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Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos (equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
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I used mine with a mac G5 1.6 single processor and 1.5 GB of ram. Worked great. On a 512 Card I think I could get 50-60 shots. I may be wrong.
Ray Bayer said:
Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have
to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos
(equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
http://www.pbase.com/jabomano
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1GB CF, you get about 80 to 88 1Ds RAW

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digislr said:
Ray Bayer said:
Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have
to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos
(equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
http://www.pbase.com/jabomano
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Just about any machine you purchase new will be easily usable, even with the big files. Make sure you have a minimum of 512MB RAM and firewire (IEEE 1394 on non mac systems).

My girlfriend is an accountant and she needed a new system. She bought a Compaq Presario s5100nx with the following specs:

Intel® Celeron™ Processor, 2.6GHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, 16X DVD and 48X24X48 CD-RW Drives, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

We added another 256MB RAM. Total cost was right around $600. Note: There's no firewire on this system.

It's kinda weird how powerful this thing is. All she needed to use was Excel and the Internet for email. Ironically, this system is faster than the system I use for digital photography purposes! HA!

MAJOR DRAWBACK OF THIS COMPAQ AND MANY OTHER CHEAP SYSTEMS: There is no AGP port. The "video card" is built onto the motherboard. So, if you want to add a digital LCD, or simply upgrade the video system, you're SOL since there's no AGP port.

While I'm not saying that this is anything like an optimal system, it's easily powerful enough. You might think about starting with a system like this as a baseline, and work up from there if you think you need more power.

If money is no object, I'd probably buy the dual 2ghz G5 and that 30 incher (about 5 grand). Rumor is that the next G5s will be announced in January. So if you're considering Apple, try to wait until then.

-Kevin
 
I use a G4 powerbook with 512mb of ram, works fine, tho I don't manipulate only resize, retouch up and rename the files.

I get around 160 jpgs (jpg quality 10) on a 1Gb card so on 256 you should get around 40, but go for a 1Gb card, the prices are coming down, now that 2gb and 4gb are out and about, and 40 shots will go in no time
Ray Bayer said:
My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.
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Own one for a while and then see if you feel the same way! :-)
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I'm running a 2.8 athlon with firewire on the motherboard. Also a fast graphics card (although the latter is for 3d work). Also has 1gig RAM and a large hard drive. You'll need a DVD writer as only 50 RAW files will fit on a CD.

This system was an upgrade from a 750Meg system with 368 RAM which was basically unusable.

Just a guide.

Enjoy your 1ds.

Mike H.
 
I'm happily processing my files on a 1GHz, 512MB XP machine.

Although running complex actions on a 3-layer image does
take several minutes...

...and I'm not a pro shooter, just hobbyist...
 
I'm using an Apple (Titanium) G4 PowerBook with 1 gigabyte of RAM and a 1 Gigahertz processor. It works great (though I only do the basics like color correction, contrast adjustment, sharpening, and dust removal--no serious manipulation).

I can fit about 80-85 RAW picture files on a 1 gig compact flash card.

--Mike
 
I would have to concur with other posters that could only get 80-90 files on a 1 gig card, that's the best that I can get also. I don't know how you get 110. Are you shooting with your lens cap on? ;)
Larry Lueck said:
uro_who said:
1gig RAM and a large hard drive. You'll need a DVD writer as only
50 RAW files will fit on a CD.
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Huh? I can fit 55 raw files on a 512MB Cf card!
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I would go Windows for sure- We use Apple for video editing and such, but a good Athalon XP system will trounce the Mac for Photoshop speed every time. I built my own PC- takes about an hour to assemble and is not rocket science, for well under $1000.00. The key is lots of memory (1GB), and a second drive that Photoshop can use as a scratch disc. newegg.com is a great source for parts. Email me if you'd like more details on specs, etc.
Mike Spinak said:
I'm using an Apple (Titanium) G4 PowerBook with 1 gigabyte of RAM
and a 1 Gigahertz processor. It works great (though I only do the
basics like color correction, contrast adjustment, sharpening, and
dust removal--no serious manipulation).

I can fit about 80-85 RAW picture files on a 1 gig compact flash card.

--Mike
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Thanks, but no thanks.

Why would I spend $1,000 dollars to switch to a system I'd be unhappy with (I'm familiar with Wintel machines; without starting a pointless Mac-PC flame war, I'll just say that they don't appeal to me), when I already have a system which works fine for my needs and is a joy to use? Faster photoshop speed is only one of a multitude of facets of my overall user experience--a nearly irrelevant one.

--Mike
dccberry said:
Mike Spinak said:
I'm using an Apple (Titanium) G4 PowerBook with 1 gigabyte of RAM
and a 1 Gigahertz processor. It works great (though I only do the
basics like color correction, contrast adjustment, sharpening, and
dust removal--no serious manipulation).

I can fit about 80-85 RAW picture files on a 1 gig compact flash card.

--Mike
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kevin_f said:
It's kinda weird how powerful this thing is. All she needed to use
was Excel and the Internet for email. Ironically, this system is
faster than the system I use for digital photography purposes! HA!
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........... those Celery plants don’t have the muscle for graphics, OK they CAN do it, but one won't be too happy if one actually wanted to load 50 1DS files at the same time

And we won’t mention some PS filters hehehehee.

Intel, Mac or Linux come highly recommended for “workstation” configurabilities.

however, that said your point about any new machine at all, off the shelf, has merit and is a valid point.
 
Mike Spinak said:
Thanks, but no thanks.

Why would I spend $1,000 dollars to switch to a system I'd be
unhappy with (I'm familiar with Wintel machines; without starting a
pointless Mac-PC flame war,
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............ he did not say this.

What his point was, that for $1,000 one could buy a super workstation and assemble it themselves and run Windows on it. He did not advocate switching to a Mac.

I broadly agree that self assembly offers more muscle for the buck but having tried an Athlon XP recently, I won’t pass Intel for me far less crashes and freezes and I’ve had at least one AMD machine in my office since I started building my own.

Going OT, but the downside to building one’s own is the constant tweaking, the speed boosting the configuration possibilities and the ultimate total collapse of the machine, I’ve never learnt to leave well enough alone ….



heheheheee.
 
I am using a PowerBook G4 800MHz with 1GB of RAM and it works quite good. Of course, when you have to process 400+ RAW files from a wedding with C1DSLR PRO, it takes a VERY long time.

With unlimited resources, I would look into the G5 dual 2GHz with as much RAM as you can afford (and since we are dreaming at unlimited resources, then 8GB)...

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Ray Bayer said:
Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have
to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos
(equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
http://www.pbase.com/jabomano
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you said it man. i have a 1.3 gig pentium 4 with 760mb of rdrambus. i process d100 files. and when im doing a lot of raws man can it take forever. i dont like waiting 4-6 seconds for each raw to convert then another 2-3 to convert color space, 3-5 seconds to go from 16bit to 8 bit.

ahhhhh!!!! all i want is a 3 gigahertz pentium 4 alienware notebook, with 2 gigabites of ram xp professional, and yeah. or i could get a g5 notebook if when one comes out if i had unlimited funding. thats the only thing that scares me about mac, is affording and getting my hands on software
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With unlimited resources, I would look into the G5 dual 2GHz with
as much RAM as you can afford (and since we are dreaming at
unlimited resources, then 8GB)...

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Ray Bayer said:
Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have
to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos
(equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
http://www.pbase.com/jabomano
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Hi, I have desktop computer with an Athlon 2200+ with 1gig and 2 HDrives and a Laptop Pentium 2200 with 756 mb ram and both are doing well. By the way, the Athlon is not crashing at all.

Anyway I'm upgrading the desktop Athlon to a Dual Athlon 2200+ with 1gig of ram and I'm using the pre esistent Athlon hardware, the upgrade is going to cost just 420$.

Basically with less than a 1000$ you can make a dual processors machine that will be more than enough to handle 16mp RAW files from digitals backs (wich I also use) and 100/200mb Photoshop files.

Andrea.
Ray Bayer said:
Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have
to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos
(equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
http://www.pbase.com/jabomano
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Thanks for the input. Much appreciated.

Regards

Ray
Andrea Buso said:
Anyway I'm upgrading the desktop Athlon to a Dual Athlon 2200+ with
1gig of ram and I'm using the pre esistent Athlon hardware, the
upgrade is going to cost just 420$.

Basically with less than a 1000$ you can make a dual processors
machine that will be more than enough to handle 16mp RAW files from
digitals backs (wich I also use) and 100/200mb Photoshop files.

Andrea.
Ray Bayer said:
Just out of curiosity, what type of computer beast must one have
to handle the massive files of the 1DS? And also, how many photos
(equivalent to a fine jpg size) in, say, a 256CF card?

My ultimate equipment goal is to own this marvel of Canon's genius.

Ray
http://www.pbase.com/jabomano
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