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| Posted: Wed Jul 11th, 2012 23:37 |
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steve of oxford
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I know someone here will have the answer to this; The thought occurred to me that an ipad might be very useful to me in my work. It would be handy to have something light and slim that could function as a portable photo library. Also I have heard that ipads have an impressive battery charge duration which is a bonus. Now, what puzzles me is that since these things don't have optical drive(?) how would you get photos on them from your camera? I know that they have a small built-in camera, but I must use my Sony camera. Does the ipad have USB? Any help appreciated
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 01:56 |
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Robert
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The iPad has a multi-pin 'Docking' socket it also has wi-fi for in-out. Are we talking new or used? There is a small kit you can get with two leads one of which has an SD slot, the other a USB slot. They used to be in short supply in the early days, Eric had to ask Tom to source one from the US when he got his iPad but they should be readily available now. The other way is to put the images onto the MBP and transfer them by Synchronising with the iPad via the Dock or the included male USB lead. Unless of course your camera has wi-fi. My little P3 Nikon has and would be handy for that. Or one of those SD cards with built in wi-fi would probably do the trick. You can also use a PC to charge and synch the iPad. If you do it from camera to iPad the images are camera size (Big files) if you load the camera files onto your MBP and into iPhoto when it synchs it only loads smaller files into the iPad, but they are still perfectly OK to view, I can't tell the difference. The new retina display is well worthwhile if you are wanting to go new, the difference for images is clearly visible. If you are talking new or version 2 they have two cameras, one facing you and the other facing away. The earlier version only has a rather poor camera facing you I think. I don't actually have one but a friend has an early one which I set up for him from time to time. He has 12,000 images in it, the main images are in his iMac and he synchs the iPad if he needs to update it from the iMac. It's a 64Gb version, I don't think it's 1/3 full, it also has a couple of thousand music tracks loaded. Interestingly the iPad 1 will still take the latest iOS software iOS 5.1, with no issues, whether it will take iOS 6, due to be released later this year, remains to be seen, it probably will. If I haven't got that 100% right then no doubt someone will correct me because it's all from memory and my memory is not 100% nowadays!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 02:53 |
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jk
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Looks like you have bitten the fruit of the garden.  I have an iPad2 with 32GB RAM it is great for what you want to do. The original iPad may be suitable but the newer iPad2 works well, the newest iPad3 has an even better screen. The connector is called the Camera connector. Available at an Apple Store (except Reading - wot you want Nah we dont sell them) for about £15 or on ebay as a generric part. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-in-1-USB-SD-Card-Reader-for-iPad-1-2-Connector-TF-MMC-M2-MS-Duo-Camera-Kit-/190593136010?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item2c603c758a.for about £4
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 03:00 |
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jk
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This one may be better. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-in-1-USB-SD-Card-Reader-for-iPad-1-2-Connector-TF-MMC-M2-MS-Duo-Camera-UK-/250938553502?pt=UK_iPad_Tablet_Accessories&hash=item3a6d1a749e#ht_1965wt_1002
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 10:03 |
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Eric
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You can buy the camera connectivity pack in Tescos now!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 14:24 |
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steve of oxford
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That has been a great help guys, thanks. I'm going to get one (but not at Reading) Edit: I've had a bit more time to evaluate this macbook....not bad, not bad at all. I like it, pretty damn good for a TFT display. What amazes me is how fast the thing is for 1G RAM, a win machine would be a lot slower with the same memory.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 14:56 |
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Robert
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Actually thinking about it I think there is already an iPad thread about the start of this new forum, there may be some helpful info there Steve. I think we were debating the merits of an iPad 2 compared with an iPad 3.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12th, 2012 15:20 |
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steve of oxford
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Robert wrote:Actually thinking about it I think there is already an iPad thread about the start of this new forum, there may be some helpful info there Steve. Thanks Robert, but the question has been answered....I just wanted to know if it had a port.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13th, 2012 00:23 |
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steve of oxford
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More on the Macbook... .....I mentioned earlier how quick the thing is compared to a windows laptop, well, something else has left me stunned; just how flipping fast it responds with mail. I set up my POP3 account, and believe it or not I access my hotmail account within one second. Even I can't log in to hotmail that quick! Saving images from web is also lightening quick. Direct to iphoto and the quality is damn good. Until I got this Macbook I would never have imagined how good a laptop could be. Very impressed.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13th, 2012 02:17 |
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Robert
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Glad you are a happy camper Steve, and that's with a relatively older unit, it's even better with the latest kit and software! Enjoy!
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