Has anyone used Macbook Air w Phocus to View/ Process fff files?

[Jacephoto]

I am looking for a traveling laptop. Not to shoot into the laptop but just to view, process fff files.

May i know if anyone has done/ used something similar? Thanks!

[KeithL]

A while ago I was considering a Macbook Air for use with Phocus but research showed that the graphics card memory was simply insufficient. As far as I know nothing has changed since that time.

[Miller]

I use a standard Macbook Pro 15 inch when travelling. I bought with tethering in mind also. For critical work I find the screen unreliable. Mind you, I don't have the matte screen with higher resolution.
My main workflow is on a stationary HP windows 7 PC with Eizo screen.

Frans Rutten

[Jacephoto]

Thanks KeithL, Frans Rutten

[jonathan.lipkin]

I use a three year old MacBook Pro, 4G memory and 2.53 dual core processor to import FFF files and do a bit of Photoshop work on them. A bit sluggish, but perfectly workable.

[Jacephoto]

I use a three year old MacBook Pro, 4G memory and 2.53 dual core processor to import FFF files and do a bit of Photoshop work on them. A bit sluggish, but perfectly workable.

Thanks. Did u use MacBook Air to import FFF files and do Photoshop?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

[jonathan.lipkin]

I use a three year old MacBook Pro, 4G memory and 2.53 dual core processor to import FFF files and do a bit of Photoshop work on them. A bit sluggish, but perfectly workable.

Thanks. Did u use MacBook Air to import FFF files and do Photoshop?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

Nope, used a MacBook Pro.

Just opened a .fff file (from 29mp camera, opened as a 223MB file) and did an unsharp mask and rotated image pretty quickly.

[Ali Alriffai]

I've used it with MBA 13' i7 and tethered too (check my posts) it's not bad, but I didn't export big projects on it. last month I was shooting aboard and took it with me after downloading the photos viewing them with the client the speed was normal, I did export entire shoot to fast preview after doing some basic editing in colour/WB/exposure etc. worked fine with Phocus and Lightroom the only thing you need to think about it is the screen size and colours ( I don't trust MBA Screen) otherwise it's a good machine. I just got the new Retina MBP but waiting for softwares to be updated with Retina Support

[Jacephoto]

Thanks for sharing! 

[meshuggener]

Jace, just wait the 21th August (approximately) and if your a LightRoom user, normally they will release a new version that will support tethering with H bodies ! 

[Jacephoto]

Jace, just wait the 21th August (approximately) and if your a LightRoom user, normally they will release a new version that will support tethering with H bodies ! 

Thanks Meshuggener. Actually i am trying to look for a light weight mac solution that allows me to travel light.

[meshuggener]

ok ! I think MBA is ok for that, now they run with I7 cores and even if they don't have FireWire, they have Thunderbolt (and there is a Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 adapter). I think, as Ali said, you should calibrate it with a spider or something else.

[Drchevalier]

Friends,

Now that I have the adapter, I have started using the i7 13" MBA as a capture station with the H4D-40 and Phocus and it works fine.  I'm new to Phocus having been a Lightroom user nearly exclusively but guidance from members on the effectiveness of Phocus' lens corrections and my own discovery of how much I like it's uncompressed DNG export has added Phocus to my H workflow.  The MBA with 4GB memory is certainly usable but I would not trust critical colour adjustments to the screen.

However has a quick capture, lens correct, export solution to get the images as DNGs to LR on the Mac Pro, this looks pretty darn good to me.

Ross