Rebel T2i VS. 5D Mark II (pt.3)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls! It’s time for the final round!

If you’ve missed the last 2 parts of this showdown, take a minute and check them out!
Part 1
Part 2

To sum up… I haven’t found much to distinguish these two cameras apart when looking only at the images they produce.
Both have amazing high ISO performance, and both are fairly even when it comes to color rendition and dynamic range.
Round one went to the Rebel T2i, mainly because the results didn’t provide a clear winner, and I defaulted to price as a tiebreaker.
Round two went to the 5D Mark II, again, the results didn’t provide a clear winner, but the 5D provided a more visually “pleasing” image straight out of the camera. Not to mention I’m only doing 3 rounds, and needed to keep you all on the line for a 3rd installment!

So now I’m going to break down some of the notable features of the two cameras, and see if we can’t find a clear winner in this race.

To start… I am not going to cover the video qualities of these cameras. Frankly because I know very little about video. But for the sake of thoroughness I will point out the statistical similarities of both cameras video production, and other features (well, the ones I feel are important enough to note)

I used Canon’s website for reference, feel free to compare the numbers yourself at www.usa.canon.com.
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Differences:

Autofocus
This is a crucial area for a lot of photographers, and with each and every passing year we photographers get more and more dependent on autofocus. Don’t tell me the first time you tried doing video with a “hybrid” SLR you didn’t get frustrated with having to manual focus!
Both Cameras AF systems work off a 9-point AF system, with identical features. However, the 5D has 6 more points that Canon calls “assist points”. For all tense and purposes these are just more spots to focus with. The speed of which a camera focuses actually has to do with the lens, so speed isn’t a factor here besides the time it takes for the photographer to put the highlighted AF point on the subject.

Metering
This one surprised me!
The 5d uses a 35-zone TTL metering system, the Rebel… a whopping 63-Zone! (same as the 1D Mark IV). Whats that mean to you professionals out there? Well if you use a handheld light meter… absolutely nothing. But if you’re a Program mode shooter (P,Tv,Av,GB), then the Rebel is taking more information into account when it looks at a scene, and could give you a better exposure because of it.

Video
Well this isn’t my strong suit, but here goes.
Both cameras can do Full HD (1920×1080), and with 5D getting a recent firmware update, they also can capture video the same (as far as frame rates). The difference comes in the file format. The Rebel uses H.264 which from my understanding is the most “web” friendly. The 5d uses MOV. Can I tell you the technical differences between the two? No… Do I care? Not really. They both can do Full HD, they both have Mic ins, and both have HDMI outputs. So I’m going to generalize this and call it even as far as video goes.

Frames Per Second
Same (essentially)… Rebel’s = 3.7…. the 5D’s = 3.9….. OH DAMN! (disappointing in both cases)

File Size/Megapixels
5d has 21.1 Megapixels whereas the Rebel only has 17.9…
Consider this. When you add megapixels to an image, they get added around the outside….(think wrapping a gift). It takes more to make the file bigger… as the file gets bigger. So all you pixel peepers out there wanna guess what that extra 3.2 megapixels amounts to?
1.3 megabytes in file size. 1.8 inches on the long side at 240dpi, and 1.2 inches on the short side. On an image that is already 22″ long how much you really going to miss that extra 2 inches? (minds out of the gutter you pervs!)
But more is better right?

LCD Screen (Monitor)
Surprisingly enough.. the Rebel wins again. Their LCD’s are exactly the same size (3in), but the Rebel has 1,040,000 dots, and the 5D has 920,000. Making the Rebel’s screen slightly higher resolution.

Accessories
Both Cameras offer an additional Vertical Grip. Both grips allow for the use of AA batteries, or 2 proprietary batteries. Both have controls for vertical shooting. Neither increases any of the qualities of the camera its attached to… such as increased FPS. The difference here is price. 5D’s =$250, the Rebel’s =$160. Oh.. but the 5D’s is slightly bigger…(if size really matters…)

Sensor
This is the big one.
Both sensors are CMOS, that capture 14bit native RAW files.
The 5d’s sensor is a full frame 35mm sensor, whereas the Rebels is an APS-C size sensor, with roughly a 1.4x magnification factor when used with 35mm lenses.
For some people the smaller sensor is an advantage, sports shooters in particular. But it comes with problems. You lose wide angle capability, and can produce some unwanted side effects when using native 35mm glass.
For example:
Cropped sensors have more depth of field, that is to say its harder to throw things out of focus with a cropped sensor. This has to do with physics and ray tracing which I won’t get into here. It also can cause the Bokeh of a lens to change, this relates back to the depth of field issue. Another side effect is a tendency for more Chromatic Aberration (color fringing)… again, this relates to the physics of the position of the sensor with relation to how the light rays pass through the lens and where they strike the sensor.
Unlike Nikon, Canon has not committed to producing lenses for its cropped sensor cameras. The most it has done is produce “kit” lenses to accompany these cameras at purchase. It has been brought to my attention that in fact Canon does produce a line of lenses for the APS-C sized sensor… the EF-S series (Thanks Kimani!).

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Conclusion

For me… its clear that neither camera is “Superior” to the other. Both are exceptional cameras, that produce exceptional files. Very few technical aspects separate these two. The most notable is the size of the sensor. And to be honest, is the sole reason I envy the 5D owners. But for the most part, these cameras are interchangeable, particularly when you strip away all the bells and whistles and get down to the bare bones important stuff… which is the file they produce.

Personally, I’ve always believed it’s the photographer not the camera that makes great images. Will these cameras help you make better images? Depends on who you ask. They are tools. Is one screwdriver better than another? Thats how I look at cameras.

When all is said and done, and everything is taken into account. We have the price.
5D comes in at roughly $2750 (including the battery grip, no lens)
Rebel comes in at $960 (including Grip, no lens)
For me the clear winner (taking into account all the factors) is the Rebel T2i.

If you can manage to live without a full frame sensor, and are like me and like to re-check their focus points before firing, then put that extra $1790 into an 85mm 1.2L Lens.

When I start raking in the dough then I will upgrade my camera body to match my stellar collection of glass!
Until then, I’ll keep using the Rebel.

If you can win the race in a Pinto, why buy a Ferarri?

Why I love Apple

Most of you are somewhat familiar with my recent computer problems, having vented about it on Facebook. However I feel the need to really share with the rest of the world so they may learn from my experience.

2 weeks ago:
I have a 2.33 Intel Core2 Duo Macbook Pro (15″). I’ve had it for 3 years, and its been a great machine! I’ve had a nagging problem with the Battery refusing to remain charged. It would drain completely in an hour while the computer was asleep. I’ve had it replaced before, to only fix the problem temporarily. So I take the computer to the Genius Bar at the local Apple Store (I check in with Foursquare). I tell them about the battery issue, and mention an annoying problem with a darkening spot on my screen (Hey, this will be my last chance to fix anything for free!).
Now…The AppleCare Plan I purchased with the computer runs out in 2 days (April 19th), but I am assured that since I got it in under the deadline that everything will be covered! Sweet.

A few days go by…Its now April 21st.
I get the call to come pick up my machine (Lily…named after the super hot Lily Cole). So I get to the Genius Bar (I check in with Foursquare) they hand me my computer and tell me all that they fixed.

1. Battery
2. Inverter (thing that regulates the power)
3. Logic Board  (motherboard for all you PC users)

Ahh but as I open the machine and start it up… I notice the darks spot on my screen, and point it out to the little asian guy in the blue shirt.  Him-”Well if it wasn’t on the original repair sheet…”  Me- *whips out repair request sheet* “whats it say???”
He backtracks and proceeds to apologize profusely.
They write-up another repair request, and voila. My computer is gone again.

2 days later, now April 23rd:
The part has arrived (New Screen) and my computer is done.
FINALLY!  They have replaced the entire top “Flap” of my laptop (sorry “notebook”).
So I pick up my computer (I check in with Foursquare, and get the “Jobs” Badge…3 visits to an Apple store in one week), and take her (Lily) home.

A couple of days pass… I have a shoot on that Sunday (the 25th)….
At the shoot I fire up my computer to dump my memory cards, and I get the dreaded “Blue Folder of Death”. Oh great… Now my hardrive has crashed…. I get it back home, and actually get it started up. I quickly dump my cards onto an external drive, and do a system check. Everything seems ok now.. but it’s getting really hot. Like scalding hot to the touch after only 5 minutes of running!
The next day I call AppleCare, and talk about possible solutions (they assume that it’s a typical hardrive failure, and as such isn’t covered by my expired AppleCare plan). Anticipating having to buy another hard drive, I run down to…guess where (I check in with Foursquare)?
I tell the guy the story, he doesn’t believe me, and gives me this whole spiel about how the computer will never get too hot to damage itself…blah, blah, blah…
He starts up the machine off an external drive, and the hard drive checks out ok, but lo and behold! Lily is hot to the touch after 5 minutes of being turned on!
If only all women in my life were that easy!
The “Genius” is now genuinely freaked out… I’ve never seen one of these blue shirted guru’s so worried…I feel a sense of pride!
He sends my computer to the repair facility in Houston. I go home alone once again.

4 Days have passed…
One more trip to the Apple store…I hope!
I check in with Foursquare (how am I not the Mayor of this place by now?)
I get Lily back and look at the laundry list of things replaced:

1. Logic Board (again)
2. Inverter (again)
3. both fans
4. 160gb Hard drive (original was only 120gb)
5. Various external connectors (USB, firewire, etc)
6. Keyboard and Trackpad

All FREE!

So the moral of the story…kids…Is BUY YOUR EXTENDED WARRANTIES!
The grand total of my repairs (with labor) was just under $2500!
The only thing original on my machine is the bottom case cover (had the Superdrive replaced 6 months ago).
I now have a brand new machine (tho 3 years behind technology), and she’s running like a dream! Had I not had the AppleCare plan, I would have been screwed!

That is why I love Apple.  

What I’m reading

For the last 3 weeks or so I have been stripped of my main connection to the outside world…my computer.
Without being able to be entertained constantly with Facebook and StumbleUpon, and being thoroughly tired of every pathetic excuse for T.V. show on the boob tube. I resorted to the archaic practice of reading books!

I typically have a couple books in rotation at all time, just to keep my wits sharp (or dull them with mindless fiction). But these last few weeks my arsenal has grown to a whopping !

…I have become a bookworm.

The first book (one I’ve just finished) is World War Z by Max Brooks.
This book is a great read! Its told from the point of view of a researcher interviewing the survivors of World War Z (the zombie war). Each “chapter” is broken down into little stories from each survivor, elaborating on his/her accounts of the war.
Brooks does a fantastic job of giving each “Survivor” their own voice and personality, and in doing so makes for a truly interesting, inspiring, funny, and sad piece of reading. Definitely pick this one up!

This next book is by the same author (actually published before the aforementioned WWZ book). The Zombie Survival Guide Is just that…
A survival guide.
It reads like an instruction manual, complete with rudimentary illustrations, and “Dick and Jane” examples. Having read WWZ before this one, I had a heads up on most some of the things he covers. Like which gun is best? You’d think a machine gun right?…Wrong! I’m only around 60 pages in, but this book is funny! It takes a very serious tone to protecting oneself agains the “eventual” rising of the dead. Later on in the book he gives “real” accounts and stories (which I can only assume was the inspiration for writing WWZ), which should be just as fascinating as the rest of this one! If you have a fear of zombies, or are into books that take themselves too seriously (on purpose) this is a must have. I’d read WWZ first, It’ll help add some humor to the instructional part of the book.

To keep with the end of the world theme I also picked up The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
I’m only about 30 pages in on this one as well, but so far the characters are incredible. This story is about a man and his son in a post-apocalyptic world. They are travelling south to avoid the harsh winter, and along the way come across many challenges and choices that really make this book worth reading. This is the same author who wrote No Country for Old Men so if you’ve read that one… you’ll be familiar with McCarthy’s writing style. If not… the best way to describe it is disjointed. McCarthy has a knack for great characters and descriptions of scenes, but it can be tough to follow sometimes without the typical format of: “The man said ‘….’” McCarthy ‘s character dialog floats between the father and son, and occasionally requires a re-read of a paragraph to cure confusion. Flash backs are rampant and unannounced, which often blend in to the story you thought you were following.
Don’t get me wrong… I love McCarthy’s writing style, but for those not used to it… It can be a shock. Nonetheless this is a must read, just for the simple fact it won the Pulitzer Prize. (No I haven’t seen the movie)

On the lighter side of things I’m reading Russel Brand’s Autobiography, My Booky Wook.
Brand is an English stand up comedian most popular for his role as the eccentric rocker Aldus Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I picked this book up because I think this man is hilarious. His attitude, and delivery are classic, and believe it or not can be found in his writing. This guy writes just like he talks…with all the “innit’s”, “mum’s”, and “wanka’s” Brand’s accent is readily prevalent while reading. So far its just ok… but again… I’m only a few pages in, and I’m sure once I get to the good stuff… the good times will roll!

Last but not least is a book I have read before. I’m re-reading it because it was one of the greatest reads of all my life.

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

This book is by far the funniest book I have ever read in my 31 years on this earth. Never have I laughed so hard at the written word, nor have I had to put a book down for fear of having an aneurism from laughing so much.
Tucker Max (The main character and author) is the stereotypical college douchebag. He’s rude, he’s obnoxious, he’s disrespectful to anyone and everyone, and he has the most crazy adventures in the world.
Have you seen The Hangover? Ok… take that movie, and multiply it by 100 (or how ever many Tucker Max stories there are). My favorite “friend” that joins Tucker on virtually every adventure is called Slingblade…(gonna leave that for you to find out). He’s introduced in the chapter “Everyone has THAT friend”. From that point on…you’ll never look at going out to bars and chatting to people the same again! Of all the books I’m reading…This is by far the one you MUST read. On a side note, I have the original paperback version which has since been discontinued and replaced with a “movie Tie in” version which supposedly concentrates on stories associated with the movie. (No I have not seen the movie…I don’t want to ruin the incredible awe this book has provided)

So that’s it… for right now… These should keep me busy for a while.

Are you guys reading anything awesome?

Mixin’ it Up.

I know, I know… its been a while since I’ve posted something…but the bright side is… I have tons of things to talk about since taking a break, like this:

MIxin’ It Up.

In the 5 years that I have been a “Fashion and Beauty” photographer, I have only been to 2 “fashion” events. You know, social gatherings where people schmooze and meet new people. I’ve always avoided these events for one…I’m an introvert by nature, and two…I just never cared to be a part of the “socialite” scene. The first event I went to was a rooftop fashion show put on by one of the agencies I was shooting for roughly 4 years ago. The second was last night.

DeeLite’s Fashion Mixer is a social event that started from a gathering of photographers, models, makeup-artists, etc, from Model Mayhem, and has grown to be a highly anticipated event here in the fashion community.

Dee has always been kind enough to send me an invite to each and every one of his mixers, but until last night, I either blew them off, or was just to0 chicken shit to go. So when this one came up…I decided to take that first step out of my hermit hole and see what happened.

I had a blast! At first it was a little uncomfortable…for one I was early (you tell me a start time, I’ll be there on time…none of this “fashionably late” bullshit) and there wasn’t that many people there. Around 8 or so, it started getting crowded, and I still was standing in the corner by myself or wandering aimlessly, so I decided to have a beer. Well lo and behold! Alcohol lowers your inhibitions! I rarely drink, so after 2 beers I was feeling pretty good, and found myself getting reacquainted with old friends, and walking up to complete strangers to strike up a conversation. On a funny note, after around beer 3 I actually told a model that I thought she was more attractive in person. Now I’m an upfront an honest person, but usually can hold back 90% of the time until asked for my opinion. But last night proved that you give me a couple of drinks and I become honest to a fault.

I wasn’t the life of the party, but I definitely enjoyed myself, and it was productive as well! I met this gorgeous male model (expanding into shooting men), the infamous Kat Flynt whom I have never worked with (but made me promise to call her ASAP), and probably most importantly. I reconnected with some of my old agency ties. Which is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while.

So my efforts to get involved in the fashion community here in Atlanta are going quite well. I’m moving up from just being a name whispered in makeup artist’s chairs. That’s good, the more visible I am the better, the more I can experience…the better.

Photoshop CS5 Rant

With today’s “Launch” of Adobe CS5, comes a lot of hype, and excitement for the new features in what has become the industry standard for many artistic fields.
Me… I’m more concerned with Photoshop than anything else. And to be honest… I’m not happy.
The announced price for Photoshop CS5 Extended is $999. Typical… no problems with this at all, it’s a huge program that will do so many things that you can spend a lifetime working with it and not know everything. However… The upgrade (from CS2,CS3,CS4) is $350!

This is what pisses me off.  Sure there are “new” features, and a couple of advancements… but let me break it down from my point of view.

• Content Aware Fill:  looks cool, looks easy…most people don’t know that an early version of this exists in CS4 (search for Content Aware in the help menu of CS4).  Its gotten more advanced…sure, but what they don’t tell you is that unless you have a monster machine (quad core, 8gb’s RAM+) you might as well go out and get coffee while letting it take that lamppost out of your picture.  God forbid you try it with 3 or more layers of a 15 megapixel image!  I can do what this “feature” does by hand, and I don’t have to kill my computer to do so.  This is just a gimmick to get people hooked on the “cool” factor.  Sure some will get great benefit from this tool, but to me, it’s the first in the many examples of Adobe “dumbing” down PS instead of evolving it.
• Revamped Refine Edge:  a new feature in CS4, supposedly made better in CS5.  This one has potential to be good, but from what I’ve seen it’s not.  What Adobe has neglected to tell you is that even tho this dialog exists… it still takes time to learn.  How many of you know what Radius means with respect to selections…Not many I wager.. hence the new “smart Radius” (again dumbing it down).  Those PS users who know how to make accurate and efficient selections probably won’t even bother with this (I know I never really use the “Refine Edge” dialog as is).  Beginners… are still going to have to learn how to use it properly, which will require an understanding of the basics of selections anyway.  More time wasted on a non-crucial element.
• HDR:  OH HALLELUJAH!  We are saved!  Adobe has added tonal mapping!  Awesome… I’m a fashion photographer…   You landscape guru’s out there should be pleased… but be warned… unless you have previous Tonal Mapping experience with programs like PhotoMatrix… you are in for a steep learning curve.  Again.. another memory hog.. If you are like me and working off a dual core 4gb machine…just forget this feature exists…
• Camera RAW 6:  I really should break this down into sub-categories, but in reality…this is what is going to FORCE you to get CS5 (*one exception to be mentioned later).  They’ve upgraded the noise reduction.  Now, 2 years ago I would be all over this bandwagon… but now, we have consumer cameras shooting with virtually no grain at ISO 800.  If you still need noise reduction… you need more help than Adobe can provide.  They’ve added “film grain”  cool, known how to do that since…forever.  There are some more vignetting options, but overall  nothing special.  Have you guys tried *Lightroom 3′s develop module?  Same thing… EXACTLY the same thing…
• Puppet Warp:  not going to say much here… its cool.  Do I have an immediate use for it… nope… Tho I will point out that the little demo they give at Adobe.com doesn’t mention that the Elephant they “puppet warp” is its own separate element.  This is one of the few features I consider an evolution from the last installment.
• Automated Lens Correction:  egh..I see the use, and its great that there is a catalog of “specs” for different lenses.  But correct me if I’m wrong… I use a fisheye, to get a fish eye look…same with my 35mm as well as my 100mm.  And who’s to say what’s “correct” anyway pffft! Just another excuse for people to avoid learning the proper way to do things.
• 64bit Operation:  Here we go… another feature only useable on monster machines. This is “evolution” per se, but what about speeding things up for us that can’t afford to buy an $10k system every 6 months?
• File Browser:  Its back.. This time I think they did it right.  The original FB was useful if not limiting.  Then it was scrapped for Bridge.   Which is awesome, yet can really slow things down on older machines.  Now you have access to Bridge and its features (stacks,renaming,automation, etc) in a quaint little “Mini Bridge” format.  This isn’t as hard on your RAM as having the whole Bridge application running along with PS, but still seems to offer the accessibility, and features.  Thumbs up on this one!

There are also a few other little things they’ve fixed/added, not really of any significance.
One thing in particularly that pisses me off is this. I run a two screen setup. I rely heavily on shortcuts to be fast and efficient. One of these, Control-Click (right click) while using a brush (paint, healing, etc), used to bring up the dialog to change the hardness/shape right under the cursor. Not anymore! It now pops up next to the rest of the palettes on my other screen, forcing me to leave my image screen to change the setting of my brush. This of all the changes has rubbed me the worst. Why ADOBE!? Why after YEARS of doing something as simple as that one way… did you decide to change it… and not only change it… but have no way for us to change it back to the way it used to be!

My bottom line on this is…

If you have CS4… and are an advanced user… you aren’t going to get your money’s worth out of CS5.  Especially at $350
Sure there are some cool features, but for me they are pointless, and just an effort to make Adobe easier to use for the average person. While on one side that is good…It brings in new users, but it alienates the bread and butter advanced users, by making us pay $350 to “upgrade” to stuff we could do already.
If you are still on CS3, I’d recommend the upgrade…even tho there aren’t that many advancements from where you are now, its still time to catch up.
CS2 or earlier…well…do I really need to say it?

Will I get CS5…of course I will, I have an ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) certification to maintain…but I’m not happy about it. To me I’d rather spend the $300+ on the upcoming release of Lightroom 3, and stick with CS4. But as Adobe has shown in the last couple CS releases…They have no sympathy nor SUPPORT for those who stay behind.

To quote Chris Hardwick:
“they are like the hot cheerleader in highschool, she won’t give you the booty, yet you still carry her books anyway”.

Podcasts…why didn’t someone tell me about these!?!?

In yesterday’s post I mentioned podcasts as a potential way that I could keep the flow of knowledge coming in while working on
something else…In particular my love handles.

I downloaded a couple “episodes” to give them a shot, and was pleasantly surprised at how much faster the workout time seemed to go.
“Great! What else will this work for?”
Facing a daunting load of retouching, or as its come to be called “editing”, I opted to listen to a podcast that I wasn’t quite sure about.
The Nerdist podcast. Hosted by Chris Hardwick (ya know this guy, he used to host the show Remote Control on MTV), anyway, Chris and his comedian buddies just basically shoot the shit for an hour, and occasionally have guests.

I’m delving into my work, and I have my headphones on, and 2 minutes in I am laughing my ass off. The Nerdist guys are hysterical! It’s an uncensored show, so there are obscenities flying left and right, they are dogging celebrities, movies, whatever their mind comes across. Before I know it, I have reached the end of the hour-long broadcast, and I have gotten through my quota* of images (*when retouching I set an hourly goal for the amount of shots I want to get done). Not only was I productive, but I was entertained at the same time, so much so that I downloaded another 2 episodes to listen while I finished the remainder of my work for the evening.

Some of you have no doubt discovered podcasts a very long time ago, so this nothing new, and I apologize for wasting your time. Not really, you do have a “back” button. But for those of you… like me… that haven’t really discovered the awesomeness that are podcasts you should really give them a shot.

I never thought I would see the day…

I am on Facebook.

For years I have rebelled against the fad of Facebook and Myspace. Friends left and right were signing up, keeping in touch, and spending endless amounts of time online, doing what!??
Well last night I discovered that “what”.

Having been asked recently by potential clients, and a couple of agencies, “do you have Facebook?”, I had come to realize that I can’t ignore this medium anymore. And when I think about it… all the other “social media” sites I’m on… what’s one more to the fray?

Last night (early this morning), I started a Rich Meade Photography Fan Page. I have seen other photographers with these “fan Pages” and figured it’s the ideal way to “be” on Facebook, yet not really “be” on Facebook. Since you don’t find friends, you acquire “fans”. I could update it like an alternate website, that is combined with Twitter and here (this blog), allowing for more coverage, and ultimately tapping into one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, sources for viewers on the internet.
So stumbling around on this “newfangled contraption” I post a couple pictures, post all web addresses, and voila! So far so good.

Then I unwittingly click “make profile”

All hell breaks loose. Instead of just a nice fan page (which for all tense and purposes could be run anonymously), I get caught up in making MY profile! Sneaky bastards.
After a grand total of 45mins I have a Fan Page and Personal Profile.
Now I need some friends…

2hrs later…

I have been sucked in… the ever-changing “Wall” is mesmerizing with its constant updates on what my friends are doing.
Oh look! There’s a chat box!
Oh look! Facebook is suggesting new friends!
Oh look!…..

I’m so ashamed…
In just one night (morning), all of the fears and apprehensions about Facebook have come to fruition.

I’m hooked.

So…
Will Facebook help me get my name/brand out to the world? Probably. But at what cost?
Carpel Tunnel?
Insomnia?
Epidermal Pigment Deficiency?

This could get bad.
Follow Me on Facebook!

iPad….hmmm

With recent announcement of the highly anticipated iPad…there has been quite a bit of commentary about its perceived shortcomings.
To be honest… I see a missed opportunity, to take this genre of technology to a whole other level.
Anyway… check out this video I found on YouTube… it pretty much sums up my feelings, along with being fucking hilarious!