Comments on: Apple adds camera to… the Nano? http://www.roytanck.com/2009/09/09/apple-adds-camera-to-the-nano/ Fascinated by new technology Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:04:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martinhttp://www.roytanck.com/2009/09/09/apple-adds-camera-to-the-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-161082 Martin Thu, 12 May 2011 05:24:59 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=2174#comment-161082 I got my iPad a few weeks back, and have also been playing with it. I did a full review of iPad 2 and posted it on www.the-e-reader-reviews.com last week.I will give you my penny's worth about the iPad camera below:I you look closely cameras on most tablet PCs are always lousy. This is due to their ergonomics, not their less-than-expected imaging sensors. Imagine adding wings to a boat -- although it might fly, it'll be so awkward you wonder why anyone bothered.Even so, it’s a mystery why Apple didn’t include the iPhone 4's 5-megapixel digital camera in the iPad. Apple didn't even list the pixel resolution spec for the iPad 2 still photos (you should know, however, the rear camera is .69 MP – 960 x 720 pixels – which is only slightly better than the VGA-quality front camera), and for good reason – still photos taken with the iPad 2's rear camera are poor, bordering on "why bother". Shots taken inside are grainy, with little detail or color, and going outside doesn't improve things much either.But video is different.. If you hold the iPad 2 still (very difficult) you can take good 1280 x 720 HD video at 30 frames a second. Although the video is decent, the device makes for very shaky footage.I don't believe Apple created the iPad 2 to function as a camera: the purpose of the rear camera is to allow callers to see what is around them. Nevertheless, it is very disappointing that the iPad2 takes lousy still pictures, since we do use it for this purpose.I hope my bit helps if you have been wodering about iPad camera I got my iPad a few weeks back, and have also been playing with it. I did a full review of iPad 2 and posted it on http://www.the-e-reader-reviews.com last week.

I will give you my penny’s worth about the iPad camera below:

I you look closely cameras on most tablet PCs are always lousy. This is due to their ergonomics, not their less-than-expected imaging sensors. Imagine adding wings to a boat — although it might fly, it’ll be so awkward you wonder why anyone bothered.

Even so, it’s a mystery why Apple didn’t include the iPhone 4′s 5-megapixel digital camera in the iPad. Apple didn’t even list the pixel resolution spec for the iPad 2 still photos (you should know, however, the rear camera is .69 MP – 960 x 720 pixels – which is only slightly better than the VGA-quality front camera), and for good reason – still photos taken with the iPad 2′s rear camera are poor, bordering on “why bother”. Shots taken inside are grainy, with little detail or color, and going outside doesn’t improve things much either.

But video is different.. If you hold the iPad 2 still (very difficult) you can take good 1280 x 720 HD video at 30 frames a second. Although the video is decent, the device makes for very shaky footage.

I don’t believe Apple created the iPad 2 to function as a camera: the purpose of the rear camera is to allow callers to see what is around them. Nevertheless, it is very disappointing that the iPad2 takes lousy still pictures, since we do use it for this purpose.

I hope my bit helps if you have been wodering about iPad camera

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