Calling all keen photographers.

[Cuchilo]

F1.4

So you have a sharp photo but not thought about how to capture it . Learning all the time .

 

[marzjennings]

I came across an overturned car a few months ago. There were a couple of people helping the driver get out and about twenty more standing on their doorsteps filming it on their phones.

Would their videos be better if they'd used an actual camera rather than their phone?

Not sure how your comment relates to mine.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Would their videos be better if they'd used an actual camera rather than their phone?

Not sure how your comment relates to mine.

It was a "Sign of the times" comment. People filming the event rather than going to see if they could help.

 

[Grant Fondo]

I think the point it that cell phones today can produce photos as good if not better than most compact cameras. No one is suggesting that a cell phone could replace a new DSLR.

Fair play but i have heard this bogus claim for years...the big phone manufacturers are clearly desperate to convince the world that the latest iphone 7 or whatever is gods gift to gamers, photographers, etc. Try playing Battlefield 1 on your Samsung, or taking a great close up portrait....no chance

 

[Pale Rider]

Isn't there a parallel with hi-fi?

Paying a grand for the source component is pointless if you are going to listen through a pair of £25 speakers.

Equally, most smartphone pics will be viewed in relatively low resolution on sites like this one.

Thus an iPhone pic looks pretty much as good when viewed on here as a pic taken with a £500 camera.

 

[Reynard]

I use the camera on my phone more as a visual notebook than anything else. I'd rather use one of my DSLRs to do photography with. But then again, if my phone is the only camera I have to hand and I want to take a pic of something, it's better than not having a camera at all.

Having said that, I learnt to take photos with a Kodak Instamatic that took 126 film cartridges. It was as basic as it got; fixed focal length, fixed shutter speed and two aperture settings. The prints were grainy in anything that wasn't taken in the best light, but I learnt a hell of a lot about photography.

 

[Reynard]

Thus an iPhone pic looks pretty much as good when viewed on here as a pic taken with a £500 camera.

Actually, it's not so much the camera body (sensors tend to be pretty much of a muchness) that makes the difference, it's the quality of the optics.

 

[Grant Fondo]

I use the camera on my phone more as a visual notebook than anything else. I'd rather use one of my DSLRs to do photography with. But then again, if my phone is the only camera I have to hand and I want to take a pic of something, it's better than not having a camera at all.

Having said that, I learnt to take photos with a Kodak Instamatic that took 126 film cartridges. It was as basic as it got; fixed focal length, fixed shutter speed and two aperture settings. The prints were grainy in anything that wasn't taken in the best light, but I learnt a hell of a lot about photography.

Yes the grain was monstrous in low light...but what could you do? Finally got a pot washing job and saved up for a Praktika 35mm, what a difference...14 hour shifts scraping burnt food out of massive pots...i really felt like i deserved that camera.

 

[bonsaibilly]

Because mirrorless is a piggin nightmare of you are a keen photographer avoid at all costs!

Eh?

 

[Reynard]

Yes the grain was monstrous in low light...but what could you do? Finally got a pot washing job and saved up for a Praktika 35mm, what a difference...14 hour shifts scraping burnt food out of massive pots...i really felt like i deserved that camera.

Bet you did.

I sort of took a step sideways and went through various 110 format cameras, then Olympus and Pentax compacts before arriving at my EOS5. I also learnt to shoot with, of all things, a 620 format box. That was quite interesting LOL.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Eh?

Ok should have been more specific...DVFs are a piggin nightmare, dont we spend enough of our lives looking at chuffing pixels, crikey im doing it now

 

[bonsaibilly]

Taken with an iphone .


All you need is to think about a good shot .

Yes but you couldn't get anything like the quality of image if the light wasn't good.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Bet you did.

I sort of took a step sideways and went through various 110 format cameras, then Olympus and Pentax compacts before arriving at my EOS5. I also learnt to shoot with, of all things, a 620 format box. That was quite interesting LOL.

Yes i had a cheapo 110..it was a total stranger to sharpness and exposure lol

 

[bonsaibilly]

Ok should have been more specific...DVFs are a piggin nightmare, dont we spend enough of our lives looking at chuffing pixels, crikey im doing it now

I like my evf, which isn't on my compact system camera anyway but on my dslt. I'm with Sony.

 

[bonsaibilly]

I have to agree with @Grant Fondo sony a7r in addition to various pro dslr. Mirrorless still has multiple downsides. Poor battery life, viewfinder lag, slow auto focus, inability to use viewfinder with camera on, slow start up times.

They do a job much better than a dslr though, and that is being able to throw it in a day bag with a nice prime for some decent photos out and about. But a working camera they are not. Yet. I can see them pushing the slr out in a few more years though.

"inability to use viewfinder with camera on"

Eh?