Wacom tablets

Oakey

Does anyone have any experience with Wacom graphics tablets? I ordered a Bamboo today to have a dabble as it was only £40 but I've seen the Cintiq 12 for around £400, I was wondering what peoples experience of them are?

Hoes does the screen work? Is it like an extended display in Display Properties?

Wassermelone

It works as a full seperate monitor, but you can also use it like the bamboo - IE drawing on it while the cursor moves on the screen you have your program on.

I use a full sized cintiq for work everyday and they are a professional level piece of equipment. The 12in one I have no experience with but I have heard it has some problems with shaky/trembling input.

They recently came out with a 13in version that is supposed to be leagues better (I ordered one for personal use), but honestly unless you are doing this professionally or have it as a really serious hobby, theres no real reason to have the Cintiq line. If you like the bamboo a lot, I would suggest upgrading to the Intuos line which is a professional quality product as well, just sans the screen.

The other thing to do would be to get a Yiynova. Its like a cintiq, but not made by Wacom and a lot cheaper. Its not as good as a cintiq, but its also... a lot a lot cheaper. It doesn't really have any problems but theres a lot of features/ease of use things that the Cintiq just gets right. All the same, its a pretty good product and an interesting development considering Wacom has basically had a monopoly on the market for forever.

Oakey

Well I'm a designer so it's for professional use but the last time I looked at these things they were mega bucks (the 24" Cintiq is like £2000 here). The 12" one seemed reasonably cheap but the reviews don't rate it too highly. Still waiting on the Bamboo so once I've given it a whirl I'll consider one of the larger ones.

I'll have a Google for the other thing.

Wassermelone

Sorry for the assumption, I'm just used to responding to this question from beginners and having to convince them they don't need a 2000+ gadget to learn art/design.

Check out the new 13hd. Looking it up, its £800 which is obviously a lot more than £400 for the 12in but its supposed to be a lot a lot better than the 12 inch one and its still a lot a lot less than £2000.
Looks like you wouldn't even have to wait either. I ordered mine a month and a half ago and I'm still in line.

Oakey

Yeah that 13hd looks okay but I'm put off by the 1080p resolution as my monitors are 1920x1200. I need to try and find somewhere local that has them on demo.

Ziggymon

I'd say if you are used to using the bamboo, go look for the latest intros model.

Oakey

My Bamboo still hasn't arrived yet! I'm already considering a bigger one if it's as useful as I hope it is.

ShadowBlade

Before you invest too much, you may want to give this a read:
http://frenden.com/post/38693256477/yiynovamsp19u
He is not the only one with this opinion:
http://pcweenies.com/2013/01/12/yiynova-msp19u-tablet-monitor-first-impressions-and-unboxing/
There are many more as well. It is gaining quite the following and there is an HD version coming up.
http://frenden.com/image/50011383972

This also seems relevant:
http://frenden.com/post/54270393581/cintiq-13hd-err-re-boxing-why-i-sent-mine-back