Using laptop on location?

I use Elements on an (antique :lol) 1GHZ PIII 512 meg laptop. Once PS is started up, it certainly works reasonably fast.

Slowest step in the process is the transfer of the file to the PC (using a PCMCIA CF adapter and Canon's great Zoombrowser)

Maybe take a look at how to use the histogram, as well?

Best regards,
Andy

Hi,
Have found Remote Capture on Addobe elements! I'll see what I can achieve.

Many Thanks

Dave

I've never used any of Canons software, except that I tested the raw-converter once or so.. But if by "live preview" you mean using the LCD as a viewfinder, it can't be done, no matter how the program is written. It's Canon's cameras themself that hinder this from beeing possible, and not the software.

I could this on my Minolta Dimage 7i (one of A1 & A2's older brothers), but the reason for this was that the Minolta's, no matter how Minolta markets them, really haven't got a lot in common with SLR's. They got no mirror, they got no shutter (although they're able to produce fake shutter-sound from a loudspeaker when you press the button )

Last time I checked there was only one "real" DSLR that could preview things on it's LCD (and then probably on computers/TV's also), and I think it was one from Olympus. It's solved by having the mirror let light through it, onto the CMOS-chip. Then you can have the LCD reflect the contents of the CMOS. This is a compromise though, as it let's less light up into the pentaprism, and you won't get as bright image in the viewfinder as we Canon-users do. Personally I would rather keep it the way it is.