Comments on: [Gear] Wacom Announces the New Intuos5 Tablet

By: Kevin Younger

Kevin Younger — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Fstoppers is just putting the product release out there just as they would with other important releases. No one’s forcing any of you to buy it. And no one’s saying that your Intuos4 is no longer any good. If it’s worked for you up until now then keep using it. This probably isn’t for those who have the Intuos4. Unless for some reason you NEED the wireless option or have $350 burning a hole in your pocket (in which case send me your Intuos4). But for those of us who don’t currently have a tablet this is good information.

My question is how long is it going to take Wacom to harness OLED technology to give us the Cintiq experience in a Intuos package? Keep the price reasonable ($2000= not reasonable) and I’m in immediately.

Keep up the good work Fstoppers.

By: SEAN SHIMMEL

SEAN SHIMMEL — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Haters? Far from it. Who wouldn’t welcome the new?

Yet… life is always a balance and far bigger than just my own endlessly long wish-list.

I can hear the family now:

“Dad… your pictures still look the same”
“Honey… you said that LAST time” (that my happiness would finally be complete)
“Oh… you finally got around to using the buttons and the wheel on the previous one?”

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:58:00 +0000

Wacom would have to partner to produce something like this. They don’t do any work with processors or motherboards to the degree it would take to make an all-in-one. Now if they partnered with, say, HP or Toshiba, maybe something great would come of it.

By: Chris Belcher

Chris Belcher — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:41:00 +0000

Oh come on, it is not hate. It is spending another $350 on something that is just a bit better then what I already have. Really, is the aesthetics of your desk worth that money if you already have an older Intuos?

To me that is $350 I would like to spend on something else: lighting, modifiers, new ball head.

Of course that is just me and my desk where the wires are largely unseen.

By: Jayge Dreier

Jayge Dreier — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:51:00 +0000

Fstoppers should change the name of the comments section to the “haters section”

I like the wireless option. It’ll keep my desktop nice and clean next to my wireless mouse and wireless keyboard. The less cords I have running across my desk the better.

By: Chris Belcher

Chris Belcher — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:54:00 +0000

What I really want from Wacom is a Cintiq that is an all-in-one PC. Yes, there has been some laptops that have this functionality but they are rare. Other then that wireless is next to useless for me and I already have multi touch on my MBP. Sure it might be easier, more convenient to have both on one device but it is not enough to get me to ditch my Intuos4.

By: Howell, Photography

Howell, Photography — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:14:00 +0000

Yup. I’m sure a wireless tablet is really handy… for somebody… I do 100% of my tablet work in front of my old fashioned monitors connected to my old fashioned tower at my old fashioned desk… It’s good that Wacom wants to improve their products.. I wouldn’t have updated from my original Intuos tablet if the serial connector would have been able to squeeze into the usb port ;)

By: SEAN SHIMMEL

SEAN SHIMMEL — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:39:00 +0000

I’m still learning how to best exploit my Intuous 4.

I miss the… calm purity and quiet simplicity of vision over endless toys. Much more intrigued by:

1. The video of Sally Mann (her only investment was in the bacon grease she smeared on her husband’s leg to get their dog to lick his leg for a shot)

2. Helmut Newton (he used the green dial for autoexposure)

3. Steve McCurry wandering the streets at dawn or dusk. He calls himself the Prince of Darkness… so in that case, his investment is getting up early or working late.

Not being grumpy against all technology (of course, it’s necessary), just cheerfully jaded against endlessly feeling left behind with the new.