More and more we see people taking pictures with a tablet. And although we can't really get used to the street scene yet, it's not that crazy at all. You are perfectly capable of taking photos with your tablet.
The camera of the iPad is slightly less good than that of the latest iPhone, but it is certainly good enough to take photos (on vacation) and to share them online, for example. In this course, we'll teach you how to take better photos. So not just point and click, but just that extra step. Also read: Edit your photos for free with these 20 photo programs.
iPad camera app
If you want to take photos with your iPad, you can use the app that Apple puts on the device by default: Camera. This app gets more features with every iOS update. On the right side of the screen you set the mode. You choose video or photo here. You can also take square photos, with which Apple responds to the standard image size of the well-known Instagram app. If you want to visualize your surroundings, you can also easily create a panorama image.
While shooting, you can zoom in by moving two fingers apart. We do have to make a comment here: it is digital zoom. It is, as it were, a crop of your entire photo, so with fewer pixels and therefore a lower quality.
Above the shutter release button you see a timer that allows you to determine whether the photo should be taken immediately, or only after 3 or 10 seconds. You also see HDR, more about that later. At the very top you can switch to the front camera to take a picture of yourself.
If you like seeing a grid on the screen to help you compose your photo, go to your iPad's settings, choose Photos and Camera and add Camera the slide behind Grid at. You will not see this in your photos.
Other apps
If you want more options than the standard app offers you, there are of course alternative apps. Many highly regarded camera apps for iOS are unfortunately only available for the iPhone; apparently app makers are not yet really convinced of the iPad as a photo camera. Fortunately, there are good apps for the iPad.
The Hydra app allows you to take very detailed photos, the app makes the most of the iPad camera and can even compose 20 megapixel photos. Moreover, you can zoom in without loss of quality, and the app can also take super good HDR photos. It only works with still lifes and preferably on a tripod.
Camera Awesome (the app shows as Camera! when it's on your iPad) is a free app packed with useful features. This way you can see whether you keep your camera straight (in relation to the horizon), you can add various composition grids and you can choose from a (limited) number of filters.
Do you really only want to add a filter when taking your photos, or put together a collage? Camu is a simple and effective app for this, and it's free too.
Hydra
Score: ****
Price: € 4,99
Size: 11.6MB
Camera Awesome
Score: ****
Price: Free (+ in-app purchases)
Size: 48.4MB
camu
Score: ****
Price: Free (+ in-app purchases)
Size: 21.6MB
