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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Inevitable Obsolescence

The thing with these electronics and cameras, is that they are superseded quickly. People know this, and don't want to spend money on a camera that will be antique in a few months. Cameras are not items that benefit from mass market planned obsolescence. Cameras in smartphones today are far better than most standalone point and shoots of just a couple years ago.

So nowadays, when you revise your smartphone, you get the newer camera too. If you learn to use the iPhone camera, you can get some very good pictures that can rival a high end standalone camera.

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Camera

I'm only using the camera for casual pictures. I have the new iPhone 5s it's fine for my needs. Mr Canon camera sits in the drawer hardly ever comes out to play anymore.

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same here. MR Canon is just

same here. MR Canon is just collecting dust : (

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Me too.

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The Nikon Got Some "Exposure" Time Over Thanksgiving

Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun. The kids were home for Thanksgiving, so I pulled out the Nikon to get some real nice ambient light shots.

On the other hand, I used my SG2's camera to take a picture of some hand lotion my wife wanted our son to pick up at the store and text it to him. He actually came home with the correct bottle. Ain't technology wonderful! grin

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GPS

trigon wrote:

The best pictures are taken because you had a camera when something happened, not the quality of the camera. I prefer my DSLR to any smart phone camera but I don't carry it around all the time. The phone is with me and I use that camera when I need one.

A good trick to use - turn the GPSr on in your smart phone and while you are using another camera, click 1 picture of your subject or scene with the phone camera. You will now have the coordinates of your location easily recognizable from the picture. Use this as a reference for where the pictures were taken. I did this all over Taiwan - on a 4 week trip - and have no problem remembering where I took the pictures.

Referring to using the smartphone to record the location, I have a GPS attachment (from Solmeta). It clips to the flash shoe (or the strap) and connects to the remote socket on the camera. It records the GPS location in the EXIF data on each photo.

It's great so you can figure out where each photo was taken. The Solmeta unit was about $150 for my Nikon D90.

I Use Both

I use both cell phone and camera depending on need.

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Actually I did!

Last Mrk wrote:
dwirsz wrote:

A Smartphone is fine for anything you don't really care about (posting tiny pics to FB etc), but they can't possibly replace any camera that has a decent optical zoom, or a DSLR. There is no substitute for good glass.

You obviously didn't read the articles I linked to previously!

And I read the part in the article about the National Geog. Photog. that said...
In time, he focused on "taking the pictures the camera can do well."

And in the comments section where the author of the iPhone Review says "for me, my mindset is either super easy, light, fun… or 100% dSLR."

You get the point...

nikon

i recently bought a Nikon cool pix s9500 and i frequently return to my cell camera for alot of things its just so handy on my note 3 by Samsung and the pics look great

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I can remember carrying my Canon camera in a pouch on my belt, my cell phone in one pants pocket and my Garmin iQue in the other pants pocket, Yikes. My iPhone 5s does all of these things better.

And I can take movies in slow motion and take panoramic photo's.

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When necessary..

I only use my cellphone camera when I don't have my DSLR with me. If I am going somewhere special I always take the Canon DSLR.. and please, please, please don't tell me your cellphone takes as good pictures as a regular camera. I don't care what kind of cellphone you have, they are not made to replace a good camera for quality pictures...

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You can't get professional results from smartphones? Really?

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I use my eye-fi card as

I use my eye-fi card as well. No way I am giving up my digital camera.

Very True

farrissr wrote:

I only use my cellphone camera when I don't have my DSLR with me. If I am going somewhere special I always take the Canon DSLR.. and please, please, please don't tell me your cellphone takes as good pictures as a regular camera. I don't care what kind of cellphone you have, they are not made to replace a good camera for quality pictures...

As a Pro Photographer, there is no way I can get the results that I get from my professional DSLR vs an iPhone. To start, the sensor size on an iPhone is too small to give the results I need. It can't do a ton of things that my DSLR can do that I won't get into. There are times I use a smaller camera like a Canon G16 but even that one is better than an iPhone. Don't get me wrong, the iPhone can take good shots, but not great shots.

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POV...

Interesting reading individuals point of views on what the use of there consumer electronic device.

Android app Camera FV-5

If your on android give the Camera FV-5 app a try . It has some pretty cool features .

DSLR-like viewfinder display: see exposure time, aperture and stops display with EV and bracketing settings

Built-in intervalometer: make stunning timelapses (even bracketed/HDR timelapses) and time-controlled picture series.

Program and Speed-priority modes.

Long exposure support: take beautiful night photos and light trails with long exposure times up to 60 seconds*.

Autofocus, macro, touch-to-focus** and infinity focus modes, plus a focus lock switch (AF-L)

Not a replacement for my Canon but a great app to use while the Canon collects dust.

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I almost purchased a Sony

I almost purchased a Sony camcorder on sale. It can record HD video, but when taking pictures it is only 8.9Mpixel. My phone has higher resolution.

Also, it does not write to the SDCard in a final format like MP4. One always needs Sony's software running on a PC to convert the video into any useful format.

At least that's what I've read.

Yet another :)

2013, The Year The iPhone Got Good Enough To Be Your Only Camera
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/259497/2013-year-iphone-got-good-en...

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Most Peoople At Disney World

Based on a recent trip to Disney World in Orlando, most people use their cell phones or tablets.

Very few had your typical Digital cameras. My son-in-law and I were in the minority.

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iPad Camera

I certainly use my phone camera more than my digital camera. As others have said it's what you have on hand when you need a picture and my phone is always there. I was wondering how many folks actually use the camera on their ipad over other devices?

iPhone 5

Yup, my slr is still film, my phone is my everyday cemare.

I will never give up my DSLR

I will never give up my DSLR for a smartphone camera. I want more control over my pics.

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Note 3 is a great camera

I took pictures of a friend taking delivery of a C& 2014 Stingray Vette. My 13mp phone camera was better that his standalone camera. It was near dusk and it still picked up great colors.

Cool

I'd like to see a pic. Anywhere it's posted online?

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Cool

I'd like to see a pic. Anywhere it's posted online?

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Changing Concepts of a Photograph

I remember my mother or father lining up the kids for a family photo using a Brownie. Back then photos were "special" - primarily because of the costs of film and developing.

In the 70s and 80s it seemed that everyone wanted to take artistic photos of pristine lakes or silhouettes with high tech SLR cameras. Lots of people became "serious" about photography and camera stores abounded selling different lens and accessories.

Then came the digital cameras and photographs became more "casual". With no film or developing required, you could take an endless number of pictures, or as many as could be crammed on a memory card. You could review your pictures and only download the ones you wanted to keep.

Over the past five years or so, the smartphone has really replaced the digital cameras and photographs have become more "disposable". People are taking photos of anything and everything - particularly of themselves, so they can upload them to social media. It seems that photographs no longer "capture the moment" as they are "of the moment".

Advancing technology has resulted in a change in how we view the concept of the photograph.

New Canon WiFi Camera

I've been using my iPhone as my readily available camera for a while now. However with my first road trip coming up I decided to invest in a WiFi equipped camera and bought the Canon Powershot Elph 330HS. I've been playing around with this camera for about a week now and I must say I'm very impressed with the versatility and picture quality of the Camera. I really like the WiFi option as I can shrink my photographs to a suitable e-mail or Facebook size, as I am uploading them to my tablet or smartphone.

I still use my iPhone camera, but for anything more than a random snap, I now prefer using the Canon, as the picture quality is excellent and being able to directly upload or e-mail them without a computer is great.

My thoughts anyway...

Sure....

Last Mrk wrote:

2013, The Year The iPhone Got Good Enough To Be Your Only Camera
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/259497/2013-year-iphone-got-good-enough-camera/#H2MCWvTYljkPa2xD.99

Give me a break... Would love to compare an Iphone photo to a Canon SLR...Absolutely no comparison...

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Smartphone

Aside from lacking an optical zoom, smartphones are just as good as a camera, and more convenient.

cellphone cannot replace a good phone!

My smartphone has a pretty good camera. No way can my cellpnone replace a good camera! I love my smartphone! It does so well at talking, texting, surfing the internet, uploading pictures to my media sites, but I figure it will be a long time before I rely on my smart phone to take as good a picture as my $450 camera. However, I do look forward to the POIfactory update, so I can link it with my phone to send pictures and text!!!!

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farrissr wrote:
Last Mrk wrote:

2013, The Year The iPhone Got Good Enough To Be Your Only Camera
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/259497/2013-year-iphone-got-good-enough-camera/#H2MCWvTYljkPa2xD.99

Give me a break... Would love to compare an Iphone photo to a Canon SLR...Absolutely no comparison...

You know what they say about blaming the messenger, right?

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Not Sure That Was What The Article Said

farrissr wrote:
Last Mrk wrote:

2013, The Year The iPhone Got Good Enough To Be Your Only Camera
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/259497/2013-year-iphone-got-good-enough-camera/#H2MCWvTYljkPa2xD.99

Give me a break... Would love to compare an Iphone photo to a Canon SLR...Absolutely no comparison...

Even though the author extols the merits of the iPhone 5s camera, the phrase "'Real' cameras still have the edge when it comes to image quality" seems to me to acknowledge that smartphone cameras still have a way to go.

Thanks Last Mrk.

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SmartPhone Camera vs dSLR

As many have said, the SmartPhone camera is always handy. It may have many megapixels, but as has been pointed out earlier, the sensor is very small and does not provide the information content that a dSLR camera does. I have a Nikon D90. It has what is considered a small sensor for dSLR cameras. The full-size dSLRs have sensors about the size of old 35mm film. They are capable of even higher quality. I can't afford that, since I am just a hobbyist/amateur photographer.

For quality photographs, I bring my D90 with me. I have regular zoom, long range zoom, and a super wide angle lens. A good flash also provides long range lighting indoors or fill light outdoors. Manual and "semi-manual" settings allow one to take fireworks photos and other photos that require special adjustments.

For the foreseeable future, nothing will replace the dSLR for quality. The SmartPhone camera will always win out for convenience and availability.

Top 5 Soon-To-Be Obsolete Technologies

I use my smartfone alot!

I have to admit, I am lost without my smart phone! Yes, I do use it for taking pictures, but for serious photography, a good camera is better than a good phone!

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Unless you are the lead sled dog, the view never changes. I is retard... every day is Saturday! I still use the Garmin 3590 LMT even tho I upgraded to the Garmin 61 LMT. Bigger screen is not always better in my opinion.

Camera vs Smartphone

Lets face it, the smartphone camera is just a point and shoot camera.

Lst summer I took a photgraph with my Canon SX500i which has a 30X optical zoom and a total of 120X with the digital zoom.

This was of an airport about 2 1/2 miles away. I could not even see what I was taking but when I downloaded the pictures to my laptop I could see planes on the ground and could actually identify the logos on the planes tail section.

Try that with your smartphone! Yes I also have an iPhone!

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me

have not used a camera in years, only my cell.

Not Much

I don't use it much. Smartphone camera's are not a replacement for a real camera.

yes but its lighter and

yes but its lighter and faster

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

It's all in your head

It was a conversation with a friend of mine a professional photographer, that does Barbizon shoots for three different schools. And this was just a few short years ago.

You know pretty soon your going to have to upgrade your thousands of dollars in equipment to digital.
Never he said, film is the only way to get the shot.

Well today, not only is fully digitarl, but now he's getting great head shots for these girls, he can now show them the proofs and sell them the package on the spot.

Since most of us are Fauxtographers not Photographers, the conversation is not very different than the one I had with my buddy a few years ago.

Sooner or later your going to stop lugging that camera bag. technology is gaining on you, and you will just reach in your pocket and start shooting.

Similar to those that say I need a stand alone GPSr. Not only do I have a great camera but also a great combined GPS/GLONASS receiver.

For those that still use a feature phone, soon you will have no choice. Cell companies will begin to phase them out, forcing you into a smart phone. After all that's where they make the bucks, it not that your old, it more like your cheap or frugle, take your pick on the wording.
So get ready to join us in the near future with a computer, GPSr and camera in your pocket after all your already computer savvy.

My choice is the LG G2 smart everything.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/mo...

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I use Both

I have a nice Nikon 16mp camera but it is rarely on me unless on a trip somewhere but my phone has a very good 8mp camera and takes awesome pictures! and I always have it on me!

Bolex

For the nostalgic there's always this one.

http://www.digitalbolex.com/

Pretty Expensive Nostalgia

TheProf wrote:

For the nostalgic there's always this one.

http://www.digitalbolex.com/

Wow, 3 grand plus is a lot to pay for nostalgia. wink

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10 things not to buy in 2014 Dying technologies aren’t the.....

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-not-to-buy-in-201...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-not-to-buy-in-201...

10. Digital cameras

Their small size and sleek look made digital “point and shoot” cameras all the rage for years. Now, demand is sunsetting. Roughly 11.5 million are estimated to have sold this year in the U.S., down 44% from 2012, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, which represents consumer technology companies. Sales are expected to drop to just under 8 million next year.

The cameras are suffering from an identity crisis. Consumers who want high-quality photos are opting for the larger, DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras. Others prefer to stick with just one gadget — their smartphone — which takes pictures.

And there’s new competition from cameras intended for the outdoor thrill-seeker, like the GoPro, for people who want photos capturing action (the camera attaches to your body while white water rafting or scuba diving, for instance) rather than stopping to pose for a pic

nice list of things not to buy

Thanks for the link. As for cameras, I do use my smartphone to capture the moment. I don't need SLR quality almost all of the time (nor do I want to lug around lenses and a larger camera), plus I can send pictures to family a lot easier with a smartphone.

Too Slow

For a quick shot the smartphone camera is usually too slow in both getting the app started and in shutter speed. You end up with a blurred picture too easily. Of course this all varies from phone to phone.

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one of the biggest uses

One of the biggest uses for a cell phone camera is documenting an accident. Even though a great many of them aren't "great", they are all adequate at snapping an image of the damage to all vehicles and the entire scene. They do go a long way toward refuting counter claims from drivers about who did what to whom. (They also help counter claims about "injuries" that always seem to appear when the claims attorney gets involved.)

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Cameras and Batteries

romanviking wrote:

I use both cell phone and camera depending on need.

Furthermore, the camera has its own set of batteries. Android phones, etc. do not seem to have sufficient battery power and at times a camera with its own set of batteries can be useful, or pragmatic.

Battery Life

Cellphone battery life has certainly been an issue for me.

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