Is an iPhone a "real" camera
Sep 18, 2012 10:26:23 #
Many may automatically answer "no, not really". If you haven't seen it already, take a few minutes to look at Dewitt Jones photo a day album. He is a professional who teaches and publishes. Almost all the photos in his "Celebrate whats right with the world" album are taken and processed with an Iphone. You may find new respect for your iphone.
I do shoot and appreciate my Nikons (D200, D300, D800) but get more photos from my iPhone than I had anticipated! It is always with me!
http://www.celebratewhatsright.com/images
I do shoot and appreciate my Nikons (D200, D300, D800) but get more photos from my iPhone than I had anticipated! It is always with me!
http://www.celebratewhatsright.com/images
Sep 18, 2012 10:54:45 #
According to some tech people it's not. I told someone a couple of weeks ago I was studying photography and they asked, "Like real photography with a camera or iPhone photography?" First time I've ever had that happen.
Personally I hate taking photos with my iPhone. I would rather pull out a P&S to take a pic or my bridge camera, because it's mostly with me, than use my iPhone. It's good if I want to snap a quick pic to send to a friend, which I don't do that often and if I do it's nothing really important. If I want them to have something amazing I will take a pic edit it and then print it off for them to have.
But if shooting with your iPhone works for you do it and do the best with it you can. Go for it! Why not?
Personally I hate taking photos with my iPhone. I would rather pull out a P&S to take a pic or my bridge camera, because it's mostly with me, than use my iPhone. It's good if I want to snap a quick pic to send to a friend, which I don't do that often and if I do it's nothing really important. If I want them to have something amazing I will take a pic edit it and then print it off for them to have.
But if shooting with your iPhone works for you do it and do the best with it you can. Go for it! Why not?
Sep 18, 2012 10:56:44 #
Sep 18, 2012 11:01:33 #
Al McPhee wrote:
just wondering if you had a chance peek at that link?
Yeah I looked. Still feel the same. He knows how to use his equipment and does a great job with it. It works for him and that's great. For someone like him I guess the iPhone is a "real" camera because he can use it.
Me personally I hate my iPhone for a camera so I don't work with it much. I have small hands and it feels awkward in my hands. I do much better with the bridge camera that I own.
Sep 18, 2012 11:10:40 #
I was just surprised by the results, He also shoots Canon and does mag covers, etc for outdoor magazines. Another tool.
Sep 19, 2012 06:54:21 #
A camera's "realness" would be determined by the user wouldn't you say. I've seen some photos taken with 'real' DSLRs, where the person pushing the button does just that, pushes a button and the photo is crap, and I've seen some taken on cellphones which are spectacular, because whoever took them actually knows what they're doing.
Sep 19, 2012 09:32:51 #
Al McPhee wrote:
Many may automatically answer "no, not really... (show quote)
I recently returned from a "vacation" in Central Europe and I was suprised at the number of people using camera phones and ipads to record their vacations .... it seems to me that if your purpose is to take snapshots .... the phones and pads are a great way to accomplish it ... light weight and acceptable quality for a vacation album .... you would not enter them in competition ...
Sep 19, 2012 10:25:11 #
I choose to answer this question with three more questions; Do you consider online classes going to college, a gas grill a barbecue, or cybersex, making love. If you answered 2 out of the 3 with a yes, then you can call the Iphone a real camera
Sep 19, 2012 10:56:27 #
oldmalky
Loc: West Midlands,England.
I honestly believe PS will enhance any photo so it does not really matter which camera, more, how good you are with post processing
Sep 19, 2012 11:11:03 #
My oldest son, a doctor and photographer, just went to Africa and instead of taking some "heavy" .. duty niikon gear, took his iPhone and purchased a new 13 inch mac pro lap top. The pictures he took were amazingly taken with his iPhone -- was able to travel freely with less weight and travel more quickly also.
Another gentleman I know shoots models and he uses his iPhone only..
I have never purchased a "cell phone " as all my children and wife have one.
I have seen professionals produce "crap" and I have also seen people that knew relatively nothing about photography shoot better pictures ---
Again -- times are changing.... is it really about the camera only or about the person, or is it a combination ?
A combination.
From CD & DVD to flash thumb nail drives... time are changing... ;=) a paradigm shift
Each has its time... and place ... to be or not to be.. ;=)
Another gentleman I know shoots models and he uses his iPhone only..
I have never purchased a "cell phone " as all my children and wife have one.
I have seen professionals produce "crap" and I have also seen people that knew relatively nothing about photography shoot better pictures ---
Again -- times are changing.... is it really about the camera only or about the person, or is it a combination ?
A combination.
From CD & DVD to flash thumb nail drives... time are changing... ;=) a paradigm shift
Each has its time... and place ... to be or not to be.. ;=)
Sep 19, 2012 11:29:51 #
iphones can definitely take an acceptable picture..and they should as they are expensive.
i would rather see everybody out there using an iphone to take their photos....................that ensures that most photos taken by professionals will stand out.
that's a good thing!!!
i would rather see everybody out there using an iphone to take their photos....................that ensures that most photos taken by professionals will stand out.
that's a good thing!!!
Sep 19, 2012 11:47:46 #
That is a good question!
I guess it begs the answer, "I considered the cardboard box/black duct tape pinhole imaging device I toted with me on my way to nearly a BFA a camera..."
I guess it begs the answer, "I considered the cardboard box/black duct tape pinhole imaging device I toted with me on my way to nearly a BFA a camera..."
Sep 19, 2012 12:32:55 #
I just learned last night that you can down load free HDR aps for your I phone. I would like to see that if anyone out there has used it.
Sep 19, 2012 12:38:16 #
treehugger
Loc: Eastern Idaho Highlands
I recently had a couple images rejected by a juried show. They told me that they were excepting only REAL photographs, not digital prints.
Hummmmmmmmm.
Hummmmmmmmm.
Sep 19, 2012 13:28:19 #
A good 25+ years ago I knew a lady in Austin, TX that had a beautiful sofa-size picture hanging on her wall. The picture was sharp and the color was great. When I asked her about it she laughed and went and pulled out a snap-shot of the same picture. She had taken the picture with a $15 - $20.00 110 camera then took the negative back to wallmart to have it blown up. Back then many people would not have considered a 110 a "real" camera, just a toy to use for quick "snap-shots".
I would have to say that the iphone today is considerably more advanced than that 110 camera. Like anything else, if you understand how your iphone camera works, and operate it within its limits and capabiities, then you should expect to get as respectable an image as if you used a dedicated camera of the same caliber.
I would have to say that the iphone today is considerably more advanced than that 110 camera. Like anything else, if you understand how your iphone camera works, and operate it within its limits and capabiities, then you should expect to get as respectable an image as if you used a dedicated camera of the same caliber.
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