Does anyone else find it easier to frame using a "real camera" with the equivalent lens than using a smartphone screen? I find that my composition is much better when I look through a viewfinder. Also, when shooting close up I have a hard time getting my angle to the subject correct using a smartphone camera - although that could just be a retraining thing.
sebbe wrote:
Isn't it rather a development of software than camera technology? Maybe it doesnt matter at all because at the end it's a picture we never expect from a phone camera a few years ago. Like yours with a small DOF and a nice rendering of the blurry
But I'm curious now to see a raw RAW-files of such a camera under different conditions and what the software of the phone create out of it.
I believe that the development has been significant in both areas albeit with the more immediate visual impact being on the software side since it's largely what is responsible for how the final images are rendered.
There have been big advances in mobile sensor and lens tech that have allowed these companies to offer features and performance that are far advanced from what we had just several generations ago. Things like processor power/speed/power consumption, readout speed, PDAF, DR, lens speed/size, etc.
I too am curious regarding the RAW files. Perhaps there will be a third party app for that soon on iOS. Can't speak for Andriod users.
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fotografur wrote:
There was a smartphone image thread awhile back. Wonder what happened to it. And wasn't there a smartphone forum as well or I'm I just getting old and can't see these anymore
I attempted to do a search and couldn't find anything. Possible I overlooked something but definitely came up empty at the time I created this one.
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KarmaKramer wrote:
It’d be SO great to abort the expensive bodies/lenses/lights/triggers and all the ridiculous compromises & copy variance,and just shoot weddings with that iPhone!!!
That'd be the day. Although there will never be a way for a phone to truly replace every aspect regarding the user experience of an actual rig.
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GMPhotography wrote:
Be careful what you wish for or soon you will be out of business.
iPhones have and are taken the low end fruit in photography and Pros are not getting hired. This has been happening for awhile now. People or in the corporate world some staff are doing the photography. Where I see it mostly is like small events or parties that there not calling in photographers in the past . Like retirement related stuff. iPhones are a good enough solution for this. I know myself in the corporate world I still get the big gigs as I always have but a meeting situation or the like iPhones and staff do that now. So iPhones are being used where we used to be with cams. ...Show more →
Lots of my pro buddies are seeing this trend as well. Like you said though, you just have to be good enough that you're getting the higher hanging fruit.
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saxguy wrote:
Does anyone else find it easier to frame using a "real camera" with the equivalent lens than using a smartphone screen? I find that my composition is much better when I look through a viewfinder. Also, when shooting close up I have a hard time getting my angle to the subject correct using a smartphone camera - although that could just be a retraining thing.
Yup. That's where one of the weakest points is for me with shooting on the phone. Not sure how that gets rectified though.
On another note, it really is amazing to be able to have access to an UWA, standard'ish, and short tele lens combined with software in the same device.
I only find it hard because the average phone focal length isn’t something i often shoot on my camera.
saxguy wrote:
Does anyone else find it easier to frame using a "real camera" with the equivalent lens than using a smartphone screen? I find that my composition is much better when I look through a viewfinder. Also, when shooting close up I have a hard time getting my angle to the subject correct using a smartphone camera - although that could just be a retraining thing.
