I got the 2018 Apple iPad Pro about two and a half weeks ago now and I have not touched my early 2013 Apple MacBook Pro or my Microsoft Windows 10 gaming laptop since. The iPad Pro does everything I need and faster. Today after going to morning service with my girlfriend we decided to have lunch and go for an afternoon drive in the country since we haven’t done that in months. I took my Sony RX100 Mark VI with me to do some quick side of the road photography.
After coming home and changing I took out the SD card reader USB-C dongle I bought from Apple and inserted the SD card into the reader. I plugged it into the iPad Pro via the USB connection. And nothing. No application opened up and nothing happened. I unplugged the card reader from the iPad Pro and took out the SD card. I replugged in the SD card reader and re-installed the SD card. And nothing. A quick online YouTube search and I have to plug the Sony RX100 Mark VI directly into the camera. When I got the iPad Pro, I purchased a USB-A to USB-C converter. I plugged my USB-A cable into the camera and into the USB-C to USB-A converter and voila. On the Sony line of cameras, you have to set the camera to be a mass storage device for the Apple iPad Pro to recognize the camera and SD card where the pictures are stored..
I have yet to try using my Canon Vixia HF G40 camcorder with the 2018 Apple iPad Pro but I am assuming that it’ll just as easy if not easier to import video files. Yesterday I purchased 2TB of online storage with Apple as I plan to only use the iPad Pro for the foreseeable future. I am hoping that iOS 13 will support external hard drives. I a m so hoping for that. I can actually do with out a mouse for the Apple iPad Pro. The Apple Pencil 2 does the job of a mouse just fine.
The apps I use mostly are LumaFusion for video editing which I haven’t used yet. I of course use Apple Photos to manage my photos along with Pixelmator, Affinity Photo and Google Snapseed to edit my photography. To upload photos to Shutterstock I use Shutterstocks own app or if I have more than 100 photos to upload at one time I use FTP Client Pro to upload photos and footage to Shutterstock, Pond5 and Storyblocks. For writing the blog I use BigTouch Pro. For other documents like my resume I use Apples own Apple Pages. For spreadsheets it’s Apple Numbers. For music, it’s Apple iTuens of course. Yes iTunes needs a rework but it suits my needs just fine so far.
The only downsides of the 2018 Apple iPad Pro are all the dongles and support for an external hard drive. In hind sight I should have probably purchased the 1TB Apple iPad Pro. I know there are other options out there for external storage like wireless hard drives and I probably will look into that at some point. But right now storage is not an issue.
In conclusion, the 2018 Apple iPad Pro is just an amazing device. It is not perfect but it’s close to being a full computer replacement for most people who just consume media, surf the net and check emails. There are pretty much apps for everything. For the every day mom and pop photographer, an iPhone and an iPad are pretty much all you will need. Maybe some storage with Apple, Google, Dropbox, Amazon or another provider and you’re pretty much set. The girlfriend and I are planning on traveling a lot this year so it’s much better for me to just carry around an iPad and one or two cameras. Currently I am shooting with a Sony RX100 Mark VI, a Sony RX10 Mark II and a Canon Vixia HF G40. For most photography I will be using the Sony RX100 Mark VI. For time lapse, I can use the Sony RX10 Mark II. For sit down stuff I can use either the Sony RX10 Mark II or the Canon Vixia HF G40. All will work wonderfully with the 2018 Apple iPad Pro. I cannot wait for the spring, summer and fall to come.
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