gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

I like your observation, limited in what it can do. I find that to be the case and that, within its limits, it does a very good job for which it was designed.

dayranch Loc: Douglasville Georgia

Hi Chippy65!

I use my cell phone camera,which is a Galaxy S9+ for my online just for fun website where my potential
clients and customers,family,friends,can go to view some of my photos,but I do use skill when using my cellphone camera,so the quality of the photos are very good. But! when I'm shooting for clients are photography contest,I only use my DLSR camera equipment.So camera phones does play a major role in photography, but you can't be creative with cell phone technology, but they are a very useful tool.

Laroy Lindsey.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

You can be quite creative within their limits, just like any other camera. I have a D7200 and I can’t do slow motion video with it that I can do using my iPhone XR. Just select the option, point, and shoot. In fact, I do a lot of short video clips with my iPhone to add interest to my Pro Show presentstions.

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

I agree Buck.... That is why computational photography is the future. BTW, my little Bose radio/CD player rocks !

BlackRipleyDog

iPhones may rival image quality from cameras in some instances but cameras are more versatile and have a whole eco-system of lens and other gear to do the work. Besides, why would you trust your precious images to a device from a manufacturer (Apple) whose own authorized service network tells you that files can't be recovered from a damaged or faulty device and you have to give them your first-born male child to find out for sure. In my dslr, all I have to do is simply remove the card.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

Your perception of a phone camera is way behind the current models.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Cellphones have their niche, like the Kodak Brownie or the Polaroid cameras in their day. They satisfy the needs of a large segment of purchasers. And as long as I keep my iPhone backed up to the iCloud, well you get the picture.

chippy65 Loc: Cambridge

my perception of a cell phone is that they are a lot better than they might be expected to be ,bearing in mind the cramped dimensions, diminutive lens

with fixed focus and ultra short focal length, with the CPU optimized for functionalities not attempted by even the most advanced traditional cameras.

BUT..........certainly in my case I find the lack of a viewfinder a total turn-off, the unreadable image that fleetingly appears on the screen is so poor that

I have wondered if a wire frame indicator might be applicable. Am I alone in my inability to be able to see what I am attempting to record, particularly in

bright sunlight?. My eyesight is good, especially after the cataracts were corrected, and I requested my new lenses should continue my legacy of slight short sight.

I do definitely experience problems with glare, probably having got used, in cataract days, of a more veiled world. Point and pray is not the answer to my picture taking.

My experience of camera phones is confined to the older,more budget orientated models..........are the more expensive ones easier to use in bright light?

Cell phones, especially the most expensive ones appear to me to be very vulnerable to damage from dropping and in some locations to violent theft.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

I liken them to the modern day Polaroid camera - point, shoot, out pops the picture instantly. Grab your cellphone, point, shoot, and send your picture to hundreds of people instantly. Like the Polaroid of the days of yore, it has its pros and it’s cons. I don't think the developers ever saw it as a replacement for other types of cameras and I don’t think that many users see them that way either. Many users don’t even know what a DSLR is.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Really?

https://hashtagsandy.com/

Sometimes the cellphone camera is the best solution - especially when you can charge it in your car, send images to agencies when the electrical power grid is down (but the cell network is up and running), and it is already in your pocket.

The images in the book that is in the link were taken by photographers that obviously know their craft, and did not for a second consider the limitations of the cellphone - and made the best of it. It's hard to argue with those kinds of results.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

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