5100 Computer for a photographer 2
We are continuing our series of materials on the topic “Computer for the Photographer,” and a new lesson will be devoted to a portable personal computer, or, more simply, a laptop for a photographer. These devices are not based on convenience, but on necessity. The pace of life will change every day. In fact, you no longer see anyone taking photographs during a late flight, or working near a subway train.
There is a great choice of laptops. If you went to an electronics store, you will understand how great he is. This lesson will help you earn money correct choice middle of this different variety.
WHY DOES A PHOTOGRAPHER HAVE A LAPTOP?
To select a suitable laptop, you need to consider your goals and forecast your future. This is part of the selection process and its quality. For example:
Use it as a stationary computer for processing photographs so you can take it with you on a trip.
Increased speed and efficiency of robots during photo shoots. You can review the material at home and quickly send photos to the client via the Internet.
It is good to demonstrate the results of the lessons to the client, acquaintances, and relatives.
Let's try to find out what benefits appear before the laptop when you get rid of the skin disease.
If you consider the laptop as a desktop computer, it has a large screen and several ports (USB 3.0, HDMI, LAN). It is also important that you are equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi interfaces; the necessary hard drive that you can erase to save a lot of photos, optical drive and use a card reader. This laptop has a heavy-duty central processor (CPU or CPU) and a large amount of random access memory (RAM or RAM), since during operation it processes photographs in RAW and TIFF formats. For graphics work, a powerful video card is required. Every laptop is equipped with two video cards: one (built into motherboard) is intended for work with everyday tasks ( office programs), and another - for work with graphics (photo and video processing). Chim tougher computer This is why you need more electricity. In this situation, the battery capacity may not be depleted, since most of the time you will be connected to an electrical outlet.
For operational robots on winter straining laptop not required. It is enough to choose a laptop from side screen up to 15 inches and a built-in card reader that supports the memory cards of your camera. The rest can be installed and connected from the camera to the laptop via a cable. The priority is flexibility and autonomy. The fluidity of the robot can be ensured by the presence of an SSD disk instead of a primary HDD, and autonomy is ensured by a high-capacity rechargeable battery.
The laptop for displaying photographs is lightweight, with a front screen. Yak could hardly get to the computer in what way?
WHERE TO RETURN UVAGU
By selecting a laptop, the photographer can capture the specifics of his work. Adje priority choice technical characteristics to lie in view of the orders set before him. For example, if a laptop is needed for work during the borrowing process, the priority of characteristics may be as follows:
Robot autonomy
Connectivity
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If the new laptop is planned to be installed permanently, start selecting from the following parameters:
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Connectivity
Robot autonomy.
When choosing a laptop, you should look at the same characteristics as when choosing a basic computer where you need to pay attention to storage capacity rechargeable battery for autonomy. Perhaps, this is one of the main characteristics, the advantage of any portable computer over a stationary one lies in the ability to operate without being plugged into an electrical outlet.
Another important characteristic is the brightness of the image. There is a lot to be learned from the technology behind the display. Initially, IPS matrices were rarely used in professional monitors, but later more screens began to be equipped with this type of matrix. When you select a laptop with an IPS display, you get a wide view of the view, but the picture on the display is practically not visible. Also, IPS matrices can be superior to the same TN matrices in terms of size color burning and increased contrast. This budget IPS plan will have a smaller, lower bright TN display. Thus, for work with graphics, a simply worn-out matrix, based on IPS technology, will be superior.
Having removed the battery and the screen, we move on to the “filling”. All those that are in the middle flow into the sweetness and tactfulness of your work. At this stage, you should restore the solidification sphere. The front characteristics were more or less universal. Now we have left the “guts”, without having learned from those, it is difficult to make the right choice. I respect the “fillings” central processor, video card, RAM and ports for connecting additional devices.
PROCESSOR
If your laptop is stationary, you can choose the most powerful processor. For example, you can have a chip on Intel based Core i7. Do not marry nuclei and gigahertz. Powerful processors consume a large amount of energy, which in laptops is limited by the battery capacity. If your computer will be your constant companion, a Core i3 or Core i5 processor will be completely sufficient. The newer the “heart” of the computer, the greater autonomy the laptop can boast of.
VIDEO CARD
If you plan to process photos and videos on a laptop, then use a discrete video adapter to frame the video card. Such an adapter provides high-volume RAM, which has a positive impact on productivity. For comfortable work, 2 GB of RAM is sufficient (for example, this Nvidia video card GeForce GT 750M). The rule “what’s newer is better” still applies here. To decide, download the installed video card. When editing photos, rely on the power of the processor to edit photos - the program itself requires a lot of software. The video card is subject to abuse as soon as it is displayed graphic information And he doesn’t forget about daily tasks to prompt him to depict.
There are professional video cards that are part of the processing of data. This, for example, is the video card company Nvidia series Quadro.
RAM AND HARD DISK
You don’t zip porridge with olive oil. Perhaps you have already sensed the interpretation of this phenomenon: when it comes to computers, memory is never abundant. Everything is simple here: the more RAM you use, the better. If you plan to work a lot with photos and open dozens of windows in your browser, you should not choose less than 8 GB.
The capacity of your hard drive is sufficient to accommodate the amount of data you plan to save on your laptop. For example, if you want to save all your photos on your computer, then the hard drive capacity is at least 1 TB. On the other hand, you save your photo archives on external hard drives (we’ll talk about them in the next lesson) or on a stationary home computer, then the size of your laptop’s hard drive will not be so important to you. You can choose between 128 or 256 GB. Whoever you are can vibrati solid state SSD drive. Its advantage over a classic HDD lies in the increased speed of data recording, and therefore, the processing of the program. SSD drives suffer from both their shortcomings and their shortcomings. First of all, this is the price. The roads are completely damaged from standard HDD drives. In a different way, maximum obsessiveness SSD drives currently contain fewer HDD drives. On the third, solid state drives Mayut installations resource wikiristannya. You can rewrite data on a hard drive up to 10,000 times. A classic HDD does not have such limitations.
INTERFACE
For Wikoristan dartless connection The presence of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi interfaces is required. To connect external flash drives to a laptop hard disks and other accessories require external sockets. Tse USB port(due to the third generation, which are more expensive than their predecessor), HDMI connectors, which will be used whenever there is a need to connect an external great monitor. It is also necessary to have a built-in card reader that supports the memory cards of the used camera. on Narazi Support for Compact Flash memory cards is supported by almost all manufacturers personal computers. To read data from such cards, you need to use adapters or adapters.
If you need a “stationary” laptop, choose it for maximum characteristics, without paying too much attention to the battery capacity. By “maximum” I mean a large screen diagonal (I assume you already know what type of screen is needed for the best color transfer), the most powerful processor, the most capacious hard drive.
For studio work and maximum mobility, choose a laptop with a medium-power, minimal processor hard drive and a burnt-out rechargeable battery.
To demonstrate photographs, use a convertible laptop with a touch screen and a minimal screen size. While there is no need for the functionality of a full-fledged laptop, a full-fledged tablet is sufficient.
Selection of laptops for work with graphics
For readers of the site, we present a selection of laptops for work with graphics. There are a lot of people who will require mobility, but they won’t have to work in one place. For this problem, the industry has long been imagining a solution - laptops. However, do not forget that with a similar budget you are taking away significantly less productivity from the same PC. A laptop is the main work tool and your choice is a completely individual process that must be approached with the utmost seriousness. The laptop keyboard may be comfortable for you, external look and the body - be manual and control you visually. We, at our core, would like to help you with the choice of internal technical equipment of your laptop.
1. VideoSmile™Elementary
Acer Extensa 2511G-56HL, 2511G-576N - 36-38 thousand rubles
A nasty laptop for a limited budget, with the minimum required for simple work in After Effects and awkward 3D modeling. Nyumu has a dual core installed Intel Core i5, with a frequency of 2200 MHz, primary hard drive 500 gigabytes and a GeForce 940M video card (it’s not very productive, but it’s significantly worse for the built-in graphics from Intel, since it uses a proprietary CUDA core). There is 4 GB of RAM installed here. What obligation is needed for work in basic projects. We recommend increasing your RAM, at least up to 8 GB. To do this, you need to purchase additional RAM modules and install them in the laptop. If you haven’t experienced this, you can find a lot of detailed information on this topic. However, if you doubt or do not have reliable evidence, you are likely to turn to the fakers. The laptop has a standard form factor and weighs 2.4 kg. The new DVD-RW optical drive can be replaced with an adapter that can accommodate a hard drive or solid state accumulator. This way you can quickly speed up the system. We are making two modifications to the device, which will be better. The benefits are based on the fact that 1 GB of video memory is installed in the first model Linux system, and the other 2 GB and Windows 10.
HP Pavilion 15-au021ur - 42-45 thousand rubles
Regardless of the small difference in price, compared to the previous model, this laptop looks much more premium. Here, the sixth generation Core i5 is installed, and although the productivity increase is not so serious, there is still a difference. Energy efficiency has also increased. Here, 8 GB of DDR4 memory is installed initially (6th generation Intel processors allow), which ensures a pleasant performance. Surrounded and very importantly, you can see the Full HD screen, which is even darker when working with graphics. How does the video card perform? nVidia GeForce 940MX, which is a little smaller, is less important than the 940. Here, as in the Acer laptop, an inconspicuous 500 GB hard drive is installed. Raju is interested in modifying the laptop, which may include installing an Intel Core i7. If the price is not too high, it is a good option.
2. VideoSmile™Basic
Acer Aspire E5-575G-70EF – 60 thousand rubles
Full value work station, which runs on board a sixth-generation Intel Core i7, GTX 950m graphics from nVidia, 8 gigabytes of RAM. Saving data is ensured by a 1 TB hybrid hard drive, including 96 GB of SSD, which, without any additional modifications, provides decent speed and allows you to efficiently process data. file system. So it’s a welcome bonus for those who have a current laptop USB interface Type C. Full HD screen allows you to comfortably work in After Effects and Premiere Pro. A solution for comfortable work with a large number of projects is important.
ASUS GL552VX-DM265D - 67-68 thousand rubles
The difference in price is the same as the previous model and is minimal, so this laptop will ensure comfortable work. The Intel Core i7 6700 HQ has 4 cores, compared to the latest model, which contains a reduced version of the i7 6500u, which has only 2 on board. There are also 2 drives installed here, a 1 TB hard drive and a 128 GB SSD. So the system is pratsyuvatime shvidshe. The laptop has a screen with excellent color reproduction and pleasant contrast. The problem for this will be the gaming design of the laptop, some of which lie in the Republic of gamers line. However, it has its advantages in the appearance of a handy and reliable keyboard, a nasty sound and a hot cooling system designed for durable work at high temperatures. If the design of the laptop is not a problem for you, then this option will have many more useful solutions. The video card is the same as the previous laptop – GTX 950M.
ACER Aspire F5-573G-792K - 68-69 thousand rubles
The third version of the laptop in this price segment. This quantity was due to the fact that this category has a high level of productivity and an attractive price for the wealthy. This laptop has a 128 GB SSD and a 1 TB hard drive. The role of the processor is the same dual-core Intel Core i7 6500u, but 16 GB of RAM is installed right now, and the volume of the same GTX 950M video card is 4 GB, which can be worse in folding projects. Otherwise, the functionality of the first laptop is minimal.
3. VideoSmile™Advanced
DELL Inspiron 7559 – 87-88 thousand rubles
Laptop of the Advanced category, the main feature of which is a wonderful 4K screen the greatest joy with reliable transmission of colors. This is a very important factor for video work. Because the filling is missing, it allows the laptop to work without problems at such a high cost. There are four core Intel Core i7 6700HQ installed here, the standard set is 16 GB of RAM, hard drive 1 TB and SSD with a volume of 128 GB. The GTX 960M 4GB video card also has high productivity and will significantly increase the productivity of your work. If you want a laptop that is also a gaming laptop, it has a unique, minimal design that suits most home users. The device will also be pleased with its rich sound system. For the rich people, we wonder what this laptop can do touch screen. In certain situations and situations, this may be the case, but it will be placed before the acceptance bonus.
First of all, we want to tell you about the other laptops, that their choice is very innovative and more logical for the ability to add a PC for working with video and 3D graphics. The increase in productivity compared to the previous models is significantly lower for the increase in price.
4. VideoSmile™Pro
MSI GS60 6QE Ghost Pro - 115-125 thousand rubles
The laptop is extremely controversial, but it is still entirely justified for given to the segment. VIN MAW LOSSSHINA OF OKOLODZHENNE in Poriznnyanni with wars, here is the 4K Ekran Vidmіnino Yakosti, 16 GB of operational PAM'yati, strong -flowed storage of 256 GB Zhorstsky disk per 1 TB. The importance lies in the active gaming design, the GTX 970M video card, although not so much, but still exceeds the 960. The device has little importance for the class of gaming laptops. Otherwise, it’s better to give the advantage of the older model.
5. VideoSmile™Elite
MSI GT62VR 6RE-029RU Dominator Pro 4K-180-190 thousand rubles
The heart of this laptop is the Intel Core i7 6820HK, which outperforms the processors of previous laptops. He has 32 GB of RAM, 512 GB SSD and 1 TB hard drive installed. The role of the video card is played fully by the GTX 1070 8GB, which is one of the most advanced single-processor solutions. The device has a design typical for gaming laptops. The machine has a good sound, good cooling and a functional keyboard, like many other representatives of this category. Also, the laptop is not suitable for work at an older age due to its massive dimensions and serious tear.
Apple laptops.
Whoever supplied us with food for Apple laptops. There are even great advantages in laptops designed for working with Windows. The first importance is, of course, operating system. Here you have to pay attention to the caution of rich people, and also, to the best of our knowledge, we can say that OS X is more stable, although there are minor problems with some updates. Regardless, when working with programs from Adobe, the productivity of similar-priced Windows laptops will be greater. A Macbook can be indispensable if you do other highly specialized work with graphics. Varto believes that the autonomy of Apple computers is significantly superior to Windows laptops. However, in most cases, rational solutions still require a laptop on Windows, since, for example, MacBook Air 13, You can get a full-fledged laptop from the hardest four-core processor from Intel and discrete graphics from nVidia, which shows itself well when working with software from Adobe. If you have nevertheless chosen a Mac for yourself, I recommend that you do not buy the Air line, as it will not be comfortable working with video and 3D. At the moment, the line of Apple computers does not accommodate nVidia cards, so the choice of these laptops in this middle can be questionable.
* This list shows average prices for the fall of 2016
** This information is for recommendations only
Once you ask a professional why you should start processing photographs, we will remind you that a desktop PC is best suited for these purposes. It’s easy to work with images more comfortably while sitting in your favorite chair in front of a large monitor (or, more accurately, in front of a pair of large monitors). Unfortunately, this option is not suitable for everyone and will not always be. For example, since you are a professional photographer, you are hesitant to increase the price of light with a camera and a computer on your shoulders. In this case, you will have the opportunity to capture images using a laptop. What kind of laptop is it that is suitable for image processing? Let's try to get back together.
Laptop for Photoshop
Out of grief, many photo editors are launched on weak machines. The same Photoshop can be run on an old budget laptop costing $100. The axis of such a robot cannot be called comfortable.
RAM. Working with a large number of balls consumes a lot of computer RAM. For example, the remaining Photoshop CC 2015 fate, being simply launched “unarmedly”, without display, you will immediately take it from your computer with gigabytes of RAM. Start working with great images and numerous balls, and your RAM will soon reach several gigabytes.
RAM is one of the most important parameters of a computer used for photo editing. How much RAM is needed for comfortable work? The more the better. If we talk about specific numbers, then 4 GB will still be small. It is better to buy a laptop with 6 GB of RAM or more.
Processor. Under the pressure of the processor, the fluidity of the viconant action must be maintained. For example, some kind of filter has been applied to the photo for a long time, and brush strokes with a diameter of hundreds of pixels are painted with such fluidity. Remaining versions Photoshop works well with rich-core processors, which means there are more cores in the “stone” and the higher their frequency, the better. How about specific models, then for photo processing, processors of the Intel i3, i5 and i7 families or their analogs are good.
Video cards. There is no special vantage point. Of course, photo editors can work with CUDA (architecture parallel calculations from NVIDIA). But it's all about the processor + RAM connection.
Diagonal to the screen. As has already been said, it is best to work on a pair of great monitors. In the case of a laptop, the larger the display, the better. Unfortunately, the large laptop screens are too small. The more inches such a computer has, the less intelligent it is in terms of “portability”. With a majestic dosh over your shoulders, there is no need to hand-hold the light. Really, an extra inch of skin costs extra pennies. Determine for yourself the optimal balance between the size and comfort of your skin. It is obvious that a ten-inch laptop is not suitable for photo editing.
Budget options up to $500
Lenovo IdeaPad 110-15ACL
Lenovo IdeaPad 110-15ACL
The Lenovo IdeaPad 110-15ACL model is equipped with 8 GB of DDR3 RAM with a frequency of 1600 MHz, four cores AMD processor Quad-Core A8-7410 (2.2 GHz) and a 15.6-inch display with a separate part of 1366x768 pixels. Discrete graphics adapter AMD Radeon R5 M430 has 2 GB of video memory. This is enough for comfortable work with Photoshop.
HP 255 G5
HP 255 G5
The HP 255 G5 processor is weaker than the Lenovo IdeaPad 110-15ACL. Instead of 2.2 GHz, here we have a four-core AMD Quad-Core A6-7310 with a frequency of 2.0 GHz. RAM is 8 GB DDR3 with a frequency of 1600 MHz. Then this model has a high-speed solid-state hard drive (SSD) with a capacity of 128 GB on board. The screen diagonal is 15.6 inches, but the separate part is Full HD (1920x1080 pixels), which is much better for photo editing.
HP 15-ay091ur
HP 15-ay091ur
The HP 15-ay091ur model is similar to the HP 255 G5. The difference lies in the fact that here instead of a hard drive there is a standard HDD with a capacity of 1 TB. Also, the folding device is not based on AMD, but on the basis of a dual-core Intel i3-5005U processor with a frequency of 2.0 GHz.
Acer Aspire E5-575-32DV
Acer Aspire E5-575-32DV
Acer Aspire E5 is another 15.6-inch Full HD model. The laptop is based on a dual-core Intel Core i3-6100U (2.3 GHz) processor. There is 8 GB of DDR4 RAM on board. An additional bonus is a 128 GB solid-state hard drive. In general, the whole thing is a “robot horse”, which miraculously fits into the photo frame.
ASUS X540LA
ASUS X540LA
ASUS X540LA is based on a dual-core Intel Core i3-5005U processor (also used in the HP 15-ay091ur model). There is also 8 GB of DDR3 RAM with a frequency of 1600 MHz, a 128 GB hard drive. The display also has a diagonal of 15.6 inches and a separate Full HD (1920x1080 pixels).
As you have probably already realized, all laptops are given price categories The parameters are approximately the same with minor variations. In general, for $500 you can get a reliable working machine, but you won't have much trouble working in Photoshop.
Every photographer who happens to travel for work often starts thinking about buying a laptop for working on the go. I’ve already thought about this more than once, especially since a laptop is needed not only on business trips, but also for the work of my mobile photo studio at the gates, but also on the road.
Adobe LightroomMy evidence of purchasing and selecting laptops for photo processing has helped to define the basic criteria when choosing a laptop for a photographer, and I am pleased to share them with you:
- The laptop may end up straining. Adobe programs Lightroom and Photoshop can be used up to the point of computational complexity, which means the use of Intel processors and the stronger, the better. Ideally, this would be a processor from the I7 series.
- The laptop may be equipped with sufficient RAM. The minimum usage, including Adobe's streaming tools for Lightroom and Photoshop, is 2Gb, and the recommended size is 8Gb.
- The matrix of a laptop monitor is responsible for adequately transmitting colors and providing a wide range of views without conflicting colors.
- Everything here is simple, the matrix can be either IPS or S-IPS, nothing better has yet been invented. A laptop monitor must be at least 1024 x 768px, and ideally 1280x800px with a 16-bit color and a minimum video memory of 512MB, or better yet 1GB. I know the same recommendations from Adobe. The video card in a laptop is most likely discrete, not built-in. I give the screen diagonal a width of 15 inches, since a large diagonal increases the effort and changes the hour of autonomous work, and a smaller diagonal is not very comfortable for working with photographs. A hard drive may be too small. External disks without squeezing anyone, but the reward for travel is important. As far as I can tell, the disk capacity ranges from 500Gb to 1Tb. Another important characteristic of a hard disk is its flexibility. Without going into technical details, the faster the hard drive is, the better it is, even if it’s on the right great files , As for the duty, so for the price. What's the fuss? Wikoristannya SSD
- , then the power supply is still deprived of reliability and their price is still high, but the fluidity of the robot is definitely a competitive factor. Wow, an hour of autonomous robots. These characteristics are not initial for me. Current technologies mobile devices and increase the hour of autonomous work. Most often you have to work very close to a power outlet, without having to constantly carry your laptop with you.
I asked the Kazakh representatives of Intel, Asus and Lenovo to comment on my search for the ideal laptop for a photographer.
Comment from Intel:
Processing photographs is a resource-intensive task. Current programs that can be used for working with photographs are adapted for high-threaded video production and can be used effectively on high-core processors. To achieve maximum productivity, it is recommended to use laptops equipped with Core i5 and Core i7 processors with a standard core voltage. It is easy to recognize the remaining letters of the processor designation - H, M for Core i5 and HQ, MQ for Core i7 (for example, Core i7-4910MQ). These processors themselves can be maximal clock frequencies And therefore, productivity.
The advantage of the processors, which have the Latin letter Q, is the presence of four computing cores, which, coupled with HyperThreading technology, allows up to eight independent threads to be processed simultaneously. These processors for mobile PCs themselves are absolute leaders in productivity and are recommended for resource-intensive tasks.
The representative office of ASUS in Kazakhstan recommended vikorystvate laptops of the N series - premium class multimedia laptops.
For example, Asus N550 (N550JK / JX) – has a clear 15.6” matte FHD IPS display, high productivity, which is ensured by a 4-core Intel Core i7 processor, which is not upgraded to ULV type, from 8 to 16 GB of RAM, discrete video Gefor cards (N550JK) / 950M (N550JX) support Nvidia CUDA and Open GL technology. This allows you to speed up the processing process in other Adobe products and other programs. Moreover, the model is thin (27 mm) metal body, a manual keyboard with backlights and a complete sound system with an external subwoofer included. Orientation price – 259,900 tenge.
Another option recently announced by ASUS Zenbook Pro UX501JW is a universal high-tech premium class laptop. The model is only 20.6 mm thin and has a weight of 2.06 kg, has a high-quality all-metal body, an impressive IPS display with separate dimensions of 3840x2160 pixels (Ultra HD format (4K), possible configuration z Full HD), even tighter, for its size and class , the filling itself is a 4-core Intel Core i7 CPU, 8 to 16 GB of RAM, Swedish accumulated SSD I am storing up to 512GB and a new discrete one GeForce video card GTX960M.
The representative office of Lenovo in Kazakhstan recommended choosing a laptop from the IdeaPad Y50 gaming series.
All top Lenovo products have top processors from partner company Intel. the rest of the generation, gaming series Lenovo IdeaPad Y50 May Intel processor Core I7 4700HQ, 2.4 GHz, 4 cores with hyper-threading technology, which allows you to increase the technical process to 8 threads. This can be done directly with a number of resource-intensive programs, such as Adobe, Photoshop, Corel.
For heavy duty work with resource-intensive programs, a copper radiator is installed, which ensures maximum cooling of the entire system. The standard on the Y series has two 4GB RAM sticks with a total of 8GB. If this RAM is not worn out, users can easily expand their RAM up to 16GB. Ekran y50 MAY ROZDILNA Building Full HD (1920*1080) DIAGONAL 15.6 ”ZHO MATOVIMITS Anti -Liskliski for comfortable Robotikh, Matritsa TN+ Kuts to an apparently become 150 degrees in vertical Ta Horizontali. Discrete video card from Nvidia GTX860 4GB with 5 bandwidth system gaming characteristics get out of the way graphics programs and news about top games.
The hard drive has a memory capacity of 1TB SSD disk 8GB for fast cache storage and OS launch. However, with all the great advantages, the Y series has an incredibly thin and light design. The width is only 2.4 kg, and the thickness is 24 mm, with autonomous robot until 5:00.
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