HDR for iPad - what for?

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HDR for iPad - what for?

Hello all!

Apple's going to add HDR support for iPad in iOS 4.2. However, I am wondering, what use will it be on the iPad since it has no camera? Or will it be as some sort of a post-processing tool for existing photos?

Thanks for any advise!

iMac Intel Core Duo 17", 2 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 4, 2010 6:40 AM

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David M Brewer

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Sep 4, 2010 6:45 AM in response to Artemiy Pavlov

We don't know yet. You and everyone else (me to) will have to wait for iOS4 to come out to find out what this will do on the iPad.

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Sep 4, 2010 6:48 AM in response to David M Brewer

I wonder if they could surprise everyone and release a camera-equipped iPad for the holiday season... I am kind of hesitant to buy an iPad now for this reason. What do you think about this?

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Sep 4, 2010 7:01 AM in response to Artemiy Pavlov

Nobody knows... They haven't finished releasing the iPad to other countries.

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Sep 4, 2010 7:04 AM in response to David M Brewer

Yes, and it would seem too early as the device has only been shipping for 6 months in the US. I think I will go for it then! Thanks for your replies.

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Tamara

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Sep 4, 2010 7:35 AM in response to Artemiy Pavlov

HDR has not been mentioned for the iPad. It's only been mentioned as part of 4.1 for the iPhone/Touch.

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Sep 4, 2010 7:54 AM in response to Tamara

Tamara, if you watch the keynote from the 1st Sept. event, at around 15:45, Steve mentions that HDR is part of the iOS 4.2 for iPad: he says "...multitasking, folders, game center, HDR photos, everything you saw here, all of it to iPad."

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Tamara

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Sep 4, 2010 8:08 AM in response to Artemiy Pavlov

I'm going by what is posted on the 4.2 page on the Apple website.

If HDR photo was mentioned, I'm guessing that Apple will be releasing a camera accessory for the iPad.

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Sep 4, 2010 8:58 AM in response to Tamara

I have stuff installed from desktop OS that I can't use. I have a feeling when 4.2 comes out it will be for all three devices. So that all updates/upgrade will be in scynce for all three devices.

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Tamara

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Sep 4, 2010 8:59 AM in response to David M Brewer

That could be too.

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red555

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Sep 5, 2010 1:57 PM in response to Artemiy Pavlov

The HDR demo in the keynote speech with photos to be taken on the iphone. When you select HDR on the camera app, the iphone takes 3 photos. One over, one under and one correctly exposed. The software then "HDR's" the 3 into one HDR photo.

As the current ipad has no camera, it is unknown by anyone other than Apple if there is a way to import 3 photos and "HDR" them using the 4.2 iOS app. And as stated above, not a clue if future ipad's will have a camera.

I have a 3rd party HDR app that takes, then combines 2 photos and gives an HDR photo. It's cheap and seems to work fine on my iphone4 with 4.0.2.

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