The Apple iPad & The Blind Photographer
Tim O’Brien of Blind Photographers weighed in on the Apple iPad the other day and made a good argument for it being of great use to the visually impaired photographer. What he essentially says in the posting is how he finds it difficult to use a camera’s LCD screen sometimes to preview his photos. He says the Apple iPad would be a great solution to this as one would be able to get immediate feedback from his/her photography and be able to share it with others. He mentions an obstacle though, and this is an obstacle that a lot of photographers saw with the release of the iPad and that is that there are no ports on the side of the device. However as Tim points out though according to the Apple iPad Spec Page there is a USB kit for camera connection solving this issue.
While I was not a big fan of the pad when it was released I can see where he is coming from. The large LCD screen does give a big portable viewing space for the on-the-go photographer. I can also see where he’s coming from in the article when he mentions that he has to wait to return home to upload his photos to his computer. This happens to be one of the reasons why I want to invest in a MacBook instead. I would be able to shoot, upload, and edit.
While I agree with Tim on how the big screen would be useful for visually impaired photographers, in my opinion it doesn’t mean much if you can’t edit them. Of course this could change if Apple or camera manufacturers started making apps for their camera’s RAW files so one could edit them on the iPad.
You can check it out at BlindPhotographers.org. Chris wrote a posting the other day on how photographers can possibly use the tablet as well. Granted it was before the release, as was his posting on editing on a tablet.
Chris Gampat
Vincent M. Pastore
I had forgotten that the iPhone app arena has neglected the RAW file format. I image that capability will come with new apps. What we need is a Bluetooth enabled DSLR.
Tim O'Brien
January 29, 2010 at 11:34 AM
I was going to say or an adapter of some sort. Then I realized that it just might make things unnecessarily more complicated. However a Bluetooth enabled DSLR would be pretty sweet.
Vincent M. Pastore
January 29, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Although this idea is a great one, once again I have to remind people that the technology of “i” devices doesn’t allow for input so the device can’t be used for monitoring. This is why DSLR remote app has to use a computer tethered then send out video to the iphone as a sort of proxy version of Canon’s program.
There is absolutely no incentive for Apple to allow their devices to be video input devices and no app is going to be able to take advantage of ports on any of the devices.
Given that however, the DSLR remote app will be awesome on the ipad maybe, and I’ve thinking how great it will be to have the ipad as a digital portfolio when I go to clients. I’m going to wait for price point change first though. If you think about how much it costs to buy a professional portfolio and the constant printing updating, etc, the i-pad basic level device is not much more in cost and will be quite flashy to present.
Christopher
January 29, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Lots of of bloggers are not really happy with this new iPad.There was just 2 much hoopla over it and lots of blogers got turned off.Quite frankly, I for one see lots of the awesome potential uses of the gizmo. Third-party soft for playing tunes, games, newsprints and magazine and books, all kinds of awesome stuff, but IMHO they just didn’t really sell it very well (aside from the books). It feels sort of undercooked
Darcie Distin
January 31, 2010 at 2:14 AM
I am wholeheartedly looking to purchase the iPad, and I am amazed to see what kinds of appz and games will be deployed for it. I just don’t grasp some of the nitpicky criticisms in this site. Size of the bezel?? Pffff!
Harrell
February 1, 2010 at 2:43 PM
You can check out my original article on Blind Photographers here @ What Apple’s iPad May Mean to Blind Photographers (http://blog.blindphotographers.org/ipad/).
I hear that Photoshop has an app for the iPhone platform (http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/). I can only imagine that RAW support is on the way.
oberazzi
February 3, 2010 at 4:11 PM
I cannot wait to get my iPad pre-ordered. They look sweet. I am just not Sure whether to get the wifi or the 3g and which size to get.
Daniel Maraia
February 13, 2010 at 1:33 AM