I'm thinking about getting an iPad in future and just wondering what photographers use these for? I noticed my camera bag has an actual space for it so figured it was a common thing to have to perhaps have a slide show of photos to hand?
Wondering if you find them useful for other things and if they are worth it?
I would imagine though that iPads aren't known for the space they have so you would be limited to what you could store on it?
I'm just generally curious as to if they are really useful or more of an extra gadget
It's just a tool, you can use it for whatever you would like to use it for, as long as it is capable of doing the job. If you want to view photos on an iPad, it can do that, and you can use the iPad for viewing photos, it can't make phone calls, do don't expect to try to make phone calls, however iPad can only be limited by the owner's creative thinking, so if the owner thought of other ways around, ie: using Skype, then iPad can do that.
You could use it for many things, and it not only depends on what apps there is, but also what can you do with the apps.
You could for example:
Listen to music, listen to radio (the Internet radio sort), you could watch movies, television shows, video recordings, use it as a calculator, converter, diary, financial records, notice board, timer, stopwatch, countdown timer, clock, alarm clock, view photos, read books, view PDF documents, do work processing, spreadsheet, database, checklist, journal, notebook, sketchbook, photo editing, mind-mapping, planning, planner, graphic design, dictation, recorder, dictionary, maps, compass, storage for photos, email, Internet,
Well I could go on and on and on suggesting what you can do with it, so really, just use it how you like to use it.
But a word of warning: If all you are thinking of using it is just to show your photos in a slideshow and that is all you want to do, it do not justify the costs, unless you use it far more than just one task.
