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How important is a cell phone camera to you?
We went to hang out with our daughter at her college's homecoming and I forgot my camera. We enjoyed ourselves inspire of and maybe because everything was easy/simple: My wife, our son and I took pics when we wanted, what we wanted and since everyone around us had cell phones we could capture people acting naturally..relaxed, laughing, dancing. In some of my favorite blogs, ordinary people show wonderful creative angles. Cells may never be up to par with ultra expensive digital, medium format images, but millions of people are sure having a lot of fun with them; how about you? Oct 17 15 03:50 pm Link It's the camera I always have with me. It's the one I can immediately post images to social media with. It's the one that will automatically create a cloud backup of. It does things my giant (by comparison) D810 with vertical grip and speed flash could not do. For me, the camera on my iPhone 6 is very important. I don't use it for model shoots, but I use it for a lot of other things. Oct 17 15 04:24 pm Link There's another thread on this topic here, https://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/951293 My personal opinion, no serious photographer would use a cellphone camera exclusively for shooting Oct 17 15 04:25 pm Link Deep Visions wrote: "exclusively" -no...I would agree with that Deep Vision. However cell phones remind me why I became a photographer; I might incorporate a set during my shoots. Oct 17 15 04:55 pm Link Not sure it's "important" but it sure is convenient. Oct 17 15 08:14 pm Link Natural Body Photo wrote: Perhaps under certain conditions & depending on the type of shoot you could use a cellphone with a decent camera, though not sure what those would be since I never even considered using my crappy Nokia for one Oct 17 15 08:26 pm Link Last time I used mine was to record a realtors phone number on a store front, four, five months ago. Other than for things like that, I never use it . . . that said I have an S120 with me 95% of the time and G1X that pretty much lives in my car. Oct 17 15 08:40 pm Link Completely unimportant since I never use them Oct 18 15 09:39 am Link Mike Collins wrote: What he said. Oct 18 15 11:08 am Link does my flip phone have a camera? Oct 18 15 11:49 am Link As others have said, my cell phone gets used to capture images that aren't important, especially if I have my "real" camera available. Real estate signs, people doing silly/stupid things, cool cars on the road, things going only to social media ... that kind of thing. If I have my "real" camera with me, I'll use it even if it is a bit of a hassle to get it onto social media. Some people get nervous when I have my "real" camera (BTW, I say "real" because it's actually about 5 years old now and only a step better than entry level when it was new, but since I attached the battery grip and speed light, I am often asked what newspaper I work for or I'm accused of being paparazzi) because people seem to be afraid of cameras in public (though 99% of people carry one, too). Oct 18 15 12:21 pm Link my galaxy s6 active has already taken some great photos and the wife's iPhone 6s isn't half bad either. especially in good conditions who needs to lug around a lot of gear that could just wind up getting stolen? Oct 18 15 06:59 pm Link It's replaced my $50 point & shoot. Oct 18 15 07:37 pm Link A couple years ago I read article that boldly asked in the title something like "Is the iPhone camera the only camera you'll ever need?" My initial response was a resounding, "OF COURSE NOT!" After reading the article, i relented, somewhat but not totally. With proper adaptive lenses and software, an iPhone can do some pretty amazing things. I did a test--I took picture with my SLR and some of the same subject with iPhone. I presented both to two of my photographer instructors. They were not able to distinguish the source of the images. When iPhones shoot in RAW, then they'll give SLRs a run for their money, IMHO. I sometimes use cell phone on set to take some shots that need no post production work...and to share with others who might have not been able to make it to the shoot. Oct 18 15 07:48 pm Link There are wide-angle guys/gals and there are telephoto guys/gals. I think the wide-angle guys/gals are happy with their cell phone images. As a telephoto guy, I find the my iPhone pretty much useless except for recording, say, the type of replacement widget I have to buy at the hardware store or the condition of the package the UPS guy just delivered. Oct 18 15 08:01 pm Link It is will be very important to capture the Great Event.  Oct 18 15 08:07 pm Link dp Oct 18 15 08:07 pm Link My GoPro is my "walking around" camera. I never use my cell phone camera. Oct 19 15 01:21 am Link For me it's important for many reasons. I like organizing things visually. It can serve as a kind of "sketch pad" as I explore ideas or make my lists of things to do. I snap many things with my iphone for reference. The lack of serious data content to work with in Photoshop can be frustrating, but "selfies" and simple impulsive candid snap shots and short video clips can have a charm of their own. Building a body of material for fond memories is not necessarily dependent on using an expensive camera. Internet, forums, blogs, social media etc., has changed many things, including standards for photography. In lots of situations, a fast crappy quality photo or video is good enough to get the job done. Phone cameras vs. expensive quality cameras is kind of like the old arguments we used to have about film vs digital. Lots of the film guys have died off one way or the other, so nobody cares about film anymore. I think the same thing is happening with easy access phone cameras. So what if you have $50,000 worth of equipment back at the studio? Oct 19 15 01:48 am Link Cell phones have cameras? Huh, learn something new every day I suppose. Oct 19 15 06:39 am Link Click Hamilton wrote: I couldn't agree more. The best camera, especially for personal photos, is the one you have with you. The number of phone photos I've used has increased dramatically since my kid was born. A DSLR just gets to be a pain in the ass to carry around when you also have to think about always having clean clothes, diapers, snacks, etc., as well as the ever-present possibility that you're going to have to carry the kid too, who may or may not actually want to be carried. Oct 19 15 07:38 am Link I love the camera on my iPhone. I always have it with me and the quality is very good. I really love the video as well. Tonight Jill and I are going to a family gathering and instead of my DSLR I will do fine with the phone. By the time the evening is over everyone will have the pictures sent to them and I don't have to carry a big camera around. I don't know who it was who said, "Hey, let's stick a camera in a cell phone!" But I am glad someone did. And let us not forget the important role cell cams play in citizen journalism. Oct 20 15 07:37 am Link How important have amateur phone camera snaps and videos become to the news? to law enforcement? to the reputations of people who get busted? to the paparazzi? the phenomenon of things that "go viral." As Donald Trump might say .... "YOUUUUUUUUUGE"  Oct 20 15 08:10 am Link Like Click I use my pictures to organize much of my life. I have to take a pic of where I parked in the city sometimes, and currently I'm snapping pix of my algebra homework for submission, as my poc scanner gave up recently. The keeping-in touch with mom across the pong is much easier (I'll just show her what I ate instead of 'splaining so much), and then there's of course all the fun times one needs to capture... cannot do without it any more, specially as visual learner. Oct 20 15 08:35 am Link I use my phone to watch the weather ahead when I have a long drive up north. Also I use the GPS, search and check emails. Oct 20 15 11:32 am Link Just got a LG G4 today.....Remarkable image quality in low light and like the option to shoot raw files.. Hope PS will recognize them! Oct 20 15 04:24 pm Link |
