank case
2) Yes I will miss the SD card slot, but nowadays pros are likely to also be using XQD cards, compact flash and in the Canon case CFast, so they will be carrying readers for those cards anyway that will need an adapter to connect these to the new MBP. If that saves me space for one extra cable well I will take the space saving on the laptop.
3) For those tethering, the MBP 15 (2014) I get about 4 hrs of continuous tethering. Hope I would get more juice from the MBP13. They say 10 hrs of juice so hope to get at least 6 hrs of tethering time.
4) I have an 500GB thunderbolt 2 portable Lacie - they are totally awesome, and saves minutes transferring GB's of data at the end of a job. But I now need to buy a thunderbolt 2-3 adapter. No big problem, but of course $$$. Or you could wait for Thunderbolt 3 portable external drives become available than take advantage of 40Gbps - which will happen eventually - probably more useful for videographers.
5) some people may find they have lost connection when tethering and this is due to the lack of power from the usb ports. My current MBP I do find that one port seems to have more power than others, as the drop is connection doesn't happen - using tethertools 15ft cable . these new thunderbolt 3 ports should have more than enough power for tethering and hopefully be able to use longer tethering cables without a booster - that would be awesome. I did use the tethertool usb3 booster which was really bad and the cover fell apart before even using it.
6) 25% more colours - should be better for photographers that do colour critical work. I shoot artwork and no matter what even after calibration cannot get the same colours than my Eizo CG 248 - but that's expected. But it should help this 25% increase in gamut. The brightness and contrast doesn't really matter, in fact after calibration you need to turn down the brightness. Maybe only useful if working in bright conditions, but you should be using a shade cover anyway.
6) CPU power and RAM - I believe it is more than enough to run Lightroom cc. I think the current issue is that LR doesn't utilize the full power of these latest computers. But I think the faster SSD does help to transfer files.
7) Touch bar - sounds useful, maybe more so for the 13 inch. I hardly use my f keys so if it can do other stuff and take away clutter on the main screen, all the better to increase real estate and working efficiency.
8) I have been using my MBPr 15 2014 (bought a refurb) and absolutely no problems at all, besides some minor issues. This laptop has had no problems at all and that is mac for you. Before mac I was 20yrs + with windows. I find with Windows I do more fluffing around, usually that's my fault by tinkering around and downloading crap. The surface book do look good but heavier and costs more and I don't need the tablet.
9) I think on the whole and based on paper, this new MBP is awesome for working photographers. There are some additional cables to buy until the thunderbolt 3 devices come out, but its a small price to pay for the portability and power in a small package.
Please do add any points for pros and cons I have missed.
Maybe a pointless thread, but who knows may help some photographers here.
My two cents
1) The new MBP 13 is physically smaller and lighter which is good for us travelling photographers who are always on the move, especially good for those travelling on planes. I often leave my 15 MBPr behind as too heavy and physically large. Remember when carrying your MBP you are also likely to get a case which increases bulk, e.g thinktank case
2) Yes I will miss the SD card slot, but nowadays pros are likely to also be using XQD cards, compact flash and in the Canon case CFast, so they will be carrying readers for those cards anyway that will need an adapter to connect these to the new MBP. If that saves me space for one extra cable well I will take the space saving on the laptop.
3) For those tethering, the MBP 15 (2014) I get about 4 hrs of continuous tethering. Hope I would get more juice from the MBP13. They say 10 hrs of juice so hope to get at least 6 hrs of tethering time.
4) I have an 500GB thunderbolt 2 portable Lacie - they are totally awesome, and saves minutes transferring GB's of data at the end of a job. But I now need to buy a thunderbolt 2-3 adapter. No big problem, but of course $$$. Or you could wait for Thunderbolt 3 portable external drives become available than take advantage of 40Gbps - which will happen eventually - probably more useful for videographers.
5) some people may find they have lost connection when tethering and this is due to the lack of power from the usb ports. My current MBP I do find that one port seems to have more power than others, as the drop is connection doesn't happen - using tethertools 15ft cable . these new thunderbolt 3 ports should have more than enough power for tethering and hopefully be able to use longer tethering cables without a booster - that would be awesome. I did use the tethertool usb3 booster which was really bad and the cover fell apart before even using it.
6) 25% more colours - should be better for photographers that do colour critical work. I shoot artwork and no matter what even after calibration cannot get the same colours than my Eizo CG 248 - but that's expected. But it should help this 25% increase in gamut. The brightness and contrast doesn't really matter, in fact after calibration you need to turn down the brightness. Maybe only useful if working in bright conditions, but you should be using a shade cover anyway.
6) CPU power and RAM - I believe it is more than enough to run Lightroom cc. I think the current issue is that LR doesn't utilize the full power of these latest computers. But I think the faster SSD does help to transfer files.
7) Touch bar - sounds useful, maybe more so for the 13 inch. I hardly use my f keys so if it can do other stuff and take away clutter on the main screen, all the better to increase real estate and working efficiency.
8) I have been using my MBPr 15 2014 (bought a refurb) and absolutely no problems at all, besides some minor issues. This laptop has had no problems at all and that is mac for you. Before mac I was 20yrs + with windows. I find with Windows I do more fluffing around, usually that's my fault by tinkering around and downloading crap. The surface book do look good but heavier and costs more and I don't need the tablet.
9) I think on the whole and based on paper, this new MBP is awesome for working photographers. There are some additional cables to buy until the thunderbolt 3 devices come out, but its a small price to pay for the portability and power in a small package.
Please do add any points for pros and cons I have missed.
Maybe a pointless thread, but who knows may help some photographers here.
My two cents
