Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I did use the iPad on that trip, and on others. A couple of reasons. One, I take the iPad with me for e-mail and web access; Two, Kenya had very inexpensive data rates on a country wide 3g network (I had better reception everywhere, even on the Masai Mara than I do in my own home here in Vancouver) and Three, I knew my grandkids, 6 and 7 at the time would love to see photos and especially movies of the animals back home. The image quality of the iPad camera is not very good - not as good as that of the iPhone- but movies of giraffes and elephants were compelling for the kids if grandpa had just taken them a short time ago. Elephants and giraffes are also excellent because you can get close enough and they are big enough so the angles of view that they subtend are nicely within the angle of view of the fixed lens. On that trip I didn't take a laptop or any backup device for my images. Not what I would do for commercial work, but I felt safe enough. I have enough SD cards for any trip I'm likely to take at present, and 20 SD cards take up as much space as 2 rolls of film. The iPad doesn't work as a backup unless you are taking relatively few pictures, and besides, we only took RAW which you can't see on the iPad. With a couple of USB ports and a Finder interface, the iPad would be hugely more useful. I know, some Android tablets are a lot better in that regards, but they have other drawbacks. I also have an iPhone at home, and am very satisfied with it. I'll probably upgrade it to a 5 when it comes out. My present iPhone is locked to a carrier, but from now on I'll get an unlocked one. As mentioned, we are very poorly served by the Canadian carriers. We were just in Germany for 3 weeks, and since a larger number of us went, we had two cars and sometimes in cities also did different things, so a couple of cellphones were essential. We bought cellphones for 19 Euros each, and SIM cards with 200minutes of talk time included for 5 Euros each. No, the cell phone didn't have a camera, but I had other cameras with me. So, Ted. Here I would get an iPhone, mostly because it's the least hassle to use in practice. The camera in it is as good as P&S of 7 to 8 years ago, and it does lots of other things easily and intuitively as well. Henning On 2012-08-20, at 7:17 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I saw Henning use an Ipad to great effect in the Masai Mara - take a > photograph and instantly email it to whoever he wanted to. It worked > wonderfully well! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Taking a picture with an iPad like holding up a sheet of enlarging paper >> to >>> the Eiffel tower to take a picture of it. You're skipping a few steps it >>> would feel like >>> If I had an iPad I'd like to make phone calls with it. They just look >> like >>> big iPhones to me you could reall Skype on in Tod AO Cinerama. >>> >> >> The iPad as a camera feels unwieldy. It is a dense object, and is hard to >> hold up. Same for reading in bed. >> >> On the other hand, as a face-time or Skype instrument, it is superb. We >> use it often to Skype Grandkids in far places, and Daughter Ilsa in >> Ireland, Sister Anne in Japan. It does great. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com