The iPad 4’s retina display offers incredible resolution, and the ability to present my work in a myriad of ways. Not to mention all the other ways I can use it as a photographic and self-promotion tool. But there’s yet another way I can use it.
After evaluating Photoshop Touch and iPhoto for the iPad, I can say without hesitation that these are apps that will make post-processing in the field a very real possibility.
iPhoto is essentially Adobe Camera Raw for the iPad; non-destructive editing that can be used to produce an infinite number of iterations from a single master with the ability to revert back to the original at any time.
Photoshop touch allows you to do destructive layer-based editing, with many of the features of its desktop sibling.
Both approaches offer their advantages, but when I was able to correct the underexposed version of a bracketed exposure, and make it look better than properly exposed one, I knew that power was not to be taken lightly.
The ability to shoot, process and upload from any location is a yet another amazingly cool thing made possible by Apple. It allows you to upload images from older cameras without internet connectivity by using the camera connection cable or SD Card Reader. You download the photos into the iPad from the camera or card, then upload them to your server of choice in the cloud.
The camera in the iPad is just OK; 5 MP is nothing to sneeze at, but it lacks the HDR feature of the iPhone which is. And, it’s a bit cumbersome to use, not unlike a very thin 5x7 view camera. Still, it’s essential to have a camera in the iPad, as it turns it into, among it’s many uses, a portable photocopier.
The camera in the iPad is just OK; 5 MP is nothing to sneeze at, but it lacks the HDR feature of the iPhone which is. And, it’s a bit cumbersome to use, not unlike a very thin 5x7 view camera. Still, it’s essential to have a camera in the iPad, as it turns it into, among it’s many uses, a portable photocopier.
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