Help, need tablet.

[astroNikon]

quick question ... You are shooting in RAW aren't you ?

 

[astroNikon]

FYI .. I just got an email from MicroCenter
Dell Inspiron 15 15.6" dual-core 4gb/500gb HD/ win8.1 $199.99 ... couple other laptops $229.99, or $279.99 Dell
galaxy 4 tablet $179.99 quad-core, 7" etc
Mac Air 13.3 $899.99

 

[cynicaster]

" I'm sort of picturing you posting a couple previews to FB or whatever with "look what I'm doing today", and then going home and doing your "real" editing later -- is that close?" Yes pretty much. I don't use FB, but yes. The actual edit it's self will be done on Desktop when im home. I just want to be able to see what I did while i'm still at the scene. Largely because looking at the picture on the camera is far to often not what I see on computer, or on prints. I figure with a tablet with color calibrated, i'll be able to see what I took at the scene, and if I need to make adjustments. Because it happens all too often I take a picture, it looks wrong on teh camera so I adjust the exposure, I get home and bam picture ruined. I figure I could prevent that if I have something like a tablet where I can see it real fast. Without opening a laptop, booting up, keeping it charged, lugging another bag around, and blablabla.. So the answer to your question is pretty much Yes.

I use a regular (non-Pro) Surface tablet to do pretty much exactly what you're describing. I got it for $200 on black Friday. You could probably grab a lightly used one for under that now. I'd buy another one if my current one got stolen or dropped in a river.