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Subject: [Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?????????
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:33:50 -0400

Times Square is a good place to get ones finger on the pulse of what's
happening with photography for the average person of the world.
Now that I look it up as I write this I see " Times Square is the world's
most visited tourist attraction, bringing in over 39 million visitors
annually."
And I see a lot of people shooting the neo and billboards with their cell
phones. More those than small cameras. But more than that I see normal sized
DSLR's. Plenty of what would appear by size to be full frames but more
scaled down ones which I'm sure would be 1.5 crops. Oh and I see almost no
4/3's and I'm looking hard.

I still don't know what they do with the captures after they take them.
Have 4x6 snapshots made? I think maybe not.
Upload to internet galleries? I think maybe so.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:33:17 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?????????
> 
> Thanks, Robert
> 
> Sometimes it works out, sometimes (most) it doesn't.  If I remember
> correctly, the iPhone 4 is an 8 mp camera.  My first digital camera was 
> 2mp.
> Not sure about the correlation of mp to IQ.  But, with some decent light,
> the iPhone seems to give a reasonable image.
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Robert
> Meier
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 7:54 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?????????
> 
> Ken --  Those are VERY impressive images.   Robert
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2012, at 6:41 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Ted,
>> 
>> I like my iPhone.  The file size is fine for an 8x10 or so print.
>> Plus, if things aren't moving around, you have an HDR setting that
>> works well.  For working on the images, you can get the NIK Snapseed
>> app - it's either free or $10, I don't remember.  When you get the
>> image right you can mail it so someone.  However, the key was when a
>> friend showed me how to use the shutter button.  You don't press it to
>> make the exposure.  You put your thumb on it, hold it down and then
>> when all is right gently release it.  I predict that within a month you
> will have about 50 photo apps on it :).
>> 
>> Here are a few snaps with the iPhone.   I think it is safe to say they are
>> not Leica quality, but not too bad for a phone.  The one of my son at
>> the shooting range is HDR.  If you look closely you can see a little
>> movement where the three images did not exactly coincide.  Now if I
>> change from ATT I can even talk with people on it.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/013_001.jpg.html
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/IMG_0082.jpg.html
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/IMG_0221_001.jpg.html
>> 
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> tedgrant at shaw.ca
>> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:41 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: [Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?????????
>> 
>> Hi crew,
>> 
>> If you were going to buy, for a better name?  "A camera-phone?" which
>> would you consider best "CAMERA PHONE" on the market?
>> 
>> I don't care if I can talk to some one in Berlin or my next door neighbor!
>> Communication isn't relative. I want the best and most adaptable as a
>> camera?  THINK "absolutely cool camera!" Not an iphone that can make
>> images and talk to your long lost uncle at the same time! However that
>> maybe as good as they get?
>> 
>> It's for a research program I was asked to think about and be involved
>> in as a "FOR REAL PHOTOGRAPHER?" Using an iphone? Or whatever they're
>> called? And not an EIO!... "ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT OPERATOR." Someone
>> who knows all the telephone/radio/maps/apps? Whatever the hell that
>> is???  And all the other magical things one can  do.... and who knows how
> to make?
>> .."PHONE-EXPOSURES!"
>> 
>> But doesn't have any idea about shooting good, bad or ugly photography!
>> "USING LIGHT" or any of the basics of being a photographer making
>> interesting photographs.
>> 
>> I figure if I start here ON LIST at least I have photographers who may
>> have lots of experience with these magical instruments. So at least
>> I'm starting out with  a good exposing machine. IE.. "A camera that is
>> also a communications instrument."
>> 
>> Thank you all if and when you have a spare moment for a word of
>> experience and your  wisdom!
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted :-)
>> 
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