Comments on: Are camera phones the new point and shoot cameras?

By: heikkipekka

heikkipekka — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:09:15 +0000

After reading this about Nexus One’s led flash I changed my mind and believe that a led flash maybe isn’t too bad after all in night scenes taking a potrait. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10431279-248.html

By: heikkipekka

heikkipekka — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:05:09 +0000

Flash takes power and iPhone is well-known for not having too much to spare. It would require a lot of research and development to figure out how to keep iPhone usable power-wise with a flash.

I like idea of having it all for everybody since you always can leave the flash off if you don’t like it and it would be cool to trigger some off-camera slave flashes optically with tiny iPhone flash (which wouldn’t contribute light really to the exposure but it would require manual exposure and settings on iPhone to work right).

By: Toby Fairchild

Toby Fairchild — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:13:23 +0000

Why not all three. A wider aperture lens, a bigger/better sensor AND an attenuatable flash. When you use a flash on a point and shoot it looks like….well, a point and shoot and not a DSLR with carefully diffused and placed strobe lighting but in a NO light situation (nightime, dimly lit venue) some sort o flash (even harsh) is both necessary and better than nothing and not even a superior quality sensor can overcome that scenario, at least not on an iPhone.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:04:56 +0000

My cell phone is such a p.o.s. I don’t even bother with pics from it because I am on Verizon and due for an upgrade in April. On the other hand, if the Touch had a built in camera, that’s another story entirely! Come April though, if no iPhone has made its way to Verizon, then the Droid will likely find its way in my pocket…

By: terrywhite

terrywhite — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:26:13 +0000

Good point!

By: heikkipekka

heikkipekka — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:24:30 +0000

Camera phones that is, me too using iPhone, for casual photos and DSLR for print stuff.

I hope they don’t include flash on iPhone as it would anyway be too harsh light from tiny flash but instead invest in good wide aperture lens and bigger and better sensor to catch natural light better and keep the noise away. Tiny flash doesn’t help as does big enough sensor.

Corner-to-corner sharp, fast & close focusing lens with shake reduction wouldn’t be too bad either and much useful than ugly light from tiny tiny flash.

By: Dwayne D.C. Tucker II

Dwayne D.C. Tucker II — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:11:28 +0000

Hey Terry!

I think it’s time to get at both Nikon and Canon (Nikon first ) and tell them that it’s time to make the worlds first point and shoot camera phone! I would buy it hey. How good would it be to have the quality of a point and shoot in a cell phone looking like a point and shoot, able to go to facebook etc. with a touch screen keyboard..Would be pretty sickk!

Enjoy your day!

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DT.
Nassau, Bahamas | Miami, FL

By: terrywhite

terrywhite — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:10:28 +0000

Agreed!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:09:29 +0000

The lack of built in WiFi in cameras is dumbfounding to me. Incorporating WiFi into P&S cameras would be great but what I would really like to see is this technology incorporated into DSLR’s. To be able to shoot in a studio setting or even out in the field wirelessly tethered to your network would be astounding. One less wire to worry about! The tech involved in this is so small and inexpensive now that it should be included in every camera made. The wireless grips made for the Canon cameras are nice but who do they think they are fooling! $700 FOR WIRELESS! You have got to be kidding! And the grip can’t even incorporate an extra battery, IT’S JUST WIRELESS! O.K my rant is over! Ha, sorry about that!

By: Desfolio

Desfolio — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:58:43 +0000

I think it will be become official, once the iPhone get a LED flash for low light situations,

By: Julie K

Julie K — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:42:50 +0000

Very true, I am using the iPhone for casual pics more and more. They don’t print well, and low light is a problem, but I rarely print my photos as they are all on my Mac or uploaded to Facebook. If the iPhone pics were printable I would ditch my point and shoot (also a Canon 870IS) which I still prefer on vacation. When traveling I will carry the P&S and the DSLR.

By: Robert Prins

Robert Prins — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:41:00 +0000

I agree Terry, I am constantly amazed with how decent the iPhone 3GS camera is. I would suspect that as the new iphones evolve with better cameras in them, point and shoot sales will suffer even more.

By: Toby Fairchild

Toby Fairchild — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:47:03 +0000

I agree Terry. I have a sony cybershot 10mpx that I keep in my pocket for casual shooting. I also am a Nikon DSLR shooter (D80) for important stuff. I’ve been opting to use my iPhone 3GS for almost all of my casual shooting rather than my point and shoot though, mostly because of the ease of sharing these casual shots to FaceBook and other social media. Although the point and shoot takes larger higher rez photos than my iPhone, I find the iPhone photos to be of extremely good quality. The only think lacking on the iPhone is a flash or some sort of manual exposure/ISO control. I still haven’t shaken the habbit of keeping my point and shoot in my hip pocket but I wonder how long it will take for me just to leave it at home.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:24:21 +0000

I shoot with a Canon 7D, but after starting a iPhone 365 project this year i’m quickly using the iPhone more than any other