Don't Use Your iPad As A Camera

Actually, it blocked his face pretty good. Maybe this is reason #1 why you SHOULD use an iPad as a camera. :D
 
You have to give apple credit on the durability of those things if nothing else. They take some impressive abuse and keep on working.
 
Steve said:
Actually, it blocked his face pretty good. Maybe this is reason #1 why you SHOULD use an iPad as a camera. :D
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Yeah, not only did it protect his face but it seems to not have damaged it at all since he goes right back to using it again.
 
I always find it funny when people use an ipad to record something and it's essentially blocking the view but given it's just a giant screen displaying it, you can still watch the event on the ipad they're holding instead of watching it live, because the ipad is blocking it. :D

And why do people hold it like that? Wouldn’t it make more sense to flip it 90 degrees to get a better aspect ratio? I see that a lot.
 
Feel sorry for that softball team having to play on a football field and they don't even re-chalk it, looked confusing as all hell.
 
Steve said:
Actually, it blocked his face pretty good. Maybe this is reason #1 why you SHOULD use an iPad as a camera. :D
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Looks like there was a protective net. How far would the ball have gone if he wasn't pressing his face right up to it to prop up his iPad?
 
You know, I find it amusing that so many people use their iPads as cameras. I recently went to the NY Auto Show and many were taking pics with them. I almost felt awkward using a point and shoot Olympus.
 
Fucking iPads. I never understand why people use them as camera's. Bulkier than a DSLR, worse image quality than a DSLR, and in some cases, equal in price or more expensive than a DSLR.
 
Maplehamwich said:
Fucking iPads. I never understand why people use them as camera's. Bulkier than a DSLR, worse image quality than a DSLR, and in some cases, equal in price or more expensive than a DSLR.
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And that doesn't even consider regular point and shoot digital cameras...
 
Maplehamwich said:
Fucking iPads. I never understand why people use them as camera's. Bulkier than a DSLR, worse image quality than a DSLR, and in some cases, equal in price or more expensive than a DSLR.
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DSLR = Camera

iPad = Camera, MP3 Player, Video Recorder etc.

I see your point about the pictures but comparing the two in price is kind of silly. One device has a specific function that ti's engineered to be good at. One happens to take decent enough pictures for your average folk and does a multitude of other things.
 
I thought it was because most people still use the older iPads with the 700k-pixel camera that takes photos like it was 1997 all over again.

Apple people: willing to pay top dollar for 10-15 year old technology.
 
TheBlueChanell said:
DSLR = Camera

iPad = Camera, MP3 Player, Video Recorder etc.

I see your point about the pictures but comparing the two in price is kind of silly. One device has a specific function that ti's engineered to be good at. One happens to take decent enough pictures for your average folk and does a multitude of other things.
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But a phone can also take crappy-to-mediocre pictures and do all those other things...AND it's 1/8th the size of an ipad.

So, why ipad over phone? Just to look like 8x more of a douche for using an ipad at a freaking sporting event?
 
the other stupid thing I see more and more is people filming stuff on mobile phones in portrait...
 
Knight_of_BAAWA said:
I thought it was because most people still use the older iPads with the 700k-pixel camera that takes photos like it was 1997 all over again.

Apple people: willing to pay top dollar for 10-15 year old technology.
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Yep. And even the new ones still only have a 5MP camera. You can get a 12MP point and shoot that does 1080p video for around $100 these days.
 
TheBlueChanell said:
DSLR = Camera

iPad = Camera, MP3 Player, Video Recorder etc.

I see your point about the pictures but comparing the two in price is kind of silly. One device has a specific function that ti's engineered to be good at. One happens to take decent enough pictures for your average folk and does a multitude of other things.
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What are the odds the guy has a phone that works atleast as good as his iPad in his backpocket?

DeathPrincess said:
the other stupid thing I see more and more is people filming stuff on mobile phones in portrait...
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This.
 
Are people seriously trying to compare a DSLR to an ipad?
give the old guy a break ffs.
 
TheBlueChanell said:
DSLR = Camera

iPad = Camera, MP3 Player, Video Recorder etc.

I see your point about the pictures but comparing the two in price is kind of silly. One device has a specific function that ti's engineered to be good at. One happens to take decent enough pictures for your average folk and does a multitude of other things.
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DSLR/ILC=Great Camera, Good to Great Video Recorder
iPad=Shite camera, godawful video recorder, and WTH are you doing listening to music while taking a photo? You already look like a jacka** using it as a camera, you're going to double down with a pair of giant Beats cans plugged into it too?
 
STR said:
DSLR/ILC=Great Camera, Good to Great Video Recorder
iPad=Shite camera, godawful video recorder, and WTH are you doing listening to music while taking a photo? You already look like a jacka** using it as a camera, you're going to double down with a pair of giant Beats cans plugged into it too?
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This! I couldn't agree more.

/endthread
 
TheBlueChanell said:
DSLR = Camera

iPad = Camera, MP3 Player, Video Recorder etc.
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Some smaller film companies use DSLRs as video camera for production stuff (not for cinematic as it's the wrong aspect). It's also going to be 13405670345061340560134506504569x the quality. :p
 
Kueller said:
But a phone can also take crappy-to-mediocre pictures and do all those other things...AND it's 1/8th the size of an ipad.

So, why ipad over phone? Just to look like 8x more of a douche for using an ipad at a freaking sporting event?
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Because its an old man who probably would have a hard time holding, viewing, or even adjusting the controls on a tiny phone screen. iPad made it easier for him. Consider it an iPhone for the elderly.

If this had been a 20 something year old hipster douche, then your argument makes sense.

I'm not a fan of apple, but you got to hand it to them for build quality. Expensive build quality, but decent build quality nonetheless.
 
I kind of like using the iPad as a camera. What other camera has live-view on a large, high-quality 3 megapixel screen? That said, I don't use it much as a camera, and I don't have a cell phone as an alternative.
 
STR said:
DSLR/ILC=Great Camera, Good to Great Video Recorder
iPad=Shite camera, godawful video recorder,
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This.

The lens on tablets and phones are junk, even when compared to most point & shoot cameras.
Comparing an iPad camera to a DSLR is like comparing a Ferrari to a moped. They are not even in the same category. Even a basic $100 point & shoot will take better pictures and video, especially if you need to zoom in.

People using their phones for pictures/video are bad enough, but I find the people using tablets (especially iPads) to be the worse. Several times I've had people with iPads push their way in front of me/others at the last minute and then hold up their iPad right in front of everyone, blocking the view and getting in the way other other's cameras & video recorders.
Just another reason to hate the iBots and their arrogant/clueless attitudes.
 
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