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Looking for tablet to use with D610. Pls share yer experience...
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Chris2J
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While I do not have a D600/D610, I have used my Nexus 7 for tethered shooting (using a USB cable rather than WiFi, as I do not have a Wifi attachement for my D300), and it works well providing instant uplaod while shooting as well as camera control. The 7" format makes it light and it easily fits into a camera bag. Image resolution is excellent.
Chris J
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Consider the special dongle you have to have to interface your camera to an iPad. Apple upgraded the iPad, and the old dongle no longer worked. You had to buy the new dongle. Other systems use USB, which is pretty much universal, not only for cameras, but also for many other devices you might want to interface. Other issues as well, for example Adobe Flash and maps.
Finally, there is the cost. Yes the retina screen is wonderful and there are a number of other advantages, but for my needs - interface my camera to the tablet, viewing JPGs (specifically technical diagrams I need for another purpose), doing email, finding my way around, using the web, and so on, I really do not need a retina display. The newer tablets are showing very decent resolution - enough I think for what I need to do.
The Nexus 7 is on my short list.
ShotFromTheSidewalk
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other tablets have equal or better resolution than the retina displays. they just don't have that catchy name. i.e.: nexus
Thanks. Do you know of any discussion forums where I could go for more detailed info about the Nexus and Android tablets in general?
knightmelodic
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the nexs 7 has the best resolution out there. and it runs kit kat. forget anything apple. all of that proprietary crap is a PIA. android is so customizable it's not even funny. apple is using 5 year old technology, android is way ahead. If it sounds like I'm biased, I'm not; I have apple products, but the facts are the facts. apple's marketing is far superior tho. go for the beefiest processer you can find.
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I get that some folks don't want to buy in to the Apple ecosystem. My brother and I have good discussions about this. Regarding the Lightning connector, though, I just compared a USB connector with a Lightning connector for size. There's no way Apple could make the iPad as thin as they have and keep a USB connector. I'd rather have thin and light rather than retain all the legacy connectors. For thirty bucks I got the Connector Kit that gives me the ability to plug in a camera's USB cable, which I never do by the way. I always use the SD card reader that comes with the kit. Maps is no longer an issue, as Apple's Maps program has gotten much better, plus you can get Google Maps for free from the App Store if you want it. Flash is becoming less and less an issue as websites move away from it for good reasons.
To the extent that you will only be able to buy an iPad made by Apple, yes it is a closed system. But iOS is certainly not a closed system. Just look at all the apps and third-party accessories that are available. setting aside all this, I think if your heart is set on an Android device you ought to go for it. My guess is you'd not be happy in the Apple sphere.
To the extent that you will only be able to buy an iPad made by Apple, yes it is a closed system. But iOS is certainly not a closed system. Just look at all the apps and third-party accessories that are available. setting aside all this, I think if your heart is set on an Android device you ought to go for it. My guess is you'd not be happy in the Apple sphere.
If I had to do post-processing on site like professionals often do, I would go for an iPad or maybe a Windows 8 machine (I've made my living as a Windows programmer for much of my career). But as an amateur, I don't see the need to do that on site so something more humble will do.
After considering all the options and visiting my neighbourhood tech shop, I've decided to go with an Asus Memo Pad 8 running Jellybean 4.2. Here's why...
Thanks very much to everybody who contributed to my thread
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- Jellybean is Google's Android so it is well supported and lots of people are/will be writing apps for it.
- The Memopad display is 1080p - does a very nice job of displaying my photos and technical diagrams
- It has a micro SD reader. I have micro SD cards in my D610. They are housed in a standard SD card sized carrier, so I just have to pop them out of the camera and the carrier and pop them into the Memopad
- It has a very nicely sized 8 inch screen. For me this is just right to fit in my camera bag.
- Asus is a good name in hardware - I use one of their routers and it has been rock solid - not something I can say for some other big name products. People I know who have other Asus equipment have been very happy with it.
- It's not too expensive - only $C 240. Leaves me room in my budget for a nice GPS!
Thanks very much to everybody who contributed to my thread
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Rich Rosen
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I use the iPad with either the camera kit or the wu 1b remote module. To store my photos, I use the LaCie fuel 1TB hard drive, which can wirelessly connect to my iPad, iPhone or computer. I have some photo editing programs, but usually wait to I get home to do any PP.
LA Headshots
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Definitely skip the iPad and buy a Google Nexus 7.
You can download DSLR Dashboard for free and easily tether your D610 to the Nexus 7 either wirelessly or with a $5 USB OTG cable.
The Nexus 7 has a beautiful IPS screen, is ridiculously fast and sells for half of the price of iPad Mini. You could get a Nexus 7 for about $200
An LG G Pad 8.3. More expensive than the Asus but a higher resolution display. I've been playing with it for a while now and it's terrific. I love the GPS feature with Google maps. If I'm going off-signal, I can cache a Google map and GPS can still locate me on the cached map. Fantastic stuff. The display really does a great job with my D610 images and HD videos as well. I love too that it takes mico SD cards so I can take the card out of my D610 and put it in the tablet to view my images (I use a micro SD card in a standard SD card carrier for the D610).
Very happy with the LG....
.... so far....
Here's a review http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1304989/lg-g-pad-8-3/specifications
Very happy with the LG....
.... so far....
Here's a review http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1304989/lg-g-pad-8-3/specifications
After considering all the options and visiting my neighbourhood tech shop, I've decided to go with an Asus Memo Pad 8 running Jellybean 4.2. Here's why...
Anyways, that's what I've decided to go with. I know that there are other products that are better in one or more ways, but this is the one that works for me. Maybe I'll have to learn how to pronounce Asus now LOL.
- Jellybean is Google's Android so it is well supported and lots of people are/will be writing apps for it.
- The Memopad display is 1080p - does a very nice job of displaying my photos and technical diagrams
- It has a micro SD reader. I have micro SD cards in my D610. They are housed in a standard SD card sized carrier, so I just have to pop them out of the camera and the carrier and pop them into the Memopad
- It has a very nicely sized 8 inch screen. For me this is just right to fit in my camera bag.
- Asus is a good name in hardware - I use one of their routers and it has been rock solid - not something I can say for some other big name products. People I know who have other Asus equipment have been very happy with it.
- It's not too expensive - only $C 240. Leaves me room in my budget for a nice GPS!
Thanks very much to everybody who contributed to my thread
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