The iPad and photography

Take, save, edit and share photos has become one of the favorite activities of computer users and mobile devices like the iPad. The ability to capture an image on the street, retouch and send to friends through social networks, all immediately, has changed how photography, as a hobby and even as a professional or artistic activity is carried out today.So much for those who own an iPad as for those who are thinking of buying, it is important to know how the Apple tablet allows you to maximize the best features that put at our disposal the most modern technologies in the field of photography. In other words, should analyze how powerful is your hardware and software compared to other devices.The camera on the iPadAs we know, the iPad comes with two cameras: the front, which is primarily used for Facetime, the provision that allows video calls with other users of Apple products, and the rear, which is properly the employee to take pictures. Here is the iSight camera, 5 megapixel. To be honest, if we had to choose, the iPhone looks to advantage on the one hand, this camera has 8 megapixels, 60% more than the iPad and, second, the device itself looks more manageable. Indeed, it is understandable that some cost us adapt to the idea of ​​using such a device camera the size of a folder, while a smartphone is best suited for the size of traditional cameras. However, it is a matter of getting used.However, compared with other tablets, the iPad takes big lead. Thus, the camera of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, for example, the tablet with Android operating system that fits you about, has only 3 megapixels, which is even more than the capacity of webcams installed in similar low-end tablets that do not allow really take quality pictures.The iPad camera also has auto focus by touch and face detection, which automatically focuses on faces. In addition to image quality, the iSight has other attributes, such as its infrared filter.In conclusion, it is undoubtedly the best camera in the tablet segment, but competes unfavorably with the high-end smartphones, like the iPhone.Photographic applicationsBut all is not the team, as we know. Programs that allow us to maximize its functions are equally or more important. Until a few months, the iPad using photo applications designed more for the iPhone, so it works on the tablet was not the most ideal. So, Instagram, for example, one of the most valued by the public, could not be used directly on the iPad with good results, but had to resort to certain devices, such as through the use of IRIS, something a bit cumbersome . Other applications such as Camera Plus, had many criticisms from iPad users.Since March 2012, Apple introduced its tablet iPhoto (in English), an adaptation of used photo software in Mac, with very satisfactory results. Priced at $ 4.99, in less than a month and had over one million downloads from the Apple Store.This application allows, first, store and organize your photos in various ways, including by sites that were taken by the faces in the picture, etc.. In turn, you can create albums and presentations, for example. Second, it has a number of features for editing, with the simple touch of the area to be corrected: color settings, brightness, red eyes, aging effects, etc.. Finally, is adapted to share photos through social media such as Facebook or Flickr, with a single touch.But there is more. There are other independent applications like Snapseed, which is also free, which have similar characteristics and have been received with much enthusiasm. In fact, Snapseed was awarded by the TIPA as the best photo application in 2011. Also, developers are working on an update to Instagram that allows optimal use in the iPad.Ultimately, photography applications currently available for iPad, both Apple's own as independent developers, provide the same benefits as those used in smartphones.