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Apple Passes Nikon to Become Second Most Popular Camera Brand on Flickr
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I remember getting the first Kodak Instamatic 100 back in 1964 as a kid, and having to choose oh-so-carefully what those 12 or 20 pictures would be. You really had to think ahead back then.
Now I love digital cameras because you can take lots of pictures, and pick out and edit the best.
I also hate digital cameras because you can take too many pictures, and have no time to sort through them. I know plenty of people who automatically upload hundreds of photos a week to places like Flickr, and never look at them again.
Ah well. First world problems
Heh, my first digital camera was a 1.3MP Olympus with a card that could hold the same as your average film roll. I remember being excited because I upgraded to a 32MB later on.
I still have actual pictures I got developed from my Canon SLR that I've yet to go through. That hasn't changed digitally.
I did make sure that I wasn't just stuffing stuff on Flickr though. Just the pictures I actually edited down.
Probably will never go DSLR. I just have no desire for it anymore.
Most likely the photos with no data are mostly from film cameras and really old pre-iPhone smartphones.
hahaha, the best solution for our social problems is a rifle or shotgun!
USA USA USA
A good photographer or anyone with a "good eye" will take amazing shots with ANY camera available.
You think the iPhone camera can't compete with a DSLR? Check out the iPhone photography awards here: http://www.ippawards.com/
Even though I agree that in certain circumstances such as low light conditions a DSLR will totally trash any mobile phone camera the truth is that any smart phone camera from a leading brand these days will produce excellent results.
If you think you need an expensive professional camera to get award winning shots you are just making excuses for your lack of skills.
You think the iPhone camera can't compete with a DSLR? Check out the iPhone photography awards here: http://www.ippawards.com/
Even though I agree that in certain circumstances such as low light conditions a DSLR will totally trash any mobile phone camera the truth is that any smart phone camera from a leading brand these days will produce excellent results.
If you think you need an expensive professional camera to get award winning shots you are just making excuses for your lack of skills.
Nikon uses Sony sensors as well.... The sensor is just one, albeit major, component in a camera.
Wasn't the 4th generation iPad simply called the "iPad"? That might be what they're referring to.
So much truth.
I love my DSLR and take some great photos from time to time, but you can't deny some of the quality of photos that people take with iphones. One of my favorite photographers that I use to follow was exclusively iphone.
I think the iphone's rise on sites like flickr though is based a lot on the fact that everyone has a cellphone. I mean, just about everyone owns a cell phone, but not everyone owns a camera. And of those that own cameras, they don't carry them everywhere like they do their cell phone.
Yes, the right to bear arms.
Plus as Bill Burr's weapons advisor said:
You want it to have a good spread!
Really? Most family events you know you are going so pack the camera.
Little Johnny (or Jane)'s school play. Good luck seeing them with the wide cellphone camera. You need a good zoom, which every cellphone camera lacks. Oh, and you're dealing with low light so you need good high ISO or flash performance, which no phone offers.
Going to the kid's soccer/baseball/football/whatever game? Need that zoom, high ISO, and fast response. Good luck with a cell camera.
Even friends with kids still "drag out their camera" for those important shots. Why? Cause even the best cell camera sucks in comparison to even a low end point and shoot.
Yes, great images can be made with a cell camera. But it's like a 50mm lens on a DSLR. Great images, lots of work and not all that versatile.
I've had many, many people over the last years ask about the best CAMERAS for them, many of them with kids. It's all about what you want and some may want nothing more than mediocre cell phone pics and others may want something better.
I'm not denying great images can be made from cell cameras. They can indeed but those are a small subset of them and ones usually made by professionals working within the significant limitations of said phones.
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As do I. But for something like, a day at the park, at the zoo, etc. it's really not the best solution. Sure you could make it work, but for those situations it's easier to bring the 18-200 zoom and be covered.
Flickr has the advantage of being free, 500px is a pay site. Like and use both.
That's logic - but not really accurate. If all you have is a McDonald's hamburger available to you at the time you're hungry - it's the best hamburger. It's the best (and only option). That doesn't make it the best burger. It gets the job done.
The statement alone can't quantify quality.
I'm surprised smartphones aren't dominating this. A person would usually have only an iPhone on him, not a point-and-shoot or DSLR. I'd expect most people to take some number of important pictures (family moments and such) with nice cameras and about 5X that number of less important pictures with smart phones.
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The iPhone is more of a shotgun because you're stuck in a wide angle mode and can't zoom. I'd say a shotgun pistol (e.g. one loaded with snake shot).
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The iPhone is more of a shotgun because you're stuck in a wide angle mode and can't zoom. I'd say a shotgun pistol (e.g. one loaded with snake shot).
No, the iPhone cameras are made by LG with the sensor supplied by Sony and the lens supplied by Largan and others.
I would like to be careful in saying that you might be wrong (i.e. film vs digital) ... at least for a few more years. Flickr is not a definitive way of telling this if this is true or not but I think it is heading that way.
Understood. My reply was more in reference to the claim that you MUST HAVE A DSLR to take any good pictures of your family... I guess the quote didn't come through...
If you are confronted with the social problem of a terrorist who wants you to die because you are shopping in a kosher supermarket, yes, a rifle is better to have than a pistol. However a rifle isn't very handy to carry around.
If you want to take good photos, yes a DSLR is better than an iPhone. But a DSLR isn't very handy to carry around.
Simple enough.
Both the pistol and the iPhone are more likely to be handy when we need them.
For a quick picture a cellphone does the job be it Apple or others. For professional quality pictures there's no way that a cellphone camera will produce What Nikon or Canon can. Remember I'm talking at this point in time in a few years things might change
Unfortunately the average consumer doesn't give a hoot about quality photos. I guess when you are making duck faces and showing off your money items you don't need crisp images.