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iPhone Becomes Most Popular Camera for Flickr Photos

Evangelion said:
But still, the best camera you have, is the one that is with you. Your D300 might take better pictures, everything else being equal. But that doesn't help you one bit if you see something interesting, and your D300 is at home, while your iPhone is in your pocket...
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I seriously don't disagree. However, my point was that the phone hasn't replaced my DSLR. Someone around here gave me the impression that we were being elitist saying the phone sucked as a camera and such. Or I may have misread. I've been known to do that. ;)

But yes, the phone is always with me. The D300, not so much. Comparing the two is just ... well silly to me
 
Evangelion said:
But still, the best camera you have, is the one that is with you.
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So very true.

Back in the film days, I had a Canon A-1 with assorted lens and other equipment in a nice monogramed camera bag. It took some nice pictures when I had it.

I also had an Olympus 35mm instamatic camera that I carried with me all the time. Very convenient. I took 99% of my pictures with that camera because I always had it with me.
 
Small White Car said:
You mean like this? http://8.media.tumblr.com/6jKnmPOPDob6pec5qMlBlHbNo1_400.jpg
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I mean like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Capa,_Death_of_a_Loyalist_Soldier.jpg

Something like that could easily be taken with an iPhone. Should we now be complaining that that is not a great picture because the image-quality is not perfect? Since when is greatness of a picture determined by it's "technical features"?

That photo comes from a camera MANY times better than an iPhone camera.

So, Robert Capa used cameras way better than iPhone cameras. Good job finding an example that's the exact opposite of your argument. Maybe you should think of examples that agree with you instead of fight against you.
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Here's a hint: I wasn't comparing Capa and his gear to iPhone specificly, but all todays cameras that are not "hi-end". And that includes cameras like todays point 'n shoots. Your elitist attitude that photography should only be limited to the select few with DSLR's and the like really has no room in photography.

I bet that Capa would have been thrilled to have an iPhone-camera with him. You do not need to have expensive and sophisticated gear to take great photographs.

Sure, DSLR gives you more options than iPhone does, everything else being equal. Bust most photographers do not know how to take advantage of those options and features. And most of the time you do not have your DSLR with you.

Should we now be oohing and aahing pictures that have great technical specs but are otherwise crap, as opposed to applauding great pictures that might be a bit grainy, or under/overexposed?
 
MrSmith said:
It was faked. Keep up. ;)
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It's 100% irrelevant whether it was faked or not, since we are talking about the image-quality of the picture, not the authenticity of the events its depicting.

If you want to take part in the discussion, at least try to understand what we are talking about.
 
Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning. Didn't they, Mr Grumpy? :(
 
Hmmm.

Besides their caveat that non-identifiable phones are left off the chart....

It's interesting that the charts split out each Blackberry or Canon model, thus leading to lower results for each.

And yet ALL iPhone models are totalled together. Put the Canon Rebels together in a similar manner, and you lose the reader enticing headline.

I'm sure iPhones count for a ton of photos, but I don't understand why some charts have to go out of their way to manipulate the results.
 
Evangelion said:
So, according to you, the "image quality" is an important part of "great photograph"? I guess pictures by Rober Capa are crap, since they are black & white, and quite grainy?

Most of the great pictures that we know of were taken with cameras that have crappy image-quality when compared to todays cameras. By your logic, those are in fact crappy pictures, because you need to have lots and lots of pixels, and all kinds of bells and whistles that improve "image quality" and therefore make the pictures better...

Seriously: you can take great pictures with crappy cameras, and you can take crappy pictures with hi-end DSLR. No amount of "image quality" will turn crappy picture in to a great picture.
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First of all, relax. Second, I never said image quality is an important part of "great photograph." You are making assumptions based on one sentence posted in an online forum. Furthermore, I'm not familiar with a lot of professional photography and never claimed to be, however I never said black and white pictures were crappy nor did I mention anything about color. Grainy can be good and a desired result depending what you are trying to achieve, and also something I didn't mention before.

I never said anything about crappy pictures at all for that matter, that's something you decided was a result of poor equipment. My simple point was that to the general public and people who use these image-sharing websites, such as Flickr, DSLRs will take better pictures than a camera-phone. I was not saying anything about professional photography at all, and if that's what you think this thread is about, I think you are sorely mistaken. This entire thread is focused on Flickr, which while some believe is/was a high-end image-sharing site, is generally used by everyday regular people, who apparently by your standards, take "crappy" pictures.

I repeat the most important part of what I said, RELAX.
 
The Photos app needs a "Send to Flickr" option, only fair since the Pre has this feature and the iPhone lets you upload videos you record to YouTube.
 
iPhone most popular for flickr photos (and youtube videos!)

I guess everybody is toying with their 3G or 3GS, taking pictures of their lunch or dog to post onto flickr. I want youtube (owned by the 'evil rival' company Google!) to post the spike of videos posted by 3GS owners!

I wonder what shall happen when MMS is officially enabled! A spike in MMSs sent!

The excitement shall soon fade away...
 
iluvgr8tdeals said:
I guess everybody is toying with their 3G or 3GS, taking pictures of their lunch or dog to post onto flickr. I want youtube (owned by the 'evil rival' company Google!) to post the spike of videos posted by 3GS owners!

I wonder what shall happen when MMS is officially enabled! A spike in MMSs sent!

The excitement shall soon fade away...
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Well in the 6 days after the 3GS was released, mobile YouTube uploads went up 400%!
 
Hey i am one of them, out there in the yellow. Just love flicker, its a superb website where i can share each & every pic i click. Just love it!
 
Re:iphone becomes Most Popular Camera for Flickr Photos

Hi MacRumors,

Well,Actually, according to the graphs, the iPhone leads in camera-phones, and normal cameras.Maybe you should take a CLOSER look.I am glad the iPhone is doing so well in average 1-2 years. But damn some company needs to do well also so Apple steps up the iPhone game!

Thanks
 
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