Who Has Given Up Their Camera For Their Smartphone?

 

Personal Disclaimer: for me, the quality of smartphone cameras is a LONG way from what I want to trade even my simple point-and-shoot for my SG2's camera feature. There used to be a phrase that went "It's all about the glass" referring to the lens. The better the lens, the better the picture...but I digress.

For a quick pic to remember my parking spot at the airport or something else I don't plan to keep, it's nice to have. However, while I personally won't be giving up any of my cameras for the camera feature on my SG2, I realize many other folks have.

Have you?

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Give up Camera for Smartphone

I gots a Dumb Phone so I'm keepin my Camera

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Don Duke aka Joe Casino

Yep

gdfaini wrote:

The smartphone camera is convenient, and not bad, but it is no replacement for a real camera.

Absolutely. I've invested over $10K in DSLR equipment over the years. It's bulky, heavy, and expensive but there's a reason for all that weight because of the lenses that have the right type of glass to achieve great shots! However, I do have a smaller pocket camera that shoots RAW photos when on the go, and then the old cellphone which is good for what it is but not if I want real quality pictures! Just a quick convenient alternative.

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Not yet...

Can't beat the convenience...

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I use my smartphone in a pinch, but still much prefer my navigation device. Plus it is a lot more disruptive or distracting if I need to answer a call.

Nope

And I don't plan to get a smart phone. (Guess I'm just an old guy.) wink

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With God, all things are possible. ——State motto of the Great State of Ohio

For ordinary everyday casual

For ordinary everyday casual pics,I use the smartphone cam. I think the Galaxy S4 has a pretty decent camera with 13 mp but for profesional looking pictures that need any special touches, I use a $600 camera with a 40x optical zoom.

sony

Maybe, we could use this sony Cyber-shot QX100 for a good picture on a smart phone.

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-dsc/...

National Geographic Photographer Praises iPhone 5s' Camera

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

There is nothing like a REAL

There is nothing like a REAL camera!

Not given it up yet but each

Not given it up yet but each time I get a better phone, the old camera stays at home more.

I Use Both

The phone is good for spontaneous photos, but there is still better user-control with a proper camera.

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RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot

Last Friday, when leaving

Last Friday, when leaving the office, I saw a sedan sideswiped by an 18 wheeler at a corner. I'd like to take a snapshot of the accident but my stinkin 2MP (phone) camera does not turn on any longer. I have an 18MP DSLR at home but it doesn't do any good if it's not available when I need it.

Excellent Article

Last Mrk wrote:

So good, he left his DSLR home on a recent trip.

The quality of a photo is not always related to the quality of the camera, rather the skill of the person using the camera.

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Shooter N32 39 W97 25 VIA 1535TM, Lexus built-in, TomTom Go

I prefer my dumb-phone, and

I prefer my dumb-phone, and my very high quality SLR camera, to any smart-phone any day. I'm old fashioned, and my phone is just (and only) for talking.

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nightrider --Nuvi's 660 & 680--

To me the iphone camera

To me the iphone camera really isn't that great to a conventional digital camera.

I gave up point and shoot

I gave up point and shoot camera for my phone camera. Phone camera has improved with every new phone and every year. I use my phone camera for daily casual pictures. Otherwise I have Canon digital SLR camera which I use for good pictures.

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Iphone XR, Drivesmart 61,Nuvicam, Nuvi3597

The Times, They Are A Changin'

Well, I just did a little survey while I was on vacation. The cameras I saw being used are smartphones or DSLR types. The entire midrange of point-and-shoot cameras between those two ends seems to have vanished. And the smartphone "end" is not necessarily a low quality endpoint. It can be said that the endpoints represent more of a span of convenience vs complexity.

A bit about me... I recently sold my Nikon F4s and replaced it with a Nikon D90. The D90 is a great camera, still uses my old lenses. I also have a Nikon P5100, a pretty good point and shoot.

We just came back from vacation, spent two weeks at Acadia National Park, and yes, we were affected by the shutdown. Although I brought the D90, I never used it. I didn't even bring the P5100 on this trip. All pics were taken with our iPhone 4S devices. I also find it to be very interesting as to how many compliments the iPhone pics receive. A friend of mine that is also a photo hobbyist has asked me if I used the D90 for the pics I posted. The iPhone can take outstanding pics with the right conditions. The D90 has too many options to enable the user to screw up a great photo opportunity. A couple years ago, I would have carried the D90 while hiking or packed it in a pannier while biking. Today, I just carry the smartphone. I'm not looking to make archive-quality images suitable for printing the size of a mural, so I don't have to use the D90 all the time. The iPhone doesn't have the latitude of lenses, but that hasn't been much of a detriment. Earlier this year we drove cross-country and hiked the Grand Canyon, the iPhone 4S did most of the photography. The iPhone 4S takes pics of suitable quality for the intended purpose: sharing digitally via PhotoStream and other similar means, to be viewed on a device screen. BTW, the iPhone images look great when displayed on a large screen TV via AppleTV.

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Cell cam vs. camera

I don't know, my daughters I phone 4S turns out better snap shots most of the time than my Panasonic Zs15 with a multitude of features, especially in uneven lighting. Hard to explain but it is true. For distance, sports, speciality stuff, the ZS will do better, but it just seems most of our pix are close up family stuff and the I4S works best.

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Michael J. Moonitz Massapequa, NY C340, N650, N660, N1490T, N2797 LMT, NuviCam

depends

mmoonitz wrote:

I don't know, my daughters I phone 4S turns out better snap shots most of the time than my Panasonic Zs15 with a multitude of features, especially in uneven lighting. Hard to explain but it is true. For distance, sports, speciality stuff, the ZS will do better, but it just seems most of our pix are close up family stuff and the I4S works best.

My phone takes good, sometimes great snapshots but it depends on the lighting and the subject. My Canon always takes great shots but I don't always have it with me. Not that it really matters, we haven't printed a picture from either in the past few years.

The best use for a phone camera is documenting an accident. I was rear-ended on a rainy street by a guy with bald tires a few years back and the adjuster had no problem meeting our needs with the photos from my phone camera.

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Prefer regular camera

but in a pinch the phone camera is okay. I once had to use it on a trip when my camera battery died.

I'm Like You...

MrKenFL wrote:

I can make voice calls, text messages and take "lousy" pictures and it has Bluetooth. It cost $29.95.
My service cost me "approx" $17/mo for roughly 175 minutes. I've never used that much time.
I wear my watch (15 years old and keeps perfect time and always on my wrist), use my GPS (with bluetooth), keep my Canon Camera in car.

I guess I'm just Old Fashioned !!!

Like you... if I want to take a picture I'll use my camera, if it's the time I need... I look at my still perfectly functioning 20 year old Timex IndiGlo Ironman Triathon wrist watch smile , need to see something on the web... that's what my computers for, etc., etc.

I-Pad... I-Pod... super whiz bang I-Phone, etc.? Text, type, e-chat or I-con this, app that, etc. rolleyes

If something in a "all-in-one" goes bad surprised , then in most cases the whole unit becomes non-functional. mad

Never underestimate the power of things being simple. grin

Nuvi1300WTGPS

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I'm not really lost.... just temporarily misplaced!

I Agree...

schwert wrote:

A real camera has just too many operating and creative features for me to ever even think of giving it up.

Even if you were to discount all the "features" you mentioned above, even the least expensive "point and shoot" camera now days has a automatic setting which will focus the lens so all one has to do is just "Point" and "Shoot" for that perfect picture/photo! grin

Nuvi1300WTGPS

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I'm not really lost.... just temporarily misplaced!

Manual Adjustable Lens Polaroid...

"Kusuriurikun" said in part...

kusuriurikun wrote:

I'd use an old-style cheapie 35mm or Polaroid instant or 110 camera for.

(And oh my, am I dating myself by that 110 camera ref grin Probably by the Polaroid camera ref too grin)

Way back in '64 I owned a "Asahi Pentax Spotmatic" cool (and) a Polaroid "instant picture" camera that I ordered special with a "manual", ie: "adjustable" lens instead of their standard fixed lens.

Nuvi1300WTGPS

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I'm not really lost.... just temporarily misplaced!

I Agree...

nightrider wrote:

I prefer my dumb-phone, and my very high quality SLR camera, to any smart-phone any day. I'm old fashioned, and my phone is just (and only) for talking.

I carry a "dumb phone" too! It doesn't/I don't surf the web, icon this or app that, e-mail, twitter... tweet... text or transfer!

The phone rings... and I say "Hello", then talk to whoever called. I have 3 "speed dial" buttons available. Number 1 is programmed for "911" (seeing I can't find a eleven on my phone) wink . Number 2 is set up with my wife's c-phone number... and the third speed dial is where she works,

Other than that, If I need to make a call I'll punch in the phone number by hand and hit send.

Nuvi1300WTGPS

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I'm not really lost.... just temporarily misplaced!

I guess you're right but

That's why 35% of Americans don't have a smart phone.

http://ars.to/139Zb7w

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

Wish I didn't have tremors

Then either would work but I'm lucky to get 25 percent of my pictures to be clear.

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NUVI 660, Late 2012 iMac, Macbook 2.1 Fall 2008, iPhone6 , Nuvi 3790, iPad2

No, still old school here.

No, still old school here. In emergencies, phone camera. Vacations, planned events/trips, regular camera.

smartphone

smarthphone camera what a joke

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Driver 38 wrote:

smarthphone camera what a joke

Did you read the article I linked to?

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

iPhone 5s review: patagonia

iphone 5s review: patagonia

Too bad, but most of the nay sayers probably won't even bother to read this story either.

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

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We still use dumb (slide) phones. So no...

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Michael (Nuvi 2639LMT)

Not me; I need my lenses.

Not me; I need my lenses.

Camera?

For my needs, I'll have to see how the iphone 5s does. Scheduled to arrive 10/14/2013 by ups.

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I think

I think you'll like it. Got mine a couple days ago and I was playing with the camera today. I even impressed my wife when I took a panorama photo.

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

Agree. Will not use phone

Agree. Will not use phone for serious pictures, or ones I want to keep.

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I never get lost, but I do explore new territory every now and then.

Gave it up

I luv my smart phone it does it all

Flip Phone

Geeeeeshhh. I use a flip phone, Don't email, text, take pictures, and to top it off I do the GO PHONE, best part of it, pay for what you use, Not all those taxes, Not cheap, just don't do the phone thingy. Did that for years when working.

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Jerry...Jacksonville,Fl Nüvi1450,Nuvi650,Nuvi 2495 and Mapsource.

bully for you!

adcusnret wrote:

Geeeeeshhh. I use a flip phone, Don't email, text, take pictures, and to top it off I do the GO PHONE, best part of it, pay for what you use, Not all those taxes, Not cheap, just don't do the phone thingy. Did that for years when working.

Cool story bro...

smh...I'll bet back in the day you'd eschew the horseless carriage...

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*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*

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adcusnret wrote:

Geeeeeshhh. I use a flip phone, Don't email, text, take pictures, and to top it off I do the GO PHONE, best part of it, pay for what you use, Not all those taxes, Not cheap, just don't do the phone thingy. Did that for years when working.

How did a frugal guy like you ever get talked into getting a GPS?

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

nokia has a smart phone that

nokia has a smart phone that has a 41 mp camera. they are trying super hard to make a phone with a great camera. as many of you guys said the quality of picture cannot compare between the dslr and smartphone but when you need a camera thats easy to carry and on the fly they come in handy.

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A GPS can take you where You want to go but never where you WANT to be.

Not yet

Not yet but once I figured out how to put POIs onto my smartphone. It's a possibility

Emergencies vs. Planned

team.rocket wrote:

...old school here. In emergencies, phone camera. Vacations, planned events/trips, regular camera.

The dichotomy mentioned makes sense: the phone camera for emergencies or convenience (because a person happens to have the phone with them but not the digital camera) but if something planned is to happen or if something meaningful to capture is likely to be there, the digital camera makes sense to carry along.

Who Needs a Smartphone?

I know some people that claim a smartphone is not needed, they don't have one, all they have is a barely capable phone handset. And old technology at that. They think smartphones and all that capability in a handset is just silly. Then they ask if I have my smartphone with me so I can look something up on the internet for them, check the weather for them, take a picture for them, use the GPS function for them, and it goes on and on. I'll tell them they can wait until they get home to use their own resources.

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When you are dead, you don’t know that you are dead. It is only difficult for the others. It is the same when you are stupid.

There are always

diesel wrote:

I know some people that claim a smartphone is not needed, they don't have one, all they have is a barely capable phone handset. And old technology at that. They think smartphones and all that capability in a handset is just silly. Then they ask if I have my smartphone with me so I can look something up on the internet for them, check the weather for them, take a picture for them, use the GPS function for them, and it goes on and on. I'll tell them they can wait until they get home to use their own resources.

There are always many more reasons than what we may feel are the obvious factored into a person's choice. For many they don't want to be bothered with all the "features" found in some devices. Still others are intimidated by what is built-in to the device and still others balk at the increased costs involved.

The cellular companies learned about 2001 that their revenue from voice traffic was never going to sustain them. The shift began to push data services and if you look at their balance sheets (their rate plans give a good insight) you can see that data is the big money generator.

Stop and look at your own usage. Messaging - or text - is nothing but a low speed data stream. Running apps on your smart phone don't use voice, they use data. If you look at your bill, you'll see that the bulk of your usage isn't voice related, but it's all data centric.

Having a voice only phone isn't something to be derided, as their personal choice may be they don't want or need the clutter of all the messaging, pictures, facebook, twitter and all the other feeds some feel they can't live without. The only reason I carry a smart phone is to connect with my business email. That doesn't mean I don't use the other services and features, they come with the package.

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Who Has Given Up Their Camera For Their Smartphone?

I have. In fact, to some degree, I've given up my GPS for the same feature on my phone.

I still use my camera. The

I still use my camera. The quality on the iPhone still can't be matched in many lighted areas.

No Way

Yes, the new phones now take some amazing pictures but it doesn't come close to professional DSLR's. I take pictures for a living. The ability to change lenses, create shots with different depths of field, shoot 10 frames a second, exposure compensation, use multiple flashes, choose from shutter and aperture priority, shoot in very low light situations, etc. etc. There is no way the phones come close to my DSLR.

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Larry - Nuvi 680, Nuvi 1690, Nuvi 2797LMT

The Camera in a cell phone

The Camera in a cell phone is more like a note pad for me and it's very useful for that purpose. However, if I'm going to record pictures that capture memories I want to keep forever a DSLR is a better tool.

Thought about it..

Until my cells camera is more intuitive on detail options an less on cute features, is when I'll get rid of my camera.

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ahsumtoy wrote:

shoot 10 frames a second, exposure compensation, use multiple flashes, choose from shutter and aperture priority, shoot in very low light situations, etc. etc. There is no way the phones come close to my DSLR.

Here are the iPhone camera spec's. Notice the 10 frames a second feature you were talking about. Did you read the article I linked to earlier which were written by a professional photographer like you?

http://austinmann.com/trek/iphone-5s-review-patagonia

"The iPhone 5s camera, on the other hand, is a completely new 8-megapixel camera with a larger f/2.2 aperture and a larger sensor. Some smartphones have more megapixels but it's the size of the sensor that is important and as a result of this the iPhone 5s camera offers better low-light performance. In addition, Apple's A7 processor includes a new image signal processor that makes auto-focus quicker and photo capture faster – perfectly demonstrated by the Burst Mode feature, which can take 10 images in one second on the iPhone 5s. You also get automatic image and video stabilization with this new camera.

The iPhone 5s also has a True Tone flash – this flash is a world's first and it means that photos taken with a flash appear more natural. The iPhone 5s has the same FaceTime camera as the iPhone 5c."

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra
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