Camera or iPhone.
Jun 13, 2019 06:44:21 #
Rrmaas wrote:
What do you say to people who ask, "Why don't you just use your phone for taking pictures?" I get that frequently.
I would tell them not to worry about it.
Jun 13, 2019 06:48:14 #
johnst1001a
Loc: West Chester, Ohio
i just printed up some pictures my daughter sent me, they were of the grandkids. I printed 4x6's. They cane out quite good, actually very good. As these were not staged shots where one might think about stuff in the background, garbage can, another person, car, etc. so i did my usual, cropped in. it didn't take much zooming in to ruin the picture, making it fairly useless as a print. i took my own pictures, could easily zoom in 6x, the resultant picture was clear, perfectly usable. so yes you can get great pictures from a cell phone, not saying you wont, and are perfectly ok for what most people might print for casual shots, ie a 4x5. One advantage of a cell phone is depth of field with the 3mm lens of cell phone. most everything is in focus, but forget bokeh. but photography is what the user wants. the vast majority people are perfectly fine with a cellphone shot. they are very unlikely to do any post processing.
Jun 13, 2019 06:50:46 #
Jun 13, 2019 06:56:20 #
Rrmaas wrote:
What do you say to people who ask, "Why don't you just use your phone for taking pictures?" I get that frequently.
"Because I'm a photographer, stupid!"
I don't like the results I get with a phone. Sure, I get something, but after using SLRs most of my life, I expect more than I can get from a phone.
Jun 13, 2019 07:09:14 #
rmalarz wrote:
If all I wanted was pictures, an iphone would be sufficient. I tend to want to make photographs. For that, a camera is required.
--Bob
--Bob
Sounds good if you don't think about it. But given the definitions of "picture" and "photograph" it doesn't
make sense. A picture can be a photograph, or it could be a painting or a drawing. Smart phone cameras do take photographs, and a good photographer can make better photographs with a phone than a novice can with the best camera.
Jun 13, 2019 07:09:41 #
Jun 13, 2019 07:43:22 #
Keen wrote:
You can 'take photos', or you can 'make images'.
You can make images with a smartphone
Jun 13, 2019 07:50:38 #
Jun 13, 2019 07:51:30 #
Jun 13, 2019 07:52:30 #
NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
You have a bicycle. So, why did you drive your car here?
Jun 13, 2019 07:55:16 #
NCMtnMan wrote:
You have a bicycle. So, why did you drive your car here?
No, I don't have a Bicycle (wish I could!) and I take a car service to work due to a major car accident.
Jun 13, 2019 07:56:37 #
Hey Mate, can I borrow your camera for a min; I gotta make a quick call ?
Jun 13, 2019 08:09:39 #
NCMtnMan wrote:
You have a bicycle. So, why did you drive your car here?
That's a good question. A good percentage of trips most people use a car to do are short enough to do on a bicycle. I'm a 69 year old lifelong cyclist, and I still ride to work. I like getting my exercise and my transportation done at the same time. I know people my age who still do centuries (hundred mile rides).
Jun 13, 2019 08:18:56 #
Jun 13, 2019 08:31:45 #
I don't understand the vitriol and hypocrisy toward phone cameras. The latest crop of cell phone are as good or better than most cameras of 15 years ago. If you were into photography at that time most likely you boasted about how much better they were than film.
Old farts have a difficult time with change, I guess. Cell phones can't do everything...yet.
Old farts have a difficult time with change, I guess. Cell phones can't do everything...yet.
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