It was a joke nothing else about the real camera comment.

We have to use a very "wide angle" to understand that mobile smartphones are taking over the social life. Of course it's a wonderful technology we have at our hands to be able to share what we feel , when, how, who, but I believe a majority of those using it, are using it wrong. While people are more and more concerned about mass surveillance, they do willingly expose themselves. Which i believe most people in that crowed were looking for a quick post on Facebook or twiter "Jooohooo , I am here". How about enjoying that moment, let it sink in and appreciate the fact you are there. While the main subject walks by, the fingers are just going like mad to write on the phone. The only memory they have is the snap they took.

Me for one, I'm pretty amazed how people exposed themselves to point where their content is been used, and then we have full front page on the biggest newspaper with the title "My facebook is abused" , "My neighbour had access to my private stash OMG", "This tweet ravishes the internet" " I did not get the job because of my Facebook" . Let's face it, most people have Kardashians syndrome. Our social media makes us blind. We care about the gossip around us, and express our frustration so everybody can see it.

I posted this picture exactly to see what people see in it.

Speaking of which...

This old man was equipped with a D4 attached to a 400mm f/2.8 lens on a tripod for the full moon event last Sunday evening. I ended up in a crowd as the moon rose, many with iPhones pointed east.

Several people came over to me and my rig, and asked, "Can I take a look?"

I always said "Sure".

But the one that got me was the young woman who came over, took a look and said, "Wow!". Then she held her iPhone up to the viewfinder eyepiece, and spent several minutes trying to photograph the moon through the viewfinder. The moon, of course, was moving, but fortunately she did not try to adjust the camera to keep it in view. (My response would have been less gracious.)

I don't know if she got the photo on her iPhone or not. At one point she had a pretty good image showing on her phone, but I'm not sure she captured it.

I've seen iPhones used in a lot of different ways, but that was a first.