Cell phone camera (Page 8): I've taken some (awesome) shots with my Samsung Cell phone, but I still love my Nikon w/300 mm lens. If the day comes when they can produce and sell a phone...

JBuckley

I've taken some (awesome) shots with my Samsung Cell phone, but I still love my Nikon w/300 mm lens.

If the day comes when they can produce and sell a phone (cam), with 600 mm lens, I'll take a closer look.
(and I don't mean 600mm by electronic-digital means). Those don't hold a candle to any camera lens, yet.
I'm sure someone is working in a tech lab, this minute, and is about to come up with a cell phone 300 mm lens.

Hope they do.

adm

I have an older, lower end Samsung phone with an 8 MP camera. I rarely use the camera phone for other than utilitarian purposes such as emailing or texting documents. However, I do very irregularly take photos and videos with it on the principle that "the best camera is the one you have with you." On social media such as Instagram, the sharpness of the photos taken on the phone is almost as good as that of the photos taken with my "real" mirrorless camera. The camera photos are still better but the difference is not huge. This being said, I think there would be a substantial difference in the phone photos vs. camera photos if I made prints that were 8 x 10 or larger. Since the photos taken on my $150 2016 model phone are good enough for social media, this raises the question of why would I want to spend a thousand dollars or more on an iPhone 14?

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Architect1776 wrote:

Cell phones are ok but.

I think you are wrong. About 3 years ago my son call and wants to know if I want to spend a couple of days skiing. We were on the chair lift and I look over and take out my cell phone and take this picture. Cell phones do not " really suck outdoors in daylight" If I did not have a cell phone I never would have this picture to remind me what a great time the two of us had.

Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

yes ...many like mine have burst mode to catch the action ...and on a tripod .., yes tripod .. and zoom + on the S22 Ultra ...it reaches 600mm and then some ...

when I was last at the fire falls at Yosemite .., more than 1/2 of the photographers had cell phones taking the shots and 1/2 of them were on Tripod pods ..! .. I was a little amazed ..

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

traderjohn wrote:

I think you are wrong. About 3 years ago my son call and wants to know if I want to spend a couple of days skiing. We were on the chair lift and I look over and take out my cell phone and take this picture. Cell phones do not " really suck outdoors in daylight" If I did not have a cell phone I never would have this picture to remind me what a great time the two of us had.

A great shot 🟠🧡⭐🧡🟠

JD750 Loc: SoCal

traderjohn wrote:

I think you are wrong. About 3 years ago my son call and wants to know if I want to spend a couple of days skiing. We were on the chair lift and I look over and take out my cell phone and take this picture. Cell phones do not " really suck outdoors in daylight" If I did not have a cell phone I never would have this picture to remind me what a great time the two of us had.

r1ch Loc: Colorado

traderjohn wrote:

I think you are wrong. About 3 years ago my son call and wants to know if I want to spend a couple of days skiing. We were on the chair lift and I look over and take out my cell phone and take this picture. Cell phones do not " really suck outdoors in daylight" If I did not have a cell phone I never would have this picture to remind me what a great time the two of us had.

Old saying when asked which is the best camera. The one you have with you.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

r1ch wrote:

Old saying when asked which is the best camera. The one you have with you.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

r1ch wrote:

Old saying when asked which is the best camera. The one you have with you.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

joecichjr wrote:

A great shot 🟠🧡⭐🧡🟠

Thanks, I just happened to look over and grabbed my cell phone from my jacket pocket

JD750 Loc: SoCal

traderjohn wrote:

I think you are wrong. About 3 years ago my son call and wants to know if I want to spend a couple of days skiing. We were on the chair lift and I look over and take out my cell phone and take this picture. Cell phones do not " really suck outdoors in daylight" If I did not have a cell phone I never would have this picture to remind me what a great time the two of us had.

This is fabulous creative work. For what it’s worth, I like it a lot.

It’s not the camera that creates the photo, the camera is just a recording device. It’s the nut behind the lens that provides the the creative energy and creates the photo.