People who shoot photos with their lens hood on backwards

[Johnny Canuck3]

I made a fair bit of cash from a particularly low res photo of Brighton beach shot on a 2.1MP camera which was used for a book cover.

Admittedly, I had to go into Photoshop to clean it up and smooth out jaggies, but the camera was massively inferior to the one on my S4.

What does that prove?

A lot more people eat KFC than eat cordon bleu from Fauchon.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Turns out just about any Android phone can do extended long exposures via third party apps.

Hard to mount your phone on a tripod, though.

 

[twentythreedom]

is this still the thread for putting the boot into Bungle73?

He's been regularly slapping himself in the face, not much need for boots

 

[Hocus Eye.]

What's being discussed is the technical capabilities of phone cameras vs other types of cameras - not the aesthetics of photography.

You haven't read the thread then. It is a good time now to start reading it through from the beginning before it gets up to speed again - and it will you can be sure, oh yes sirree.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

He's been regularly slapping himself in the face, not much need for boots

In any event, there's been a liberal application of bootage from the Palace Guard.

 

[Corax]

What's being discussed is the technical capabilities of phone cameras vs other types of cameras - not the aesthetics of photography.

Nope. It's the relative *merits* of different types of camera - and that goes beyond the technical capabilities.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

You haven't read the thread then..

Sorry; incorrect.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Nope. It's the relative *merits* of different types of camera - and that goes beyond the technical capabilities.

Ah yes; the 'merits'.

 

[Dr_Herbz]

Hard to mount your phone on a tripod, though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/iStabilizer...d=1395262477&sr=8-10&keywords=s4+tripod+mount

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Hard to mount your phone on a tripod, though.

Uh uh, the model of phone under discussion can be used with a Gorilla pod which has a standard camera screw thread. You can even get a dedicated kit bag for the camera with lots of accessories to use. You probably think I am making this up and I sometimes do that but then I put "probably" at the bottom of the page referencing lager adverts. This is the real deal though.

 

[ViolentPanda]

What's being discussed is the technical capabilities of phone cameras vs other types of cameras - not the aesthetics of photography.

Wrong. What's being discussed (by everyone except those obsessed by kit or by IQ, seemingly) is both, and whether the one is relevant to the other.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

that goes beyond the technical capabilities.

Whatever happens beyond the technical capabilities occurs as a function of the photographer and his/her capabilities.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Hard to mount your phone on a tripod, though.

No it isn't. You can buy skeletonised phone cradles that weigh about 100g and will allow you to mount your phone securely on any 1/4" BSW thread.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Wrong. What's being discussed (by everyone except those obsessed by kit or by IQ, seemingly) is both, and whether the one is relevant to the other.

What an SLR, DSLR, or phone camera is, is... 'kit'.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

No it isn't. You can buy skeletonised phone cradles that weigh about 100g and will allow you to mount your phone securely on any 1/4" BSW thread.

Is that what these are?

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/cell-phone-tripod-mount

 

[ViolentPanda]

You haven't read the thread then. It is a good time now to start reading it through from the beginning before it gets up to speed again - and it will you can be sure, oh yes sirree.

Now there's a surprise!

 

[ViolentPanda]

What an SLR, DSLR, or phone camera is, is... 'kit'.

By "kit", as is blatantly clear from the previous post of mine you quoted, I mean "the latest all-singling, all dancing DSLR".

 

[ViolentPanda]

Is that what these are?

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/cell-phone-tripod-mount

Similar, although ones I've looked at were proper cradles in that they securely clamped the camera on both sides.

 

[twentythreedom]

In any event, there's been a liberal application of bootage from the Palace Guard.

Who's that then?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Who's that then?

You're right: it's an inaccurate description. Better: those who aspire to becoming part of a Palace Guard.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

By "kit", as is blatantly clear from the previous post of mine you quoted, I mean "the latest all-singling, all dancing DSLR".

My camera is pretty good but it can't sing or dance. It plays a mean piano though.

 

[Corax]

Whatever happens beyond the technical capabilities occurs as a function of the photographer and his/her capabilities.

Yes, but the "merits" of a camera go beyond that. Eg accessibility, obtrusiveness, ease of carrying etc

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yes, but the "merits" of a camera go beyond that. Eg accessibility, obtrusiveness, ease of carrying etc

..ability to talk on it or play Angry Birds....

 

[twentythreedom]

You're right: it's an inaccurate description. Better: those who aspire to becoming part of a Palace Guard.

Oh, THEM!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I don't understand why Nikon, Canon etc just don't add telephony, internet capability, and games-play to their DSLRs. Then they'd really be able to compete with smart phones.

 

[neonwilderness]

You are not trying to say that Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character are you? My Great Grandmother knew him quite well according to family legend and there is one of his pipes in the loft.

Probably a crack pipe, we're all on drugs after all

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Also, why don't we bring tablets into this discussion?

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Also, why don't we bring tablets into this discussion?

We already did this. Amazingly that girl with the tablet looks just like the girl I was describing. Johnny Come Lately3 you can't wander into a thread late and re-visit topics we have already covered.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

you can't wander into a thread late and re-visit topics we have already covered.

Why not?

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Probably a crack pipe, we're all on drugs after all

Holmes was more into Opium than crack.