I take pic and videos of my grandkids with my iPad. Mostly because they love to watch/look at them immediately. The new iPad is much crisper than my iPad 2. Having said that, if I want really great pics I'll use a really good camera. The iPad pics are just for fun. I'm quite happy with the upgrade.
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I would say that you're best only using this in optimal light. Basically this means outside in the sunlight. If it's cloudy don't expect anything all that good, and if you're inside with crappy light defintely don;t expect anything good.
That's because it's pretty much the camera in the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4s is a step up (though when the iPhone 4s was released everyone said "big deal" to that improvement. Funny how people are now grousing about the iPhone 4 camera now in the new iPad when it was supposedly "just fine" when the 4s came out.)
Fact is the camera in the new iPad is a vast, vast improvement over the one in the iPad 2. What were people here expecting? Nikon D800 level?
In my room which is quite dim with some lighting a lot of cameras don't seem to like very well (except my Nikon which is obviously going to be higher grade) it doesn't take a great picture, there's a lot of grain. I think this is more because you can't adjust any of the settings to combat this. It's a good little camera otherwise.
Due to the form factor of it, I don't see myself using it unless I want to snap something when I'm in say, a coffee joint, a train or sitting on my sofa and one of my pets does something stupid. If I have the iPad in my hand I'll use it to take a picture, but for everything else I'd just get my phone or real camera out. (my iPad takes a nicer photo than my Nexus S' 5MP camera, it should be noted)
Due to the form factor of it, I don't see myself using it unless I want to snap something when I'm in say, a coffee joint, a train or sitting on my sofa and one of my pets does something stupid. If I have the iPad in my hand I'll use it to take a picture, but for everything else I'd just get my phone or real camera out. (my iPad takes a nicer photo than my Nexus S' 5MP camera, it should be noted)
I have to agree with this espeically trying to use facetime.
I was trying to use face time and it was very grainy. I was very disapointed.
Maybe I am just used to the camera on my apple cinema display.
I love the new ipad, its just too bad the front face camera is not very good
You would think the front facing cam could not be so grainy since most would be using it in doors with not a perfect light setting
A few photos taken with my iPad this afternoon on my property in far north Queensland, Australia. It was raining and very overcast at the time:
It depends a whole lot on how much light there is. Less light means the camera has to ramp up its sensitivity, which also makes it much more sensitive to noise, so you get a grainier photo. In really poor light picture quality will be terrible.
That doesn't need to be the case though. The iPad 2 had the same issue (except worse - MUCH worse), but I added a "night mode" feature to one of my apps (Camera Boost) to improve it. It simply enables longer exposure times on the camera, which lets many times more light into the camera. That makes a massive difference. If you've used NightCap you'll know what I mean
This is an iPad 2 photo taken indoors with the standard camera app: http://www.interealtime.com/images/camera-boost/v2.5/compare_cameraapp.jpg
This is exactly the same shot in exactly the same lighting, but with Camera Boost's night mode: http://www.interealtime.com/images/camera-boost/v2.5/compare_cameraboost.jpg
Just opening up that shutter a bit longer makes it much brighter and removes almost all of the grain too.
That app isn't ipad 3 compatible yet by the way - I'm working on it, adding full resolution support and a few other things.
That doesn't need to be the case though. The iPad 2 had the same issue (except worse - MUCH worse), but I added a "night mode" feature to one of my apps (Camera Boost) to improve it. It simply enables longer exposure times on the camera, which lets many times more light into the camera. That makes a massive difference. If you've used NightCap you'll know what I mean
This is an iPad 2 photo taken indoors with the standard camera app: http://www.interealtime.com/images/camera-boost/v2.5/compare_cameraapp.jpg
This is exactly the same shot in exactly the same lighting, but with Camera Boost's night mode: http://www.interealtime.com/images/camera-boost/v2.5/compare_cameraboost.jpg
Just opening up that shutter a bit longer makes it much brighter and removes almost all of the grain too.
That app isn't ipad 3 compatible yet by the way - I'm working on it, adding full resolution support and a few other things.
I received my iPad on launch day and had not taken any photos with the prior to now. I just snapped two sitting in my car. The quality is amazing. For those of you who are not getting good quality shots, I would make a Genius Bar appointment and have it looked at.