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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: pss on January 15, 2007, 02:05:17 pm

Title: ModBook
Post by: pss on January 15, 2007, 02:05:17 pm
not sure if anyone has seen this, but it looks like the perfect tethered shooting/MFDB screen solution...ModBook (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ModBook).......a little pricey of course....
Title: ModBook
Post by: rethmeier on January 15, 2007, 04:30:48 pm
Paul,
what would be the benifit over an iBook or MacBook Pro etc?

I need something half that size to use with my Live Image that will be available for the Emotion-75.
Cheers,
Willem.
Title: ModBook
Post by: pss on January 17, 2007, 04:16:17 pm
no keyboard, no opening/closing, pen control...13" screen (not the original macbook screen, a little better).....always the same problem with size/scrrensize tradeoff....i think the 13" is a good size, small enough for handling, large enough to do some work....this really is the same speed as the macbook pro!....
also saw the new oqo version 2, looks very nice (other then a PC)...but no firewire...so not useable....
Title: ModBook
Post by: william on January 17, 2007, 04:35:06 pm
It does look interesting, but I would have to figure out how to have it upright for easy viewing while shooting tethered...I guess a simple book stand would do the trick.  Also, I assume there's a way to connect an external keyboard?  Pen control is nice, but if you need to send emails, etc., with this device, an external keyboard would be better.

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no keyboard, no opening/closing, pen control...13" screen (not the original macbook screen, a little better).....always the same problem with size/scrrensize tradeoff....i think the 13" is a good size, small enough for handling, large enough to do some work....this really is the same speed as the macbook pro!....
also saw the new oqo version 2, looks very nice (other then a PC)...but no firewire...so not useable....
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Title: ModBook
Post by: pss on January 17, 2007, 07:13:46 pm
i use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse with my macbook pro now.....same there....it should be a lot easier to put this in place then have a macbook on a stand....i would probably just put it flat on top inside my open bag....that way i simply have to look down.....