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As already mentioned many times here Fuji's JPEG's are hard to beat ! So I worked out a JPEG workflow using only iPad post processing that I'd like to share here - please comment !
  1. Set up my X100T to take rather neutral flat color images to have a kind of "digital negative" (Classic Chrome, hi-light -1, shadow -1, color +1, NR -1, sharpen +1, JPEG+RAW)
  2. Import to iPad using Wifi or SD connection kit
  3. Use "Pixelmator" App to optimize image (exposure, contrast, levels, color, etc)
    see: http://www.pixelmator.com/ipad/
  4. upload finished images to my site
Here an example, curious to hear what you think ! From my point of view good enough for web applications (and you still have the original RAW files for making fine-art prints !)



Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain Fuji X100T 23 mm f2 asph. @ f8, 1/200"
Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain Fuji X100T 23 mm f2 asph. @ f8, 1/200"

many thanks in advance for looking & best rgds

Hendrik

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Where Shadows Fall, There's Light !
 
Nice. I shoot JPEG too (can't be bothered with RAW processing) and have Pixelmator to (as well as a dozen other paid apps), yet I keep coming back to Snapseed. IMO, still the one with a perfect workflow, quick and great B&W filters. Other lovely apps are Darkroom and RNI films but both iPhone only but certainly great to work with.
 
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This seems like an efficient workflow. For travel, I would do this with Snapseed. But I would shoot RAW + JPEG, and then use LR6 at home on the RAW file for anything I wanted to print.
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I also feel Fuji’s JPEG’s are hard to beat. But I do like the option of having a RAW file when needed. My iPad doesn’t have enough memory to store very many images, so my solution for going “Light”, on a trip I’ll be taking shortly, was to get a Western Digital “My Passport wireless” portable hard drive.

See: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...daf0020bbk_nesn_2tb_my_passport_wireless.html.

It’s a battery powered, or USB 3.0 powered, portable 2TB hard drive with Wi-Fi and an SD card slot built in which can automatically copy, or move, images from an SD card to the hard disk.

My workflow will be…

1. Capture images in both JPEG+RAW.

2. At the end of the day put the SD card into the “My Passport” card reader.

They get copied to the portable hard drive automatically.

3. Using my iPad & the “WD My Cloud” app, browse the JPEG images wirelessly

on the portable drive.

4. Download and optimize choice images wirelessly.

5. Save and/or upload images.

The drive downloads all the new image files on the SD card, but you can only review the JPEG images, it doesn’t have the ability to review any RAW files. But for me, being able to backup a large quantity of JPEG & RAW images onto a hard drive where the are able to be reviewed and download, without using much of my iPad memory, means I’ll be able to leave my laptop at home and just use my iPad.

I don't have any connections with Western Digital or B&H Photo, other than being a customer, but I felt this is a good solution for going "Light".

Delbert
 
Nice thread! Thanks for posting everyone.
 
I'll be interested to hear how you find this works for you. I managed to delete a day of probably of my best shots last year by 'carefully transferring files from my MacBook to HD and deleting cards'. Yes, very careful - not.

last trip I took extra cards so I wouldn't run out of memory and used wifi transfer onto my iPad Mini for images I wanted to use in my blog. I then used Snapseed if I wanted to so some fine tuning. I found this worked well for my purposes. Now I will only travel with my MacBook if I needed it for work things. Downside I am yet to load my photos into LR and process the keepers 😱
 
It's a great combination for traveling light. I've done it since the iPad l, now a mini. Similar flow as you use other than I use Photogene.

As travel photography is part of my iPad buying decision I get 64gb models. However, if you need to offload, any Windows (Win Explorer) or Mac (Image Capture) can move your shots to an SD card. I used to do this as we travel for months at a time. There's usually someone around with a computer, or hotels, or Apple shops, or Hot Spots, used them all at one time or another.

My biggest issue with the iPad is its lack of DAM. A typical trip with both my wife and I shooting can result in a huge organizational mess that needs to be sorted out once we're back home. As a result, we finally started hauling an Air with us. For trips up to a few weeks, it's manageable.
 
uniball said:
It's a great combination for traveling light. I've done it since the iPad l, now a mini. Similar flow as you use other than I use Photogene.

As travel photography is part of my iPad buying decision I get 64gb models. However, if you need to offload, any Windows (Win Explorer) or Mac (Image Capture) can move your shots to an SD card. I used to do this as we travel for months at a time. There's usually someone around with a computer, or hotels, or Apple shops, or Hot Spots, used them all at one time or another.

My biggest issue with the iPad is its lack of DAM. A typical trip with both my wife and I shooting can result in a huge organizational mess that needs to be sorted out once we're back home. As a result, we finally started hauling an Air with us. For trips up to a few weeks, it's manageable.
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I generally shoot hundreds of photos day and cull them very easily on my 6+. All that I don't like, it delete right away. All 100% keepers I favorite. All in between, I go over with a nice coffee / beer. Generally doesn't take more than 15 minutes and then I'm done. All stuff goes to a shared with photos stream & Dropbox as backup.
 
This is an interesting discussion as I, too, have been reconsidering the merits of a JPEG (or JPEG+RAW) workflow with the Fuji X-T1. I bought this camera in preparation for a trip to the UK (committed a couple of years ago in Italy that I would never travel with a DSLR again), and the quality of Fuji's JPEG's really is fantastic. The photo-snob in me finds it hard to break away from a RAW workflow. The practical side of me realizes that the vast majority of shots taken will be ditched. And of the remaining they will find their way to a photo book and online. A relative few will actually get printed large. Meaning a properly executed JPEG will be just fine. The key words, of course, are "properly executed." While the primary intent of including the RAW file is to have maximum quality for the high-end prints it's good to have the safety net if you f'k up an otherwise good shot.

So that's how I started the trip. Both files shooting simultaneously. But from my first import into Lightroom I realized the PITA factor of having both file types. The knee-jerk reaction was to just import the JPEG's and leave the RAW's as backup (rescue, print). But I was running continuous backups as I'm super-paranoid when travelling so didn't want to walk around with my only RAW copies. And downloading/backing them up separate to the LR import introduces another workflow challenge (and also bypasses the file renaming and addition of metadata that is applied during LR import).

One idea I was toying with was to shoot JPEG+RAW but bringing the JPEG files into the iPad and using Lightroom Mobile to edit. This would allow not only development but also making selects (and/or ratings) along with rejects. Everything would then sync with Lightroom on your desktop/laptop. Hell, depending on your bandwidth/transmission speed you could leave your laptop or desktop running with Lightroom open back at home or hotel and be backing up/syncing live as you download in the field. Basic development could be applied with further attention paid as necessary back home. RAW's could be later archived (but in their original format, no metadata).

PS. Current limitation of Lightroom Mobile is no metadata support. Hopefully they resolve that to allow a basic metadata contact template to be applied along with at least keywording.


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Gios said:
I generally shoot hundreds of photos day and cull them very easily on my 6+. All that I don't like, it delete right away. All 100% keepers I favorite. All in between, I go over with a nice coffee / beer. Generally doesn't take more than 15 minutes and then I'm done. All stuff goes to a shared with photos stream & Dropbox as backup.
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Culling is easy. It's the organization that's a challenge. On an average trip we're in 3 or 4 different places, shooting genres as well, with 2 of us shooting. Plus duplicates resulting for edited and published. Sorting months worth of that once we get home is a lot of work. You need good keyword support, something the iPad lacks. Photogene will do them one at a time but not in batches. Not to mention the keywords don't get applied to raw files which are my file of choice for high rated shots.

The iPad makes sense for me for single destination, short trips. For months on the road, which we do every year, it became more practical to bring a laptop.
 
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Like others here I use Snapseed (Ambiance filter!) and VSCO on my iPad, a great workflow for day to day photos that you might mainly share on social networks or screen viewing only.

The other thing I have done is set up Google Photos to automatically back up photos from my iPad at the high resolution setting (up to 16MP, I don't have anything that shoots higher anyway) which gives me unlimited free storage space for backups.

Eventually when I run out of space on my iPad, I'll start deleting the older photos knowing they're on Google Photos anyway.

It's also quite amazing to pull out my phone and be able to browse 15 years of photos just like that-
 
The RAWs are 14 bit.
 
Gios said:
Nice. I shoot JPEG too (can't be bothered with RAW processing) and have Pixelmator to (as well as a dozen other paid apps), yet I keep coming back to Snapseed. IMO, still the one with a perfect workflow, quick and great B&W filters. Other lovely apps are Darkroom and RNI films but both iPhone only but certainly great to work with.
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Snapseed is amazing. I was so disappointed when they (Google) ditched the desktop version. I have found it is possible to just take my X-T1 and Samnsung Note phone and end up with good results.

Malcolm
 
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