Rog

....cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!

Rog

Erilar

"Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!
>
> Rog

What nonsense! Use an iPad as a camera? Most people have phones that take
them that are a lot smaller if they have some fear of cameras.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

sbt

In article <j2pgsa$d9s$2@dont-email.me>, Erilar
<drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:

> "Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!
> >
> > Rog
>
> What nonsense! Use an iPad as a camera? Most people have phones that take
> them that are a lot smaller if they have some fear of cameras.

Well, I use my iPhone 4 far more often than my iPad; however, I have a
very nice stand that can function similarly to a tripod for the iPad
and I can see using it for portrait shots and other posed shots, with
the much larger preview/viewfinder available.

--
Spenser

Michelle Steiner

In article <VoV3q.163468$Z04.94776@newsfe07.ams2>,
"Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!

We'll all find out when Jobs introduces it, and if not then, then when it
reaches the reviewers.

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

Howard Brazee

On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:44:10 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
<drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:

>What nonsense! Use an iPad as a camera? Most people have phones that take
>them that are a lot smaller if they have some fear of cameras.

I don't have an iPhone, and my phone's contract requires me to spend
extra money to send photos. So the only thing I have done with my
calendar is to take my own picture for the background (making it easy
to see whose camera might get turned in to the front desk at work). If
I could plug it into my computer, I'd use it.

I was watching a bunch of parents filming their children singing after
a class at our zoo the other day. Some were using cameras, some
phones, and one was using an iPad. From my position in the back, I
could easily see the image on the iPad in the front. But it was
harder to hold steady, especially when using one hand to do something
else.

If the camera is good enough for business meetings, I suppose it is
good enough. But I'd love to have a decent camera with me - my iPad
goes with me most places I go. (I read a lot).

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

Rog

"Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
news:j2pgsa$d9s$2@dont-email.me...
> "Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!
>>
>> Rog
>
> What nonsense!

What arrogance on your part.....

> Use an iPad as a camera? Most people have phones that take
> them that are a lot smaller if they have some fear of cameras.

For a start, I'm not *most people*.

Did it occur to your tiny undeveloped brain that there might be a very good
reason _why_ I wound want a *camera* with a huge viewfinder?

Think about it for a while ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
Now stop making assumptions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
Got there yet?
>>>
>>>
>>>
I can't SEE a normal camera's viewfinder because I am _very_ partially
sighted.

Now go away and suck a lemon.

Rog

David Empson

Rog <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!

The key issue with the iPad camera is how much resolution can be
achieved in a camera that will fit in the thickness of the iPad.

I'd hope that the iPad 3 will have somewhat improved cameras compared to
the iPad 2. At a minimum, the front camera should be upgraded to the
specs of the current rear camera, allowing 720p video resolution for
FaceTime. The rear camera would probably be upgraded at the same time.
At a minimum, that should mean 1080p video, but possibly still as low as
1.3 or 2 megapixels for still images.

Omnivision have announced a 5 megapixel camera camera that should fit in
an iPad. The question is whether Apple will use it. Apple needs to be
able to get them in sufficient volume and at a low enough price, and
Apple has to consider that having such a high resolution camera can be
justified in an iPad.

If you want such a camera, send feedback to Apple, explaining WHY you
think a camera resolution that high would be a good idea.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

--
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz

Jolly Roger

In article <VoV3q.163468$Z04.94776@newsfe07.ams2>,
"Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!
>
> Rog

Thanks for sharing.

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Fred Moore

In article <j2pgsa$d9s$2@dont-email.me>,
Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:

> "Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!
>
> What nonsense! Use an iPad as a camera? Most people have phones that take
> them that are a lot smaller if they have some fear of cameras.

Erilar, I think you're missing Rog's point. Having a camera (on the back
side of the iPad, forward facing away from the user) on the iPad isn't
with the goal of turning the user into Ansel Adams or Frannie Lebowitz,
it's very often to replace a scanner that's not available for capturing
copies of business text documents, illustrations, and photos in the
context of incorporating those images in work the user is already doing
on the iPad. While the current camera, which has less than a megapixel
resolution IIRC, can technically do this, the result is marginal at
best. Since the latest iPhone has a 5 megapixel camera, those of us
waiting for a decent camera on the iPad are wondering what's the hold
up. (Being able to take a hi-rez photo of the CEO in his skivvies to
post on Facebook, is simply a bonus.)

Erilar

Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:
> In article <j2pgsa$d9s$2@dont-email.me>,
> Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
>
>> "Rog" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> ...cos there's no way I'm buying one if it hasn't!
>>
>> What nonsense! Use an iPad as a camera? Most people have phones that take
>> them that are a lot smaller if they have some fear of cameras.
>
> Erilar, I think you're missing Rog's point. Having a camera (on the back
> side of the iPad, forward facing away from the user) on the iPad isn't
> with the goal of turning the user into Ansel Adams or Frannie Lebowitz,
> it's very often to replace a scanner that's not available for capturing
> copies of business text documents, illustrations, and photos in the
> context of incorporating those images in work the user is already doing
> on the iPad. While the current camera, which has less than a megapixel
> resolution IIRC, can technically do this, the result is marginal at
> best. Since the latest iPhone has a 5 megapixel camera, those of us
> waiting for a decent camera on the iPad are wondering what's the hold
> up. (Being able to take a hi-rez photo of the CEO in his skivvies to
> post on Facebook, is simply a bonus.)
Oh, for copying documents and such, or with an iPad tripod of some kind,
yes, but as a general camera substitute it strikes me as pretty clumsy.

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad