New Wacom Intuos3 A5 (6x8) Tablet

Finally ordered myself a tablet that I have been wanting for a long time! If you do extensive work in Photoshop you will definitely benefit from one of these. Being able to do precise selections and paint masks with a pen is so much better than fiddling with the mouse and trying to move it the right way. The supplied pen is also pretty broad so its less of a strain to hold than a normal pencil. The pressure sensitivety works wonders in photoshop where you can do very small details by applying pressure. Especially important for masks. It also has a number of shortcut keys as well as two touch strips. I have mapped some of the buttons to common photoshop shortcuts such TAB for switching between full screen and normal, as well as undo and some others. Defaultly the left shortcuts are well specified with Alt, Ctrl, Shift and Space. That way you can do quite a lot of work without even touching the keyboard. The left touch strip I use for zooming, which works well, and the right I plan to map to pensize adjustments. I wont be using the supplied mouse since I already have a good bluetooth mouse with the Logitech Dinovo keyboard. The size of the tablet is just right, A6 was too small and A4 was too big imo, so the A5 (6x8) size fits me perfectly. Its definitely a digital photographers must have tool!