roguequilter

sorry...slr - single lens reflex is a form of camera. i-pads don't do this. so i was quite surprised that my dslr (digital single lens reflex), which is very nice cam, took pictures that were so inferior to a those taken on my ipad. i am steadily gaining a great deal of respect for the level of technology & the widening variety of uses i am finding for this toy. they are costly, and i don't spend time in front of the tube, texting or watching videos on a smart phone. i am the antithesis of the good consumer. but the ipad that i rec'd as bd gift, that i was a little miffed at the costliness off...and which my beloved son tried to ward off my scolding w the facetime advantage and his concern that i be comfortable while indulging in one of my fav past times...reading on the web. the save photo fr web, emails etc...is wonderful! love it! my my second source if joyful discoveries...first of course was being four hours away from my grdaughters and getting to watch them as they ran around the yard, climbing trees..trampoline etc...whole time yelling "watch this gramma ham!!"

and the "instruction book" is on line, as more and more electronic items are now. was quite angry few years ago w a digital cam that came w instruction of how to turn on and off, change the batt and remove the card. and a link to the instruction book online! i haven't been to apple site yet to read the book for the ipad...just pushing buttons and playing w stuff in the settings area. lot of fun there. i had strange sounds for facetime announcement...door bell for email arrivals...had to turn it down as it gets mil upset amd the dogs barking lollol!

the more i "play" w my little ipad toy the more i learn. nxt project is video of recently rescued kitty wrestleing and playing w recently rescued german wirehaired pointer! they are absolutely hilarious. just need to remember to keep the ipad close at hand!

and i only have a couple of apps...because beloved son thought i needed them and, of course, the three apps that he wrote. and knowing i am such a poor excuse for a comsumer he also gave me a gift card for istore...which i have yet to use. i take thebipad to quilting w me to share photos of what i am working on at home, i open and save sites w tutes i have foun online - most recent different forms for d9p blocks. wenused the info displayed ro do small worshop on d9p which tje others weren't familiar with. another quilter pulled my ipad over to her saying"oh do you play... on here? i can't stop...it is so addicting" i said no,i haven't registered for the gaming links and haven't downloaded even freebies. i do this .....and opened pages and pages of quilts and quilt tute photos. next time in she brought her lap top and wanted me to show her how to load all her q photos to her ipad.

it is such a cool toy!