Tablet Users?

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So, how many of you use a tablet in your photography work and in what way?

Is it used for tethering with your camera, for image transfer via Wi-Fi or Eye-Fi, for photography presentations to clients or linking to a larger screen or TV for that. Did you have any linking problems or advice to offer those wanting to use tablets. Is it an i-pad or Android, or other and what is best in your opinion.

What are the best features of your model and would you recommend it to others or would you choose something else if you were able to swap and cost was not a consideration?
 
If u want apple then its ipad no other choice. Android the nexus 7 and 10 are top there classes. I have a gallaxy which im happy enough with. As for tethering wired is better than wireless. Ive not done this yet.
 
I use a Nexus 7 here. Love it. Great screen for displaying photos at 2560px long edge. Other than a digital portfolio I dont use it for anything else phtoography related. Processing pics is (IMO) way off being ready on a tablet, unless its applying Instagram-like effects.

One thing I did notice, which is a shame, is that it cant support RAW files natively. The iPad can, and if you connect an Ipad to the camera it will download the pictures onto the iPad for viewing. The Nexus 7 does not do this
 
futureal33 said:
One thing I did notice, which is a shame, is that it cant support RAW files natively. The iPad can, and if you connect an Ipad to the camera it will download the pictures onto the iPad for viewing. The Nexus 7 does not do this
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The iPad raw "support" is abysmal. It won't let you edit the raw in any meaningful way. It won't even easily let you delete them. It creates a jpeg copy of the raw then leaves the raw on the iPad and lets you edit that copy. Takes a lot more space than editing a jpeg and no better.

Nexus 7 (and most decent android tablets) have very cheap apps that let you edit raws properly.
 
V8burble said:
I'm about to get a CamRanger to use with my camera and iPad ;)

http://www.camranger.com/features/
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Although I haven't had much opportunity to test mine 'in the field' it is a great little gadget and works very well with the iPad - the iPad1 doesn't allow large images but the iPad2/3/4 all have full image use.
It's great to be able to see and focus on a large screen and to be able to upload/view directly from camera.
 
I can recommend https://triggertrap.com/products/triggertrap-mobile/ for iOS (iPad, iPhone etc). You can use it for free using the built in camera for your device, then when you are ready buy the cable for £25 from Amazon to connect to your DSLR. It supports 9cut and paste from website).
Timelapse Mode
TimeWarp™ Mode
Sound sensor Mode
Shock & Vibration sensor Mode
Metal & magnetism sensor Mode
Facial recognition Mode
LE HDR Mode
LE HDR Timelapse Mode
DistanceLapse™ Mode
Motion detection Mode
Cable Release Mode
Star trail Mode
Bulb Ramping Timelapse
Wi-Fi Slave Mode
Wi-Fi Master Mode (trigger other devices running Triggertrap Mobile
Sunset & Sunrise Calculator
Lag-o-Mete
 
I'm using a Nexus 10, I'm using the Photographers Contract app to get clients to sign without printing anything off, I love it. Also using it to display my slideshows for clients when I'm at their home.

I purchased Photo Mate which edits RAWs, but to me, it's a waste of money, as said above, processing pics on a tablet is nowhere ready.

I also purcahsed Nexus Media Importer, it doesn't really import media, it just reads from it :(
 
rjbell said:
If u want apple then its ipad no other choice. Android the nexus 7 and 10 are top there classes. I have a gallaxy which im happy enough with. As for tethering wired is better than wireless. Ive not done this yet.
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Thanks Robert.

I was favuring Android until I spoke with my sister, who used to sell the Apple products in a store and became quite an expert in this field. I intend making a trip to Apple store to have a chat with them before going further.
 
Cheers Nick, I have looked at the spec on this. Sounds good but will check out the i-pad4 first of all.
 
JonathanRyan said:
The iPad raw "support" is abysmal. It won't let you edit the raw in any meaningful way. It won't even easily let you delete them. It creates a jpeg copy of the raw then leaves the raw on the iPad and lets you edit that copy. Takes a lot more space than editing a jpeg and no better.

Nexus 7 (and most decent android tablets) have very cheap apps that let you edit raws properly.
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Cheers Jonathan,

I dont want to do any editing and would't even attempt it on an i-pad. I presume there is no difficulty downloading JPeg to the i-pad?
 
Thanks Gramps, I'm still looking at all options.
 
Milkfloat said:
I can recommend https://triggertrap.com/products/triggertrap-mobile/ for iOS (iPad, iPhone etc). You can use it for free using the built in camera for your device, then when you are ready buy the cable for £25 from Amazon to connect to your DSLR. It supports 9cut and paste from website).
Timelapse Mode
TimeWarp™ Mode
Sound sensor Mode
Shock & Vibration sensor Mode
Metal & magnetism sensor Mode
Facial recognition Mode
LE HDR Mode
LE HDR Timelapse Mode
DistanceLapse™ Mode
Motion detection Mode
Cable Release Mode
Star trail Mode
Bulb Ramping Timelapse
Wi-Fi Slave Mode
Wi-Fi Master Mode (trigger other devices running Triggertrap Mobile
Sunset & Sunrise Calculator
Lag-o-Mete
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Cheers Simon. That sounds interesting, may have a look at that sometime. Just need to sort out the right Tablet first of all.
 
edz said:
I'm using a Nexus 10, I'm using the Photographers Contract app to get clients to sign without printing anything off, I love it. Also using it to display my slideshows for clients when I'm at their home.

I purchased Photo Mate which edits RAWs, but to me, it's a waste of money, as said above, processing pics on a tablet is nowhere ready.

I also purcahsed Nexus Media Importer, it doesn't really import media, it just reads from it :(
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Thanks Ed,

interested in the Photographers Contract app. Will that also work with i-pad or Android? Would save an awful lot of printing of forms. Not interested in any editing as I do this on my PC.
 
alexam said:
Cheers Jonathan,

I dont want to do any editing and would't even attempt it on an i-pad. I presume there is no difficulty downloading JPeg to the i-pad?
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Kind of.

I'm a long time Apple fan. I learnt a long time ago that it Apple want you to do something it will be a beautiful and joyful experience.

If they don't want you to do something then give up. Really, you'll make yourself look foolish trying ;)

Jpeg import from SD card works fine. If you change your mind and want to delete a bunch of jpegs (say you import all and only keep the heroes) that will be a long and frustrating job. Also, don't attempt to load more data onto an iPad than it will hold. That is no kind of fun.

And almost certainly turn off cloud sync if you plan to upload pics to your computer when you get home. Or you will have lots of duplicates. Guess how I know ;)

Basically iPads just work. And work beautifully. Until you want to do something unusual.
 
DSLR Controller on a Galaxy Tab 2, 7. Not had much time to play with it yet, need to manufacture a tablet holder for my tripod, but what I have seen so far it's pretty good. I can't see me doing any editing, but it's good for passing around as a portable, digital portfolio.

BB
 
I use my iPad for pretty much the whole process after taking a photo...

- Transfer to iPad using Camera Connection Kit (I shoot JPEG so no problems)
- Edit photos using Snapseed
- Upload photos to Smugmug using Camera Awesome
- Upload photos to Flickr (using FlickrStackr as it retains EXIF)

The newer iPads retain a much larger file size so I've had no issues. The only thing I struggle with is how to then easily save everything on the Mac, the process is easy but it's very messy as obviously there are no folders on the iPad.

The Mac is used for Photobox creations (no way of doing that on an iPad) and my Wordpress site, as that's a pain to manage on the iPad.
 
I use an iPad/MacBook combo and the easiest way to get your edited shots onto the Mac is to enable Photostream. That way your images automatically sync with the Mac (and I also sync to my phone) whenever you're on a wifi connection. If that's not an option, I also use Dropbox but obviously that's a manual process to upload selected shots.

Cheers
Steve
 
JonathanRyan said:
Kind of.

I'm a long time Apple fan. I learnt a long time ago that it Apple want you to do something it will be a beautiful and joyful experience.

If they don't want you to do something then give up. Really, you'll make yourself look foolish trying ;)

Jpeg import from SD card works fine. If you change your mind and want to delete a bunch of jpegs (say you import all and only keep the heroes) that will be a long and frustrating job. Also, don't attempt to load more data onto an iPad than it will hold. That is no kind of fun.

And almost certainly turn off cloud sync if you plan to upload pics to your computer when you get home. Or you will have lots of duplicates. Guess how I know ;)

Basically iPads just work. And work beautifully. Until you want to do something unusual.
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Hi Jonathan, Not clear on what you mean .... are you saying that if I record my photography directly to the i-pad (Raw and Jpeg) via a link (cable or Wi-Fi) it will be a pain to pass those to my Windows PC as they will duplicate? Or is the problem with Cloud or Raw? Also that its a problem deleting images from the i-pad?

I presume that I can download edited JPegs to the i-pad?

Doesn't sound like 'Basically iPads just work. And work beautifully' as that sounds awful.
 
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ukaskew said:
I use my iPad for pretty much the whole process after taking a photo...

- Transfer to iPad using Camera Connection Kit (I shoot JPEG so no problems)
- Edit photos using Snapseed
- Upload photos to Smugmug using Camera Awesome
- Upload photos to Flickr (using FlickrStackr as it retains EXIF)

The newer iPads retain a much larger file size so I've had no issues. The only thing I struggle with is how to then easily save everything on the Mac, the process is easy but it's very messy as obviously there are no folders on the iPad.

The Mac is used for Photobox creations (no way of doing that on an iPad) and my Wordpress site, as that's a pain to manage on the iPad.
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Thanks. What's to position if you shoot Raw and to the i-pad?
 
alexam said:
Hi Jonathan, Not clear on what you mean .... are you saying that if I record my photography directly to the i-pad (Raw and Jpeg) via a link (cable or Wi-Fi) it will be a pain to pass those to my Windows PC as they will duplicate?
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If you put a card in the camera connection kit then you can copy either individually selected files or all files. To delete any images from the iPad you must individually select them (so if you copy 300 by mistake because you have copied them before you have to select each one).

If there are jpegs and raw files then it will only show you the jpeg but it will copy BOTH files. The raw will chew up strage but AFAIK nothing on an iPad can access it.

I don't know how you get pictures off an iPad to a PC (I only use Macs) but I believe it's better than the Mac implementation which forces you to use iTunes.

But....I loaded some pictures on an iPad while on holiday. When I got home I put all my cards in the Mac and copied them there - I didn't copy anything from the iPad. Because I has Photostream enabled it duplicated the ones on the iPad. I don't know if this would happen on a PC (do you even have Photostream).

I have to say, I far prefer an Android tablet for getting pictures to/from a Mac environment.
 
The easiest way I have found to get the images off the iPad on a PC is to just connect it via the cable and then navigate to the DCIM directory in Windows Explorer and move/copy them off. I paid for iPhoto thinking I could do some minor PP and then sync files over the cloud. It is the biggest pile of rubbish going so don't bother with it.
 
Thanks Jonathan & Simon,
I know a little more now. Had a good session with someone who is a keen photographer and has always used Apple i-pads since the first. He showed me what the new i-pad can do and it seemed to tick all the right boxes and put me completely off the Android route. I have therefore selected a new i-pad and am at present trying to sort out how it all works. Th Retina screen is great and I feel more comfortable that I have made a good choice.
 
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