Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] Cellphone camera
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:35:10 -0400
References: <74C4020D-8009-43DF-901C-273EE991C031@yahoo.co.uk>

the iphone 3g (two generations old) has terrible lag and latency, has no 
physical shutter button and was only a so-so phone camera even in 2007.

i'm not going to pretend to aspire to "decisive moments", but here's an 
image of my daughter kitty, riding a beach bicycle, while wearing a 
garbage bag (don't ask!) taken with the phone, panning as she zoomed by:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/snapshots/Picture+254.jpg.html

-rei


On 07/17/2010 01:05 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote:
> Thanks, George,
>
> while a cellphone camera is fine for snapping a scene that is already 
> set up, like a landscape, or a studio set with a well-lit and 
> professionally made-up model, I'd only really be impressed if someone 
> could show some decisive moment photography with their cellphone 
> camera.  That would show a praeternatural sense of anticipation and 
> feel for photography.
>
> Peter Cheyne
>
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] [IMG] Cellphone camera)