Vietnamese bloggers at Tinhte.vn — fresh from their early iPad unboxing yesterday — have taken the new iPad’s new camera and retina display for a spin. The results are not exactly surprising, but if you click the screenshot below you’ll get an idea of just how many pixel Apple has managed to squeeze into the iPad’s 10-inch screen.
Tinhte forum member Cuhiep has also posted a bunch of photos taken with the iPad’s new five megapixel camera. And while the photos themselves could be a little more inspiring, they do show a huge improvement over the vestigial camera found in the iPad 2, which made everything look as if it had had a sandpaper filter applied to it.
Add in autofocus, a backlit sensor and a large maximum aperture and you have a recipe that turns the iPad into a fully self-contained photo studio, complete with amazing editing tools. You know that old chestnut, still actually said in serious by some head-in-the-sand writers, about the iPad only being for media consumption. I have a feeling that this old cliché is about to be joined in the graveyard of idiocy by the one that says “Nobody will hold up the giant iPad to take photos.”
[Via MacRumors]
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5 responses to “They’re Big! Sample Photos And Screenshots From New iPad”
I’m not going to use my new iPad to take pic… But that doesn’t look bad at all. My is still sitting in Philadelphia damn Apple ship the damn thing already…
Wow it looks amazing! Mine was sitting in Sydney and now it says it’s back in Shenzen “Receiver requested new delivery date” what the? I didn’t request anything!
Why does it say 10MP if Apple only calls it 5MP?
Also, the camera looks really cool! A great upgrade from the iPad 2, though I wish they upgraded the Front facing camera as wel.
Wow. That first picture is amazing. The Retina Display alone is enough for me to want to upgrade!
I think that photo was taken with the Cannon 1 v1 and imported into iPhoto.
I use my iPad 2 as a camera and video recorder all the time. The larger screen is really nice for viewing and framing, but not so easy to hold with one hand.