Cell phone cameras (Page 7): As a result of a similar discussion in 2017, I used a 'retired' iPhone to photograph our cat "Velcro" {who died in the early days of 2020}; I don't...

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

tommystrat wrote:

They are generally fairly small file sizes, so unless you have a ton of them, you can just email them to yourself and download them from your computer's mail service.

As a result of a similar discussion in 2017, I used a 'retired' iPhone to photograph our cat "Velcro" {who died in the early days of 2020}; I don't remember how I downloaded this photo {but I obviously couldn't use email, since the phone was no longer connected to the Internet}, I must have used either the cable or WiFi. {I believe WiFi could have provided a connection to 'OneDrive', but I'm not willing to experiment yet another time; I already talked about this on preceding pages}.

MissyG Loc: Rhode Island

When I went to Israel in July, my iPhone was my go to camera indoors. It handled so much. Especially the small interiors. Outdoors I used my Nikon Z7ii with my 50mm 1.8. It was a great package! With the 43mp of the Z7 I could crop to whatever I needed with so much raw detail.

What a horrible situation there today.

druthven

Ellen101 wrote:

I usually take photos with my Nikon camera but last week I was absolutley blown away with my cell phone camera.
I was doing a portrait shoot of two older women for a gallery. My camera battery died on me and I forgot to take another one. So, I used my cell phone camera and I was very taken aback how good the shots came out. The prints were amazingly clear.
How can this be ?

I have noticed that my I Phone does well in adequate light, outdoors, and can be enlarged or cropped nicely but in low light situations it fails. I have included two photos from similar originals and similar crops from inside a cathedral where flash is not allowed. A Nikon d7100, 1/50 sec, f5, ISO 6400 and one from my I Phone, 1/25 sec., f2.8, ISO 1000. Of course the Nikon is a 24mp camera where as the outdoor I Phone photos were 12mp and the one in the cathedral was only 6mp.
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Canisdirus

therwol wrote:

So what do you use to take video? You can take pr... (show quote)

I'm still dead in the market...still shooting stills primarily.

But I do have my eye on a switch/addition... a dedicated Sony full frame camcorder.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

druthven wrote:

I have noticed that my I Phone does well in adequate light, outdoors, and can be enlarged or cropped nicely but in low light situations it fails. I have included two photos from similar originals and similar crops from inside a cathedral where flash is not allowed. A Nikon d7100, 1/50 sec, f5, ISO 6400 and one from my I Phone, 1/25 sec., f2.8, ISO 1000. Of course the Nikon is a 24mp camera where as the outdoor I Phone photos were 12mp and the one in the cathedral was only 6mp.
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My iPhone was the only camera I had with me when I took my wife to the local train station and I was surprised how well it worked in dim light.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

druthven wrote:

I have noticed that my I Phone does well in adequate light, outdoors, and can be enlarged or cropped nicely but in low light situations it fails. I have included two photos from similar originals and similar crops from inside a cathedral where flash is not allowed. A Nikon d7100, 1/50 sec, f5, ISO 6400 and one from my I Phone, 1/25 sec., f2.8, ISO 1000. Of course the Nikon is a 24mp camera where as the outdoor I Phone photos were 12mp and the one in the cathedral was only 6mp.
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Different, but IMHO, both are beautiful shots in their own ways ⭐⭐⭐⭐

therwol Loc: USA

Canisdirus wrote:

But I do have my eye on a switch/addition... a dedicated Sony full frame camcorder.

$$$ compared with a consumer grade camcorder, but you have to decide what suits you. I wouldn't waste money on one personally for the amount of video I take.

Canisdirus

therwol wrote:

$$$ compared with a consumer grade camcorder, but you have to decide what suits you. I wouldn't waste money on one personally for the amount of video I take.

I've been looking at easing into it...Sony has some out there used for 2500...and will outperform every hybrid model they have.

Dedicated systems usually do.

First... a toe in...I have the glass already...not big bucks at all.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

rehess wrote:

As a result of a similar discussion in 2017, I used a 'retired' iPhone to photograph our cat "Velcro" {who died in the early days of 2020}; I don't remember how I downloaded this photo {but I obviously couldn't use email, since the phone was no longer connected to the Internet}, I must have used either the cable or WiFi. {I believe WiFi could have provided a connection to 'OneDrive', but I'm not willing to experiment yet another time; I already talked about this on preceding pages}.

Beautiful shot of a feline, now in Cat Heaven for sure 🤍🤍⭐🤍🤍

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

billnikon wrote:

When my phone can do the following, then you can pry my Sony a1 from my cold dead hands.

What an amazingly beautiful capture 💎💎💎💎💎

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

joecichjr wrote:

Beautiful shot of a feline, now in Cat Heaven for sure 🤍🤍⭐🤍🤍

Thank you, we will always miss her.
We nicknamed her “the gray lady”.

She got name from the fact she had trouble controlling her claws, so occasionally I would have to rescue her when she ‘stuck’ to something.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

rehess wrote:

My iPhone was the only camera I had with me when I took my wife to the local train station and I was surprised how well it worked in dim light.

You wouldn’t have been able to get that shot if you didn’t have your phone with 😜🤪🤣😂🤣😂🤣

bobburk3 Loc: Maryland

DaveO wrote:

My cameras are set up for BBF and this is not conducive to others taking pics of us and a couple weeks ago someone offered to take a pic of us while on a mountain side vacation hike. I handed over my cellphone and was quite pleased with the results. Really great as opposed to nothing at all!

This prompted me to begin using my cell as a viable supplement. Now all I have to do is learn how to better use it.

What is BBF?

therwol Loc: USA

bobburk3 wrote:

What is BBF?

Back Button Focus. If you want to know...

https://photographylife.com/back-button-focus

bobburk3 Loc: Maryland

therwol wrote:

Back Button Focus. If you want to know...

https://photographylife.com/back-button-focus

Ahh, now I know. I use it all the time with my Nikon. So much easier than holding the shutter half way down to focus. Great for sports and action. If you aren't using back button focus, you should try it. It's great!