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Apple iPad 2
Apple has unveiled the iPad 2. Incorporating a dual-core Apple A5 processor that’s up to two times faster than the one in the original iPad, the new iPad 2 is 33% thinner and up to 15% lighter than its predecessor, and features both a front- and a back-facing camera.for capturing video and stills. Like the previous version, the Apple iPad 2 sports a 9.7” LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels, and will be available from 11th March in the US, starting at $499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi variant. Coinciding with the US launch, Apple is releasing a new iPad version of its iMovie video editing software, priced at $4.99. The tablet will go on sale in 26 other countries, including the UK, on 25th March.
Somewhat surprisingly, the iPad 2 still lacks USB connectivity and also fails to include an integrated memory card reader, which is bad news for photographers who may have hoped for an easy and familiar way to transfer their photos from their camera to the tablet. (Although we do suppose that the optional Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit, developed for the previous model, works with the new generation device too.) As to the iPad 2’s own cameras, they are of limited interest to photographers. The front-facing camera is for FaceTime video calling, while the back-facing unit can capture 720p HD videos and features a back-illuminated sensor but is evidently not geared toward stills photography. So far the company hasn’t even released the sensor’s full pixel count.
Website: iPad 2 Specifications
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#1 gr
Why are you talking about the iPad here? And if you're going to talk about the iPad, why not all the other tablets that are out there?
9:30 pm - Wednesday, March 2, 2011
#2 Resimleri
I have the same idea with you gr
10:02 pm - Wednesday, March 2, 2011
#3 gr
Yeah, I would like a review of XOOM, then, too.
11:07 pm - Wednesday, March 2, 2011
#4 gr
What about the HP Touchpad? Awesome graphics on that one.
6:26 am - Thursday, March 3, 2011
#5 macjim
As you can use the iPad to store, view edit and display your photograph, it's appropriate the mention it in this fine photographic blog. oh, and with iMovie you can produce impressively good movies with the movie clips taken on your stills camera.
It's big news too!
9:01 am - Thursday, March 3, 2011
#6 gr
Er, no you can't use iMovie taken with your stills camera, nor edit any stills from your camera - not immediately, anyway, since you can't PLUG anything in to the iPad !!!! You can't plug the camera in, and you can't plug in a memory card, either! You have to dump the photos/videos somewhere else, make them Sync/ download into the iPad, and THEN you can do something. Otherwise, on its own and a camera, you can't do anything, so, for all its worth, the iPad is NOT specifically built for photo/video editing, so it shouldn't be mentioned on here.
Oh, and that built-in rear camera is so weak and crappy, Apple won't even tell you what the actual specs are, other than that it can do a bit of video up to 720p, but it won't tell us how many megapixels it is. Lame.
4:16 pm - Thursday, March 3, 2011
#7 mihalis
every tablet on the market today can store, view and edit photos and videos. Some of them have greater storage space, better still camera, can accept an extra sd card or a usb stick and have greater screen resolution. Why didn't i see a mini presentation of the other tablets here? The only thing we see very often in this site is just promos of iphone and ipad applications. I have never seen an android app, or an android tablet here...
4:59 pm - Thursday, March 3, 2011
#8 macjim
OK… thanks for your comments. May I add this to explain a few things regarding the iPad and the other things I mentioned.
Firstly, with the Apple Camera Connetion Kit, I can bring in my photographs from my Nikon D90 and my Leica D-Lux 5 by using the USB connector or the SD card connector. Then, I can use a variety of Apps to edit my photograph on the iPad. adobe Photoshop Express App or in ColourSplash, which allows me to put colour back into a greyscale photo. Then I can export either via email or via Apps such as the Flickr App for display on Flickr.
Regarding my comments about taking video from a stills camera — first of all, connect the camera into the Camera Connection Kit and import the video and/or stills photographs Photos and from there, I should be able to import my video ( I'll admit I haven't tried the video import yet so I will humbly stand corrected if I'm wrong) into the ‘new’ iMovie App announced on the ipad2 launch event. From there, I can make a movie feature including photographs and video, overlaid with titles and theme music and then export up to MobileMe, Flickr and YouTube. Yes, the rear camera is, as you say, "crappy" but I didn't say anything about it and, as I and everyone else knows, it's only meant for FaceTime video calls but they do say it takes HD video so it should be useable with the iMovie App. You are indeed correct that Apple doesn't say what the megapixel count is for the rear camera but I would hazard a guess that it will be the same as the iPod Touch, until test are done by independent reviewers we will not know. I think if you have a look at the reviews and other information available you might change your mind but, as you and the other commentators say, until the PhotographyBlog looks at the competition we will not know which are better and which are not... So, I look forward to the PhotographyBlog reporting these other devices. Sorry for the long reply but I hope that clears up what I said. Cheer, Macjim.
7:29 pm - Thursday, March 3, 2011