thanks, i'm really interested in the tethered workflow. speed, size of the preveiws, stability, the possibility of processing and shooting at the same time while connencted to a macbook pro, renaming and cataloging foles in different folders and also about the tools for color and tonal presets. in lc 11 you really have very few options for tweaking. i'd like to make very precise presets with color and tonal adjustments (sort of like using diferent films) for specific looks while in phocus. this would allow an art director / client to see something while shooting that corresponds to the way the file will eventually look.
lc11 makes a beautiful file, but it's not flexible in that way.
any comments?
Kipling, I'm shooting tethered to the mac "Tower of Power" with Phocus a lot, but haven't tried it with my Mac Book Pro yet. Don't even know if the graphics card in my laptop will run it.
Just finished shooting a slew of 2009 Chevy wheels last night ... which is the 10th or so tethered studio job with Phocus so far.
Very fast transfer of full res preview image even using Fire Wire 800/400 tether cord supplied with the cameras. Very stable, with no crashes, Presets are a snap, which like with Flex can be loaded for continued use on other similar jobs ... or applied on different files with-in a shoot.
However, to apply any changes to the thumbnail you have to manually say so ... unless I don't yet know some way of doing it automatically.
Corrections in Phocus still will not migrate if you export as a DNG. DNG conversions are lightening fast, but processing to Tiffs out of Phocus is not ... which is why I still do some stuff as DNGs in PSCS3.
Personally, I have had very good luck with DNG exports to PSCS3 Bridge/RAW in terms of control of dynamic range. I use this when processing lots of images like those shot at a wedding. But I am much more skilled at PSCS3 than the newer Phocus. Time and practice may change that.
I have Aperture loaded also, however after the last upgrade it crashes on opening 3Fs ... but there is a work around I haven't tried yet.