FILM+WITH+THE+IPAD

Back to HOME > The iPad takes very good films under certain circumstances, but there are some things to bear in mind:
 * The quality is much better than a webcam, so it is good for greenscreens and other activities needing good video
 * It doesn't zoom, so you may have to be really close
 * The file size is large so you can't keep too many on the iPad
 * The file size is greatly reduced when you copy the file to a computer (this works fine on PC as well as Mac)
 * The microphone is not very sensitive
 * The file is .mov which may have to be converted to another file type depending on what you want to do with it.
 * Sometimes the video will play upside down and you will have to rotate it. Windows Live Moviemaker does this easily.
 * There are two cameras, so you have the choice of the subject seeing itself. In any case, the screen is huge