Notebook Computers In The Wild

Bring your digital darkroom with you on your next photo adventure

Jon Sienkiewicz

Published October 1, 2006
Updated July 1, 2016

Whether you call it a laptop or a notebook, having a computer that can travel along with you has changed the way digital photographers work. In the field, a laptop becomes a portable darkroom, a repository where images can be downloaded and stored and a place where the best shots can be soft-proofed long before returning to the studio. In other words, portable computers have become indispensable.

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