iPadThoughts

It seems that another improvement in new iPad is faster importing of photos through the camera connection kit. I’m not going to complain about any speed improvements, no matter where they are …

I’ve seen quite a few new iPad camera comparisons recently, and some have been quite negative … I took a quick shot in my bedroom using iPad 2 and new iPad; yes the lighting is a challenge, but it’s clear here that new iPad wins HUGELY! iPad 2 camera: new iPad camera: Click either picture [...]

I’ve found that my iPad collects “empty folders” in Photos – some quirk related to importing with the Camera Connection Kit, and quite annoying! I finally got annoyed enough to find a way to remove them tonight; I tried Image Capture on OS-X it had no effect, but then a Google search took me to [...]

For my recent Florida to Massachusetts trip, I purchased an Eye-Fi SD card and downloaded the Eye-Fi App so that I could automatically transfer photos from camera to iPad, cable free. Sadly, I can’t recommend it! The Eye-Fi specifically lists my Sony A55 as compatible, and the Sony display has an indicator for Eye-Fi communications; [...]

Well, sort of … There’s a few Apps available that allow use of your iPhone to take a photo and then transfer it to the iPad: CAMERA-A, Wireless Camera, Coolibah CoolCam, etc. While CAMERA-A seems top-rated, CoolCam is free so that’s a big incentive to try it out! This type of App can be complicated; [...]

I tried out Photopad a few weeks ago, but now ZAGG has released a new version of Photo Pad and it’s quite significantly improved! My original review mentioned the odd way to control cropping, as well as a general lack of features. While the odd cropping control is still there (but I guess you’d get [...]

Last night, I needed to capture part of a screenshot – but the iPad has no built-in photo editing, even anything as simple as cropping. As I learned when I tried PhotoPad, it’s crop works strangely! I’m sure I’ll be purchasing Photogene some time, but I decided to try the iPhone program Crop for Free; [...]

Tonight I saw mention of PhotoPad by ZAGG; it’s “free and will always be free” so I thought I’d try it. I’ve also been a Photogene user on my iPhone, and might buy that for the iPad eventually (once I have the camera connector) – but trying a free program is low risk so why [...]

The iTunes store classifies this under “photography”, but it’s a fine line whether it belongs there or in “news”; either way, it’s a very nice App that offers beautiful photographs from around the world: The App opens with a full screen photo; at the bottom left is a caption which can be removed (tap the [...]