Camera phones, iPhone 4 specifically, offer endless opportunity for creativity, I enlarge and sell a great deal of my iPhone prints.
Please comment briefly on your experience with smart phone photography.
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I know with the smart phones and all the apps that they have, yes you can do a lot of things but i do not see this becoming a valid form of imaging. Now being a photographer that has used both film and digital, I think that the cameras in the smart phones are great for getting pictures if you are somewhere and you don't have your camera, but I don't see them taking over the digital camera. Just imagine if your are someone who is planing for a wedding and you see your photographer coming with his smart phone and using his smart phone in place of his huge camera bag with all his lenses. I just can't see that happening. So I don't think that using a camera on a smart phone is a valid form of imaging.
Although it appears the average public considers this an adequate, even suitable, way of taking their pictures, until phone cameras can match even the worst camera picture taking ability, the subject doesn't belong in a Professional Photography publication.
Until the phones have the sophistication of a real camera they should not be included. They are like a Kodak instamatic compared to an SLR, or even a really good point & shoot. They do not have the controls necessary to take a great image, other than by luck or good fortune.
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Personally, the more serious I get about photography, the bigger my kit and the less likely I'll have it with me everyday. But, my phone is with me all the time. So, while I wouldn't choose to use it, I do use it regularly. I'm on the verge of buying a smartphone and sure would like a photographer's evaluation of some of the major models. Beyond that, other than tips on post-processing of point & shoot images, I'm sure I would want much more.
Although there are a lot of these phones out there, I don't think that people buy them for the camera and certianly would not buy the magazine to learn how to take better photos with their phone. They should get a camera if they want to take better shots.
With the explosion of social networking, smart phones can edit and process the smaller images taken on a spur of the moment and then within minutes shared with friends and family, looking like it came from a professional. As of this date, it will not replace a print or Hi-res images, but it is just plain fun.
Like most people I have taken snapshots with my cell phone. I have only done this when my camera was not available and I wanted to capture the moment. The photo quality of my phone is poor so I don't use it for anything serious. I really don't want to spend time reading about this type of photography.