Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: does anyone use their iPad as a camera Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:05:13 -0700 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <2012082109361980278-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <210820120939471389%nospam@nospam.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1345586714 7785 127.0.0.1 (21 Aug 2012 22:05:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:05:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.9 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:29841 comp.mobile.ipad:14665 On 2012-08-21 16:39:47 +0000, nospam said: > In article <2012082109361980278-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, > Savageduck wrote: > >> As always this is one of those times you should discount the megapixel >> race, the D70 is a very capable camera at 6.3MP. > > it is, but it's also an old camera. modern slrs are quite a bit better > than the d70. > > the iphone wins on convenience. you can't slip a d70 into your pocket. We have a d-90 and thankfully, it's working great. It's by far the best camera I've ever owned. A friend, however, has a d-70 (maybe it's a d-80? I forget) which has now died and is interested in replacing it. A few years ago, when we got our d-90, I'd have recommended the same. But it's been 4 years and that's a _long_ time in digital photography. Any strong recommendations? Absolutely, btw, the camera you have with you is *always* superior to the one you don't. However, we go out of our way to haul the D-90 when we think there's going to be something we're going to want to take pictures of. Some of the early phone cameras just weren't worth bothering with, but now, with my iPhone 4 (and the improved camera is the thing that made me think most about getting a 4S), I get a lot of shots I'd never have gotten before. I should do a side-by-side between the iPhone 4 and the small Canon pocket point-and-shoot I've got, which I've had for about 5+ years. I think the Canon may still actually be a bit better, but I haven't really done a close comparison. I pretty much always have the iPhone, so I take more pictures with it than anything else now. Dropbox's new deal to suck pix out of your camera is pretty interesting. One of my desktop computers is my true, permanent photo repository, but if I'm on the road with my laptop, that's an easy way to get the pix over to the desktop machine. Their iOS app has a setting which automatically sends any pix or vids on your iOS device up to your DropBox account, too, which works kind of like iCloud's photostream. Whether photostream or dropbox, having pix magically copied off your camera/device up to more permanent storage seems like a great thing, especially when traveling. I remember trying to find internet cafes, burning pix to CDs and swapping out (what now seem like awfully puny) memory cards, and I'm glad I don't have to worry about that stuff anymore.