Get Ready for More Jerks Taking Pictures With iPads

It's the bane of anyone attending a museum, sports event or concert: People holding up their iPads (and other tablets) to take photographs. Apple just gave those people a far more powerful weapon with the iPad Air 2.

The new iPad has an impressive camera: It shoots 8-megapixel photos, has a large f/2.4 aperture to capture lots of light, includes a burst mode and 43-megapixel panoramas, and can capture slow-motion video. Even the front-facing camera got an upgrade with a bigger f/2.2 aperture and better face detection.

See also: Apple iPad Air 2: Hands On

Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller spent more than four and half minutes talking about the cameras alone during Thursday's iPad Air 2 keynote. Clearly, Apple sees the iPad as a primary image-capturing device for many people. Read more...

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