Greetings sportyman140,

I shoot with a Nikon, but tether using LR4 on a Macbook Pro (a laptop). I set up a folder (and subfolders if wanted or needed) on whatever drive I choose to store and access my images. My RAW images are brought in and automatically saved as RAW images and then I can process them any way I want and any program(s) I choose to use. I always shoot in RAW to preserve the digital negative so I can always revert back to it if necessary.

I also recommend you back-up all your images at least on one other drive or media location, and preferably two or more. One never knows when your HD(s) will fail, and it will fail sometime in the future. They start wearing out from the first time you turn a new HD on, just like any other piece of electronic equipment . . . . . . . just like a new born after he/she takes their first breath.

I was told by a very well respected international professional photographer, not 2 days ago, that he had been on a very important shooting and if he didn't obsessively back up all his images, he would have lost all the photos for that shoot because he cleared his camera's memory card, since he needed additional space for another immediate shooting, and his number 1 storage HD crashed and burned . . . but, since he was adamant in keeping more than one back-up, he still had all his images and was able to process them and complete the job. Did I mention that it was a $4,000 job? Needless to say, he was very pleased with his redundant back-up! :-) :-) :-)

I guess I answered a little more than requested, but I hope it was worth my time writing and your time reading it. Also, when you think about it, storage space on external drives are actually very cheap insurance, whether for a hired job, or, merely personal photos that may be passed down for generations. :-) :thumbup: