New phenomena of tablet computer cameras with LF-sized viewing

[patrickjames]

I am waiting for a tablet that will project a hologram in front of me so I don't have to look at the tablet to take a picture, and the holograms will mean I also don't have to engage with the real world ever again....

[Brian Ellis]

Which tablet you use guys?

I use an iPad III though not very often for photography. Apple upgraded the viewing screen from the II to the III and it is indeed a great viewing system. I don't know about prints from them, I haven't done that. I made the pictures for my daughter and sent them to her on a thumb drive. One reason I haven't used it very often is that I hate the method of composing (i.e. zooming in and out) on the III as opposed to the II which to me seemed much easier. Don't have a IV so I don't know what that's like. I'm sure people who are more serious or knowledgeable about this kind of photography could provide more and better information.

[Dominik Schulthess]

Isn't Phase One about to sell a new series of digital camera backs with wireless connection ?

Like that one could imagin that you mount your tablet computer above your camera and the display actually shows what the digital back is recording in life view. that would give an electronic viewfinder the size of your tablet and a digital sensor with up to 80 megapixel...

[Drew Wiley]

I'm working on a patent for a digital darkcloth ... Ain't it fun to make life ninety times more complicated and expensive than
it needs to be?

[joho]

just a note - the quality from the tablets just "sucks" ...
but on the out side it is impressive, but that is about it !
the image is crapy did a test run - just had to -- I was 2 months ago
some where here in the city [Athens ] with the Linhoff 4x5 taking some photos, well, at some point a tourist from China
was standing next to me copying the shoot I was doing with a Tablet [whatsyou callit]
at first I was Laughing .... then I got to thinking what a f$#%ing show off this person was...well
anyway went to some store asked if I try one out [try out the whatsyou callit] DID the photos are only low res and crappy.
But if you look at one person that holds it you say Hey WoW!! thats where B.S. starts.

just had to say these few words on this or I would have burst !

cheers

[Drew Wiley]

One of many evolutionary dead ends, no doubt.... but somewhere along the line somebody will hit the nail on the head.
Whether a smart patent ever gets past the marketing monkeys is a different story.

[algarzai]

what loupe magnification do you recommend with it??

[Bob Salomon]

Oh, yeah. I can just see it:

A control to "rack the bellows" for focusing. (Accessory: Bluetooth controlled motorized bellows on the front) You have to manually set the aperture and shutter. Oh, and there's a motion for the darkslide, too.

And once you've made the exposure, you have to lay the iPad flat and make a rocking motion to "develop" the image. And you get a negative. Then you have to make the print, including burning and dodging movements made by waving your hands above the screen.

Wow, would people be giving you funny looks!

See this:

https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/rode...496195112?mt=8

[jnantz]

Does the tablet have movements?

YES!! there's an app for thatt

[AJSJones]

I've seen several people using tablets or field monitors tethered to the HDMI output of DSLRs already for composition and focusing tilt/shift lenses. I'm going to be testing one myself soon.

Someone who gets it! The tablet screen acting as GG (with built-in 10x zoom, no loupe needed) WYSIWYG for a DSLR with an excellent lens - flat stitch to 50-60 MP...