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iphone photography
2009.10.11
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When Cell phone started to come with digital cameras I thought “I have no use for that! I’m a photographer and I have several camera bodies what on earth would I want a camera phone for? And I proudly told this the sales clerk at the store where I was replacing my broken phone at.
Fast forward several years and Apple announced the release of its G3 iphone, I was going to stand in line for one (The first and last time I have ever done so). It was going to be this great tool for me to have in my pocket but I thought “I will never use the camera, it can not be good enough for my needs”.
I admit I was wrong the iphone camera is a great little camera and I use it a lot! I use it for snapshots, Location scouting, Ideas and price comparison shopping. It is capable of producing a very nice image, not long after I bought the phone I sent an image to a high end lab that I use to have a 5X7 printed, not only was I blown out of the water when I told my rep at the lab that the image was made with an iphone they were amassed.
With all the praise I have just given my iphone’s camera I still have my DSLR and my 4X5 and I have no plans on giving up on either one of them any time soon.
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Having an iPhone, I love having a camera in my back pocket all the time, even when [on rare occasions] I leave the house without my DSLR. But, the tiny little lens and camera on the iPhone as you say really is only good enough for location scouting and small minor things. I definitely would not rely on it for anything more serious.
However, another interesting thing I have come to realize is that the expectation level of the output quality based on the technology we have any given time. For example, back in 2005, I bought my Nikon D70s, knowing even then it was kind of a middle of the road model; but then and even now the results are great. Having said that, since then, the 'mega-pixels' have tripled and people expect to carry in their pocket in the form of a 'point-and-shoot' and 12-15 MP camera.
It's all a bit confusing to me and seems more and more like a scheme for Nikon and Canon to sell more product... Can't we all just shoot film again?! =)
Sounds like a great tool - I'm hankering after one but waiting for my network to start selling them later this autumn. Like the reflection in this shot. As I read somewhere recently, the best camera is the one you have with you! :-)
