Apple pencil - how much pressure is needed?

[aevan]

I have a surface pro 4. I bought it mainly as a laptop but also a bit as a tech toy. I wanted to like the surface pen and to use it for drawing, but I'm finding it quite annoying. It needs too much pressure to make even light marks. It just feels wrong to have to push the pen into the screen to get a mark (even adjusting the pressure setting in the surface app). Also you can feel the nib of the pen moving when you press, like you're pressing a little switch.

Is the apple pencil more sensitive? I'd like to actually draw faint lines with roughly the same pressure I'd use an actual pencil. Or is it still a bit artificial when used gently?

Apple Pencil has the best light pressure of any pen. It even beats Wacom pro pens. Even the slightest touch can register (for example, just letting the pen rest on its own weight) and most good apps have the option to fine tune this to your preference (Procreate, Paintstorm, etc).

At the same time you don't feel the nib move (unlike Wacom pens and the ones on the Surface)! It feels solid, like a true pencil.

One more thing that is great - the control of pressure.

It is, by far, the best stylus out there - for any device.

 

[mrklaw]

Just want to add in that you can get the iPad Pro brand new from eBay for $649 (even cheaper if you can get it open box at Best Buy... one near me has it for $622) which is only $50 more expensive than the $599 that the 9.7" iPad Pro is rumored to cost. I initially was going to be getting the 9.7" as I too think that would be a more comfortable and compact size, but for $50 more I figured I might as well go all out and get the larger one. Just thought I'd let you know in case you weren't aware of that low price on eBay.

UK here - only seems to be the US getting the (quite regular) deals on ipp. Seems it it simply too expensive? Which does make me think Apple are doing the wrong thing if they sell the 9.7" at $599. The only consolation is that my ipad air 1&2 were 64GB which was also that price, so as long as I can live with 32GB it should be ok

 

[off_piste]

ive been using procreate, i get the weird tilt behavior there. have not tried other apps much. i have not found out how to get it working in a more natural way in that app.Im hoping a future update will address this. that and the palm rejection is not very good for me. hope that gets tuned more. so i agree, test it yourself.

I'm pretty sure I watched a drawing video in Procreate where the artist adjusted a setting that maintained a point instead of shading while in tilt.

 

[DaniJoy]

I'm pretty sure I watched a drawing video in Procreate where the artist adjusted a setting that maintained a point instead of shading while in tilt.

thanks ill look into that. been trying to get it to feel different without any luck. just have not found the right setting. not a huge deal, i just adapt, but it would be cool to get it to feel more like a real pencil.