The next really bad idea in photography... iPad-ogrophy

[maciek_stankiewicz]

<p>Quality of pictures aside, I think it looks really stupid walking with that thing. Looks like: "Hey People, look at my new Apple" or " Hey thief, here is something you may like"<br /> Also during public events You may interrupt other's view... <strong>Rob Sheppard</strong> nailed it with his great post on first page.<br /> If I would have iPad I would still have small $150 P&S camera in my pocket just to not look like a stranger or a clown...</p>

[kris-bochenek]

<p>I have seen few people with those television sets taking photos at the local museum. Pretty interesting, you watch the whole process and you see this huge leaf shutter closing when the photo is snapped as well as the wind mechanism noise.</p>

[AlanKlein]

<p>I can see the value at the corporate office. There you are in the conference room and the boss is giving a Rah Rah Rah sales pitch to all the hot shots sitting around thinking about whether they'll make their quota this month. And someone lifts their iPad, holds it up to aim at the boss, and say,"Smile." Snap.</p>

<p>Well, it should be good for a few laughs.</p>

[johne37179]

<p>I'm with Riz on this. Some of my favorite images were captured with homemade pinhole cameras. I also liked the lego view camera. I love video conferencing on the new iPad.l</p>

[zlight_b]

<p>Lex:<br>

<em>"If I could take photos with an old rotary dial telephone I'd do it for laughs in public."</em><br>

<br />ha ha ha! seriously funny! just thinking about the effect makes me crack up!<em><br /></em></p>

[sarah_fox]

<p>Lex, how about an old wooden Kellogg wall phone with a pinhole?  Now THAT would be an awsome camera phone!  :-) </p>

[kris-bochenek]

<p>Lex and Sarah you just proposed some good ideas, I am going to be on a look out for an old phone so it can be made into a pinhole. I recently started doing some pinhole photography and it got me hooked.</p>