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does anyone just take pictures with their iPhone?
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I have several proper cameras, but has been disappointed with many small compacts. So now I think I can just as well go low-fi and bring either a good camera or use the iPhone 4.
I like the colors better from the iPhone than many P&S compacts, even if they often are oversaturated. The iPhone camera is also decently fast - a weakness with most phone-cameras. The HD-video is very good.
A simple trick with the iPhone 4 is to know that exposure is influenced by the AF point.
A few iPhone samples:
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Erik Magnuson
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Those pictures look pretty good.
I think there have been a lot of improvements with the phone cameras and that someday they will be a viable replacement for a point & shoot type camera.
I just don't think that day is here yet and most people on these forums are just not interested in using one for their photography needs.
I think there have been a lot of improvements with the phone cameras and that someday they will be a viable replacement for a point & shoot type camera.
I just don't think that day is here yet and most people on these forums are just not interested in using one for their photography needs.
According to you may be, but no posters set the rule here and what can be debated or not, so it is an open game, technology is evolving, if some find a smartphone an important tool for sharing pictures and want to talk about their
experience, they are entitled to bring it on.
For a camera which is always with you, it is not bad at all as no one lug a SLR everwhere and you don't have to carry a compact also.I have several proper cameras, but has been disappointed with many small compacts. So now I think I can just as well go low-fi and bring either a good camera or use the iPhone 4.
I like the colors better from the iPhone than many P&S compacts, even if they often are oversaturated. The iPhone camera is also decently fast - a weakness with most phone-cameras. The HD-video is very good.
A simple trick with the iPhone 4 is to know that exposure is influenced by the AF point.
A few iPhone samples:
Smartphones will without any doubt mostly replace compact in the long run.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/38519080@N00/sets/72157594443652688/
Jaded Snapper
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I'm going to get rid of my iPhone because of this horrible tracking technology in it. It doesn't matter where I am but my wife always manages to find out where I am.
Last Saturday I was on the golf course and the phone rang. How did she know I was on the golf course? It's uncanny.
Last Saturday I was on the golf course and the phone rang. How did she know I was on the golf course? It's uncanny.
keeponkeepingon
Senior Member
The iphone is the best camera in the world.
It's one of the top cameras on flickr, and capable of some amazing results.
http://thebestcamera.com/discover#
For myself, I have 3 DSLRs and 4 or 5 active P&S cameras ranging from 8 to 14 mp and most of the pictures that actually escape my hardware come from my iphone.
It's one of the top cameras on flickr, and capable of some amazing results.
http://thebestcamera.com/discover#
For myself, I have 3 DSLRs and 4 or 5 active P&S cameras ranging from 8 to 14 mp and most of the pictures that actually escape my hardware come from my iphone.
My Droid takes fairly decent pictures and videos. It is slow to focus, and pretty much of no use in poor light (the built-in LED flash is good for no further than two feet), but it sure comes in handy when no other camera is available.
CFynn
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But what is a "real camera" ? ~ Years ago when I bought a Linhof Technika from an elderly German dealer he said to me "now this is a real camera, the others are just things that go click!" .
draganflyer
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Here's one I shot with my iphone 4 the other day. I guess I'm not enough of a "purist" to view cell phone pictres with the appropriate level of distain. I actually find the iphone 4 takes surprisingly good photos, given what it is. The current iteration of the iphone is head and shoulders better than the first generation of the iphone; I agree that the time is coming where cellphone cameras will negate the need to carry a compact camera all the time
Seriously, it has nothing to do with "disdain" or "purity" or "worthiness" of iPhone/smartphone photos. A good picture is a good picture, no matter the source. That said, there are very real reasons that smartphones may not warrant a separate board on this, an equipment centered forum.Here's one I shot with my iphone 4 the other day. I guess I'm not enough of a "purist" to view cell phone pictres with the appropriate level of distain. I actually find the iphone 4 takes surprisingly good photos, given what it is. The current iteration of the iphone is head and shoulders better than the first generation of the iphone; I agree that the time is coming where cellphone cameras will negate the need to carry a compact camera all the time
1) When you are buying a dedicated camera IQ and control of the photographic process are often the primary factors one considers (along with price). When buying a smartphone, for most people, the quality of the camera is considered along with the call quality, availability of apps, network, etc. To put it another way, if I am buying a dedicated camera, and the Canon takes better pictures than the Sony, I will likely be buying the Canon, but if I am buying a smartphone and the Droid takes better pictures than the iPhone there are still any number of other reasons that I would end up with the iPhone. What then would a review accomplish? It would not likely sway your decision, instead it would just confirm that the iPhone has a pretty decent camera.
2) There really isn't much to say about the photos. Say you wanted to improve the photo in the post this is a reply to (the skies are a bit blown). Can I cange the aperture to expose for the sky? Nope. Perhaps I should use a filter? Nope. Maybe something can be done in post? Already a forum for that. So the only advice that can be offered on any picture is to point the camera at something else. All other comments will be of the "Oh, that's nice" variety, and there's nothing stopping those threads from existing in Beginners/Open forums.
So, to sum up. I have nothing against the iPhone camera, it is pretty good and has the advantage of always being with you, but it is hardly sophisticated enough to get much discussion space on a photo gear forum.
What a blatant paradox, you don't think it should be discussed at all but at the same time you are feeding that discussion.
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I never said that they SHOULDNT be discussed, just that they lend themselves to very little useful discussion.
Ok, that's how you feel and I am sure some here would share that same feeling, but at the same there may be others who would want to talk about it and the proof of the pudding is in the eating considering how many posters have responded, so just let them air their feelings.
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Franka T.L.
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