I've read several articles on how you shouldn't take pics with the ipad, because the camera sucks, doesn't have a shitfuckton of megapixels, detachable lenses, a dog and pony show, etc. Added to this, in an almost sing-song fashion, is how silly you will look while doing it.
My response? Fuck that shit. It has a camera, and I will use it, even if it isn't a $6k DSLR with Eye-fi and a trained monkey to run it while I sip martinis from the balcony of some sea-side resort. It's a camera. It takes pictures. It's not the best, but it's what I have to work with.
If I look silly? Who cares. I'm doing what I enjoy, and having fun. Besides, I don't think all the pics I take look like utter shit, and editing them on the ipad is also ...fun.
If you're worried about breakage from dropping your ipad, there are cases and latches you can get to keep your ipad from wandering away or falling, or to protect it in case of such an accident.
Yeh, I felt a need to rant. You have an ipad? Do with it what you want!
As far as iPad apps go, I use photogene for basic editing; cropping, saturation, hue, etc. For filters and effects, I use 100cameras, and PhotoStudioHD. For panoramics, I use Photosynth, which -while far from perfect- is really easy to use.
There are also apps to upload to Photobucket, Dropbox, and Flickr.
Fuck that shit. It has a camera, and I will use it, even if it isn't a $6k DSLR with Eye-fi and a trained monkey to run it while I sip martinis from the balcony of some sea-side resort. It's a camera. It takes pictures. It's not the best, but it's what I have to work with.
Speaking of cases and whatnot, got my otterbox on my ipad2 and all is happy. Also bought a digital camera and eye-fi to go with it so yayyy MOAR pictures.
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Edit to add: I do like the pics. I used to buy into the whole "my phone camera etc isn't good enough" thing, but I've since stopped that thinking as well. It's not the greatest, but I always have it in my pocket.