My Nikon vs. Wife's Galaxy S8 Smart Phone...Gr...
Jun 30, 2018 05:55:10 #
tdekany wrote:
If you use Lightroom, you can use your iPhone to shoot raw and a lot more features.
Casey Neistat of You Tube fame, millions of viewers, and made big money on You Tube, owned every camera and gadget known to mankind.
He rated his Galaxy S8 and maybe a S9 as his best smart phone for pictures. Of course the IPhone is very close behind.
We just bought the S8 cuz it looked like a nice phone. We not aware at the time of it's photographic potential...
Jun 30, 2018 10:09:38 #
Jun 30, 2018 10:17:20 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
I find cell phone visuals to be amazing and different. They certainly are usable and my family takes very good pix of situation.
I shoot a lot of video and the video capability is amazing. Just a note went of a cruise with friends and young mother, lawyer, photographer (Canon)
loves the Galaxy. She thinks it it special and takes very good photo's with it. She is good at PP the cell phone shots.
The instantness of the phone is really amazing. i have 2 grandaughter's one from my daughter and one from my son. The 2 girls are together this week and have been bonding the last few years. They have not lived near each other. Last night they got dressed up to vogue together and the photo's are just great. The over coverage of everything drives me crazy. My daughter took me to lunch for my birthday last year and i got into
my car looked at my iPhone and facebook at a pic of me eating sushi. As too the comment "kill your cell phones" and kind of
agree. We are in a society that is looking down all day long. Just watch the youngsters this is not going to stop. And people crossing the street.
I have been lucky enough to travel for years and these day not so much. Seeing Gandhi's tomb was a rush for me. No camera.
We were entering the Forbidden City in China and a car stopped right next to us on the road. I looked up and was having eye
contact with Nelson Mandela. i would never think of an iPhone for that moment.
My daughter has installed schedules for her kids as to when the iPhone and iPad are to be used. Good idea.
I shoot a lot of video and the video capability is amazing. Just a note went of a cruise with friends and young mother, lawyer, photographer (Canon)
loves the Galaxy. She thinks it it special and takes very good photo's with it. She is good at PP the cell phone shots.
The instantness of the phone is really amazing. i have 2 grandaughter's one from my daughter and one from my son. The 2 girls are together this week and have been bonding the last few years. They have not lived near each other. Last night they got dressed up to vogue together and the photo's are just great. The over coverage of everything drives me crazy. My daughter took me to lunch for my birthday last year and i got into
my car looked at my iPhone and facebook at a pic of me eating sushi. As too the comment "kill your cell phones" and kind of
agree. We are in a society that is looking down all day long. Just watch the youngsters this is not going to stop. And people crossing the street.
I have been lucky enough to travel for years and these day not so much. Seeing Gandhi's tomb was a rush for me. No camera.
We were entering the Forbidden City in China and a car stopped right next to us on the road. I looked up and was having eye
contact with Nelson Mandela. i would never think of an iPhone for that moment.
My daughter has installed schedules for her kids as to when the iPhone and iPad are to be used. Good idea.
Jun 30, 2018 10:33:14 #
I can't see any problem. I have a Nikon DSLR and my wife has the Samsung Galaxy S8. We each enjoy taking pictures with ours and never pay attention to the others. Perfect for both of us.
Jul 1, 2018 01:04:08 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
Rloren wrote:
perfect focus, depth of field, light...
Yes, there have been times when I’ve been amazed at the high quality of some of my iPhone photos. And the video those things take blows me away, sometimes. However, cell phone cameras are NOT so great in low light, which is where your DSLR will outperform the cell phone camera every time.
Depth of field? I’ve heard that there are software applications that will let you adjust aperture (and even shutter speed) on the cell phone camera, but I don’t know how to do that. I liken the cell phone camera to a high-quality “point-and-shoot” which (basically) similar to the simpler ones we had back in the day with a fixed shutter and aperture. Hold it up, push the button and “shoot”. For a lot of folks, that’s all they need and yes, there are times when great photos are taken with these things.
Jul 1, 2018 01:05:06 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
Brucej67 wrote:
Still DSLR if you photograph wildlife the smart phones do not have the reach.
Right. My iPhone is capable of taking some pretty darn good photos, but it won’t do what I can with my D7100 and 70-300 zoom.
Jul 1, 2018 01:06:49 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
Hamltnblue wrote:
In the end it's an 800 dollar camera which has no zoom or other adjustments, and happens to make phone calls.
The pic turned out well but if you wanted to center or zoom in on something specific, I think the D3300 would have been a bit better.
On the good side, a phone that's with you is better than a D850 that's not.
The pic turned out well but if you wanted to center or zoom in on something specific, I think the D3300 would have been a bit better.
On the good side, a phone that's with you is better than a D850 that's not.
It’s like the popular question, “What is the best camera to have?” Answer: the one you have with you. Even if that camera is the one in your cell phone.
Jul 1, 2018 01:11:55 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
MrBob wrote:
How many Millennials care about 24x36 prints ? Prob. not many. They want CONNECTIVITY and CONVENIENCE not millstones around their necks. How many DSLR's offer the small form factor and the instant connectivity to send all the selfies etc... How come DSLRs don't have Apps ? Young folks just don't want these clunkers and see no reason to buy them.
Well, my background includes the good ol’ Nikon F — Nikon’s way of wearing a brick around your neck. I’m not at the point, yet, where I want something smaller and lighter. I love my D7100. Not too big, not too heavy. Just enough “bulk” to allow me to be fairly steady-handed with it.
“Selfies”? Don’t need them, personally. I know I was at the place, I just took the photo of it. I don’t need to be seen in the photo. But that’s me.
Jul 1, 2018 01:14:08 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
aellman wrote:
That's the beauty of the smart phone solution. It's always in my pocket, and my two DSLRs are not
hanging from my neck. That has resulted in my grabbing several great shots I would otherwise have missed.
hanging from my neck. That has resulted in my grabbing several great shots I would otherwise have missed.
Precisely. Does/will the cell phone camera replace the DSLR? In my opinion, no, it won’t. What it DOES do is supplement one’s photo “arsenal”. As you said, your smart phone is always with you, your DSLR may not be. A photo taken — no matter what the means used — is better than a photo missed.
Jul 1, 2018 08:20:11 #
kb6kgx wrote:
Well, my background includes the good ol’ Nikon F — Nikon’s way of wearing a brick around your neck. I’m not at the point, yet, where I want something smaller and lighter. I love my D7100. Not too big, not too heavy. Just enough “bulk” to allow me to be fairly steady-handed with it.
“Selfies”? Don’t need them, personally. I know I was at the place, I just took the photo of it. I don’t need to be seen in the photo. But that’s me.
“Selfies”? Don’t need them, personally. I know I was at the place, I just took the photo of it. I don’t need to be seen in the photo. But that’s me.
Some people really want selfies. A couple of years ago, my wife and I were walking around our local outdoor shopping center at Christmas. A couple was in the process of taking a selfie with a lighted Christmas tree in the background. I stopped them mid-stream to ask if they wanted me to take a picture of them together. She was very polite but gave me a resounding "NO"--they wanted the selfie instead. So go figure!!
Jul 1, 2018 09:30:35 #
Jul 1, 2018 09:36:01 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
That won't be pretty.
rmalarz wrote:
Try making a 24x36 inch print from that cell phone.
--Bob
--Bob
Jul 1, 2018 18:32:33 #
Nooooooooooo! Darn kids and their phones. Although I must admit I used an Olympus stylus(pocket 35mm) all through Europe and Middle East, because it fit in my pocket.
Jul 2, 2018 10:02:31 #
I have had a similar response. We went to the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson. There the lighting is incredibly uneven-spotlights up high. There was no way I was going to be able to bridge that contrast range with my Nikon D-80.
Then my companion showed me the Smart phone photographs. Good detail in shadows and highlights. Very humbling.
Then my companion showed me the Smart phone photographs. Good detail in shadows and highlights. Very humbling.
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