Threads like this in Open Talk will proliferate, not diminish.
Isn't this a forum about digital photography though? A phone has a sensor and a lens and quite often, settings for WB, ISO and others... The quality may be suspect and I don't often use the camera in my phone (other than to document something). That said, if someone feels creative and wants to use there iPod or Droid or whatever to take a photographe then so be it. Having a forum to discuss technique and the latest and greatest may be a good fit here at DPR. Of course, that is up to Phil et al.
Then should we have a forum for those keychain cameras you see at Walgreens? What about a forum for Fisher Price cameras? There has to be more to merit a forum than simply being a camera.
I don't know any exact numbers but I would imagine there are hundreds of millions of people worldwide that have cameras in their phones. I would also imagine that at least 1% of those users use the cameras quite a bit...probably a lot more than the cameras you suggested. ;-)
Busy discussing what? The latest and greatest Nokia N8 only has an EC function for exposure. Nearly every other camera phone in existence is 100% automatic. Are you going to discuss techniques for pointing a camera phone? (At least the Fisher Price cameras have viewfinders!)
They could discuss whatever they want, what do they discuss in the camera forums here? Pixel peeping, noise comparison, bla bla bla, same old stuff as other other forum here...
By your logic we should just close all the camera forums here. I mean really, what the heck are you going to be "discussing" exactly about dslr's? They all get nearly the same image quality. If you want quality reviews read the official dpreview review. Otherwise, what are you going to talk about? More "oh god my dslr makes me so much awesomer at photography than everyone else? More "I blew this picture up to 200%, and I can see this tiny bit of detail in one dslr that I can't see in the comparison shot from the other" talk? Hey, maybe we can have another pointless discussion about how some people think their manhood is threatened because the latest Canon dslr doesn't have the magnesium body they wanted, which has no real effect on durability whatsoever. I mean people went on, and on, and on, and on about it, something that is sooooooo completely trivial.
LOL - Some people just don't get it Paul...
What lens would you recomend for low light sports?
...I think you took my post the opposite way I intended it. I'm not even sure how you would have done that.
And if you're going to be puritanical about it, all these questions could be answered in a FAQ without an additional forum.
Which cameraphone has the best camera for low light shots at a party.
Ditto for cameraphones.
Plenty of people will ask this question with their cameraphone to, though the answer is "you can't".
What settings for getting shots without people in them being blurry.
What scene mode would work best for this shot.
I shoot people at parties with my cameraphone, but the pictures are always blurry.
How can I improve my daylight shots with my cameraphone.
ditto with a cameraphone.
How can I best stabilize my cameraphone at a low shutter speed. Obviously can't use a tripod.
Just as there are a million things to discuss when shooting a cameraphone.
I read it correctly, my apologies, sarcasm doesn't come across well online sometimes...
