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iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 to Be Equipped with 8-Megapixel Rear Cameras

dannys1 said:
Ive had 4 iPads with cameras now and still never taken a single picture with one. The most pointless part of the iPad, I wrote an article before the iPad 2 on why I couldn't understand why anyone wanted a camera on the rear of the iPad and I maintain the same stance two years on!
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So.............

If "I" buy a product with a feature "I" don't want or "I" won't use, then that feature should be removed, so that "YOU" a different person with different needs/wants/requirements don't have the option either?

Is this sort of idiot post that makes me crazy on here.

This "I don't want it so that feature should not be there" mentality.

Hey, not everyone is "YOU" ok ?
 
Another anecdote ...

To add another anecdote to the thread: my daughter takes (softball) pitching lessons. On occasion, her pitching coach shoots video of her (using the iPad) while pitching and then reviews it with her frame-by-frame to show where her form is going wrong. Having a better resolution and especially faster camera will greatly improve that use (and, no, reviewing the video on an iPhone is not feasible, nor is lugging another video screen of some sort to the pitching tunnel).

IMHO, I wouldn't buy an iPad because of an improved camera, but I also wouldn't buy it because it is the $10 cheaper it might be without the improved camera (if it would even be any cheaper). If I had an iPad with a better camera I might use it in some occasions. Those occasions are rare and require that I have the iPad with me and either do not have my phone (unpossible!) or want to immediately use the photo/video on the iPad.

Of course, with AirDrop the device you use to take the photo/video becomes a little less relevant, but even transfering over direct-connected WiFi takes time.
 
dunno why but it makes me cringe everytime i see someone at a concert or event taking pictures with an ipad.
 
one macrumros article says no retina in the mini, this one does.

any one know for sure if the mini WILL GET REITNA!?!?!??!?!
 
I think it's funny to think of an iPad as a camera... but hardly more awkward than some of the massively heavy SLRs I see people lugging around. It's just that we've seen that for years and fail to notice.

If people had been taking pics with tablets all our lives, we'd be laughing at heavy SLRs. And wrongly: SLRs have real benefits to offer even if most people don't want them.

And an iPad has a camera has benefits too:

I see people at events and get-togethers using their iPad to both show AND take photos. They have fun showing the photos that have been taken throughout the day, and people have fun seeing them. Big!

Question: have you ever seen someone show someone else a picture right ON the camera that took the picture?

If so, you know one benefit of the iPad.

Another of course is that's one heck of a nice, detailed viewfinder! And a great interface for immediate editing or distribution.

And if you have it along anyway for other reasons (iPads do many things), why not use it? Especially if it beats your phone's camera, which is true for many people. Not everyone has a high-end phone.
 
nepalisherpa said:
I think a higher-resolution screen is more important for iPad Mini that an upgraded camera.
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Retina display

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As others have noted, the best camera is the camera you have when you need a camera. I have an iPad first gen, and there have been plenty of occasions when I wished it had a camera (front more often than back). Yeah, I carry a "serious" camera, lenses, tripod, etc. some of the time. I carry my iPhone all of the time. Yet I've still wished for a camera on my iPad. I'd also want a flash to go along with that camera. Oh well. Maybe next year.

Would I care if someone else thinks I look stupid holding that big thing up? No. There are plenty of other reasons for people to think less of me, this would just be one more. I care about getting whatever I need to do, done. And if an iPad happens to be the right tool (or only available tool), then so be it.

What's really pointless about this discussion is that it's become a debate over whether there ought to be a camera on iPads. That's a done deal. This article is about whether there'll be a better camera on the next model. If you use the camera, better is better, and a better display argues for a better camera.
 
dannyyankou said:
Pretty much everything on that article was correct thought. More megapixels just make a bigger photo, but it doesn't make the image look any better. 8 megapixels is more than enough for the average consumer, and if you want to take 20 mp photos or whatever, buy a DSLR camera.
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I don't disagree with you. 8-10 is probably enough, but I still refuse to read anything from that parasite.
 
I don't personally use my iPad for taking photos, but with the jumbo size of phones now it's difficult to make fun of those who do. People taking photos with their iPad mini sized phablet phones look equally stupid.
 
I was on a cruise in Alaska in May and found it hard to get some good shots due to all of the people using their iPads and the amount of space they take up. I'm guilty of using my iPad to take a photo now and again, but I'll never use it as my go-to photography device (or even my non-DSLR go-to). It was absolutely ridiculous walking through the Vatican and seeing people walk around holding iPads above their heads.
 
Too many people still don't grasp what a bad idea increasing MP without increasing sensor size is. I am glad Apple has refused to play that stupid spec game.

Please, please give the iPads a flash!!! I don't know what I would do without one on the phone and it's just silly that the tablets don't ave one. Not to even mention the flashlight function.
 
Is it the current fanboy craze to hate on people who take photos with their iPads?

What the heck is the problem?

There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking photos with your iPad.
 
Jetson said:
Is it the current fanboy craze to hate on people who take photos with their iPads?

What the heck is the problem?

There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking photos with your iPad.
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So if I'm at my daughter's ballet recital, and you're sitting in front of me, and you decide to take a picture (or worse yet, a movie) of your kid by holding up a 9" tablet over the head of the person in front of you, thus blocking my view, there's "absolutely nothing wrong" with that? That makes me a "fanboy"?

No. That makes you a "jagoff". Put your tablet away.
 
BayouTiger said:
it's just silly that the tablets don't ave one. Not to even mention the flashlight function.
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So the 10" screen isn't bright enough for you to illuminate what it is you need to see in front of you?

Loving the idea of someone holding an ipad up as a torch and peering round it to see what it is they are actually illuminating. :D
 
dannys1 said:
Ive had 4 iPads with cameras now and still never taken a single picture with one. The most pointless part of the iPad, I wrote an article before the iPad 2 on why I couldn't understand why anyone wanted a camera on the rear of the iPad and I maintain the same stance two years on!
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I use that camera to "scan" documents every now and then with my ipad. It replaced my scanner. So I think there is a point of improving it.

I would never ever use it to take a picture. At least in public. :)
 
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