Best tablet for on-location preview

[trof2]

Guys,
What is the most effective means of previewing your photos on location when lugging around a laptop is not a possibility? I frequently find myself in the situation when exposures shown on the camera screen are drastically different from when I take them into lightroom. I'm thinking of perhaps getting a tablet with either lightroom or some decent preview software that reads Raw, and using it to check shots on location.
I'm leaning towards a full-featured tablet like the Asus W700... although I would prefer something lighter and less expensive. I'll be getting a 70d, and I think its wifi will be very useful for this.
I would be interested in hearing what other people here would recommend.

 

[WPJ]

Surface pro 2 running light room, need I say more

 

[Ruined]

+1 Surface Pro 2

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Lightroom is probably not a good choice for viewing images, its a image editor.

I'd get a ipad air for viewing raw images, there are raw viewers that work with it, its going to impress a client a lot more.

 

[AlanF]

Lightroom is probably not a good choice for viewing images, its a image editor.

I'd get a ipad air for viewing raw images, there are raw viewers that work with it, its going to impress a client a lot more.

+1

iPad mini Air. Snapseed and Photogene will open .cr2 files. The mini is just so portable, and the retina display of the Air is very good.

 

[captainkanji]

I'm now using the iPad air with the EOS app. It just reviews the jpegs, but that is good enough for me until I get home. I'm mainly use it to get some quick shots on Facebook or to check focus and exposure. I'm loving the wifi combined with retina display.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

+1 for iPad

 

[wickidwombat]

i'm using the new google nexus 7 super sharp resolution cheap and can use chain fire dslr controller unlike iOS device which STILL don't support usb host... :

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

i'm using the new google nexus 7 super sharp resolution cheap and can use chain fire dslr controller unlike iOS device which STILL don't support usb host... :

Can you deceipher that for me? I'm interested, but don't understand the jargon.

Thanks.

 

[hjaeger]

+1 for Surface Pro

 

[dexstrose]

what's neat, after a shoot and I was breaking down my lights and putting gear away, I gave the ipad air and have my friends preview the photos. They were amazed to get to see the shots.

My 6d is neat to show raw files on the ipad right away.

Take a look at the Dell venue 8 that runs Microsoft 8. It's goes for around $300.

 

[wickidwombat]

i'm using the new google nexus 7 super sharp resolution cheap and can use chain fire dslr controller unlike iOS device which STILL don't support usb host... :

Can you deceipher that for me? I'm interested, but don't understand the jargon.

Thanks.

this app

http://dslrcontroller.com

running on this

http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-Tablet-7-Inch-Black/dp/B00DVFLJKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385703409&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+7

i use one of these OTG cables to hook up the camera and its also a card reader

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141122681882

then you also need the free android app nexus media importer

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

i'm using the new google nexus 7 super sharp resolution cheap and can use chain fire dslr controller unlike iOS device which STILL don't support usb host... :

Can you deceipher that for me? I'm interested, but don't understand the jargon.

Thanks.

this app

http://dslrcontroller.com

running on this

http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-Tablet-7-Inch-Black/dp/B00DVFLJKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385703409&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+7

i use one of these OTG cables to hook up the camera and its also a card reader

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141122681882

then you also need the free android app nexus media importer

It does sound interesting, I'm interested in a tablet that can control my camera wirelessly. It does sound like some tinkering is required to do this for a camera with no built-in wifi, but certainly something I can handle..

I do want a larger table though, too bad it doesn't work for ipad or Kindle.

 

[Ruined]

OP specifically mentioned issues with exposures not looking on the screen like lightroom when he gets home.

Thus, the best way to see this in the field is to very simply run lightroom, not some other program that may display differently than lightroom as well.

Plenty of Windows 8.1 tablets out now that can run real Lightroom - Surface Pro 2, Dell Venue Pro 11, Asus T100TA (weighs about same as ipad air), etc... Why gimp oneself with an iPad viewer or look at JPGs when you can actually get the real deal in Lightroom, viewing AND editing if you wish?

I actually ran a photo booth in the field using Lightroom on the T100TA, worked really well! Basically if you get a Haswell Y CPU tablet, you will get around 7-8hrs battery life and super fast lightroom. If you get an Intel Atom Bay Trail Quad Core, you will get good enough Lightroom (this is what I used) and about 11-16 hours of battery life depending on the model.

 

[wickidwombat]

i'm using the new google nexus 7 super sharp resolution cheap and can use chain fire dslr controller unlike iOS device which STILL don't support usb host... :

Can you deceipher that for me? I'm interested, but don't understand the jargon.

Thanks.

this app

http://dslrcontroller.com

running on this

http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-Tablet-7-Inch-Black/dp/B00DVFLJKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385703409&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+7

i use one of these OTG cables to hook up the camera and its also a card reader

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141122681882

then you also need the free android app nexus media importer

It does sound interesting, I'm interested in a tablet that can control my camera wirelessly. It does sound like some tinkering is required to do this for a camera with no built-in wifi, but certainly something I can handle..

I do want a larger table though, too bad it doesn't work for ipad or Kindle.

i've ordered the android thing they recommend once i get it to test out i'll let you know how it goes

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

OP specifically mentioned issues with exposures not looking on the screen like lightroom when he gets home.

To address this, be aware that many tablets have a limited color gamut, and will ALWAYS look different from a nicely calibrated color monitor with a wider color gamut. There is nothing that can be done except to be sure you pick a tablet with as wide a color gamut as possible. Neither Lightroom or any other software can fix a limited color gamut.
The DisplayMate web site evaluates a lot of mobile displays for vatious charcheristics that are of interest to Photographers.
http://www.displaymate.com/index.html

You can see the extensive results here for some of the full sized tablets. If I were going to pick a tablet which would have a display and colors that were as close to a real monitor as possible, it would be a Kindle HDX, followed closely by the Ipad air. The Surface RT is good but the Samsung is a step down.

http://www.displaymate.com/Surface_RT_ShootOut_1.htm

 

[wickidwombat]

OP specifically mentioned issues with exposures not looking on the screen like lightroom when he gets home.

To address this, be aware that many tablets have a limited color gamut, and will ALWAYS look different from a nicely calibrated color monitor with a wider color gamut. There is nothing that can be done except to be sure you pick a tablet with as wide a color gamut as possible. Neither Lightroom or any other software can fix a limited color gamut.
The DisplayMate web site evaluates a lot of mobile displays for vatious charcheristics that are of interest to Photographers.
http://www.displaymate.com/index.html

You can see the extensive results here for some of the full sized tablets. If I were going to pick a tablet which would have a display and colors that were as close to a real monitor as possible, it would be a Kindle HDX, followed closely by the Ipad air. The Surface RT is good but the Samsung is a step down.

http://www.displaymate.com/Surface_RT_ShootOut_1.htm

nice link thanks for the info

here is what they say about the new nexus 7

"Overview of the new Google Nexus 7
The new Google Nexus 7 (manufactured for Google by Asus) has a very impressive display that uses the highest performance LCDs with Low Temperature Poly Silicon LTPS, the same technology used in the iPhone 4 and 5, but on the new Nexus 7 with more than 3 times the screen area – it’s currently the second largest LTPS on a mobile display after the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 mentioned above. The very high efficiency LTPS technology allows the new Nexus 7 display to provide a full 100 percent Color Gamut and at the same time produce the brightest Tablet display that we have measured so far in this Shoot-Out series. More on these issues below."

100% color gamut i know i felt it was really nice to use and view picture on but wasn't expecting that

full article
http://www.displaymate.com/Tablet_ShootOut_4.htm

 

[zim]

OP specifically mentioned issues with exposures not looking on the screen like lightroom when he gets home.

To address this, be aware that many tablets have a limited color gamut, and will ALWAYS look different from a nicely calibrated color monitor with a wider color gamut. There is nothing that can be done except to be sure you pick a tablet with as wide a color gamut as possible. Neither Lightroom or any other software can fix a limited color gamut.
The DisplayMate web site evaluates a lot of mobile displays for vatious charcheristics that are of interest to Photographers.
http://www.displaymate.com/index.html

You can see the extensive results here for some of the full sized tablets. If I were going to pick a tablet which would have a display and colors that were as close to a real monitor as possible, it would be a Kindle HDX, followed closely by the Ipad air. The Surface RT is good but the Samsung is a step down.

http://www.displaymate.com/Surface_RT_ShootOut_1.htm

nice link thanks for the info

here is what they say about the new nexus 7

"Overview of the new Google Nexus 7
The new Google Nexus 7 (manufactured for Google by Asus) has a very impressive display that uses the highest performance LCDs with Low Temperature Poly Silicon LTPS, the same technology used in the iPhone 4 and 5, but on the new Nexus 7 with more than 3 times the screen area – it’s currently the second largest LTPS on a mobile display after the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 mentioned above. The very high efficiency LTPS technology allows the new Nexus 7 display to provide a full 100 percent Color Gamut and at the same time produce the brightest Tablet display that we have measured so far in this Shoot-Out series. More on these issues below."

100% color gamut i know i felt it was really nice to use and view picture on but wasn't expecting that

full article
http://www.displaymate.com/Tablet_ShootOut_4.htm

+1 thanks for the link very interesting, surprised they've not done the RT Pro yet though, maybe I just missed it

 

[WPJ]

The original RT had a low red screen now the SurfaceRT 2 has the same screen as the pro, its just the rt has 5 point touch and the pro has 10 point touch.

the RT only runs store apps, lightroom is not one of them, the pro is a full laptop which has a pen,and can also turn into a tablet like Waco (sp) for your pc

 

[Pag]

Just bought a Surface Pro 2, and l can confirm the awesomeness. The screen is great, the system is fast and it runs any windows apps including Lightroom. The pressure-sensitive pen is great to edit photos with, and the system comes with impressive handwriting recognition (which I'm using now...)