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Rich135 said:
HTP99 said:
That's my 1 hour, 5 km dog walk route from my house! Spooky.Look out for a yellow lab and a cold 47 year old man and come and say hi :-)
HTP99 said:
Lol, it is a 5 mile, 90 minute route for me from Merrow, leave the house, walk to the river just past Sainsburys, if there are no cows in the field I walk this way and either back over Stoke Park or hard left just after the bridge to walk back along the other side of the A3 to Burpham and back home I do it most Tuesdays, sometimes Sunday too, I'll be out with my 2 small Terriers one in a pink Julius K9 harness, the other in a blue one.
I will keep an eye out for you! I start in Burpham so slightly shorter and use the little cut through on Burpham Lane to get to the fields. I'm usually out at the weekends and sometimes on a Thursday/Friday lunchtime.
Just been to a chat at my camera club on mobile phone imaging. The lecturer was Jet Black from Jet Black Squares.
Interesting, enlightening and she came up with some inventive ways of taking photographs with camera phones. I was not convinced, certainly not enough to dump my mirrorless. Most of the methods she used could also be used with 'normal' cameras.
It was a good point that we always carry our mobiles with us, but then I have a compact that goes, more or less, everywhere with me.
Something to think about.
[url}https://www.jetblacksquares.com/[/url}
Cool name.
Interesting, enlightening and she came up with some inventive ways of taking photographs with camera phones. I was not convinced, certainly not enough to dump my mirrorless. Most of the methods she used could also be used with 'normal' cameras.
It was a good point that we always carry our mobiles with us, but then I have a compact that goes, more or less, everywhere with me.
Something to think about.
[url}https://www.jetblacksquares.com/[/url}
Cool name.
Derek Smith said:
Just been to a chat at my camera club on mobile phone imaging. The lecturer was Jet Black from Jet Black Squares.
Interesting, enlightening and she came up with some inventive ways of taking photographs with camera phones. I was not convinced, certainly not enough to dump my mirrorless. Most of the methods she used could also be used with 'normal' cameras.
It was a good point that we always carry our mobiles with us, but then I have a compact that goes, more or less, everywhere with me.
Something to think about.
[url}https://www.jetblacksquares.com/[/url}
Cool name.
There is no question that a proper camera has a major quality advantage. I still have my EOS-R mirrorless and I use particularly when I want to do something with a Telephoto, but all pics are definitely superior.Interesting, enlightening and she came up with some inventive ways of taking photographs with camera phones. I was not convinced, certainly not enough to dump my mirrorless. Most of the methods she used could also be used with 'normal' cameras.
It was a good point that we always carry our mobiles with us, but then I have a compact that goes, more or less, everywhere with me.
Something to think about.
[url}https://www.jetblacksquares.com/[/url}
Cool name.
However, the iPhone 14Pro has some a very long way with the choice of lenses at the push of a button and some serious smarts. There are excellent YouTube instructional videos that I have found very useful. I have bet very impressed with it low light ability too.
RDMcG said:
There is no question that a proper camera has a major quality advantage. I still have my EOS-R mirrorless and I use particularly when I want to do something with a Telephoto, but all pics are definitely superior.
However, the iPhone 14Pro has some a very long way with the choice of lenses at the push of a button and some serious smarts. There are excellent YouTube instructional videos that I have found very useful. I have bet very impressed with it low light ability too.
My elder daughter changes her iPhone regularly under a contract. I've no idea how much it is, other than it probably being a great deal. That doesn't mean bargain. Or, to put it another way, she buys a replacement camera every year. The annual cost (£85pcm on EE for 24mnth contract. I pay <£10) is more than I paid for my Panasonic G9 kit, which I'll keep for many years. My 'go everywhere' compact, a TZ25, is over ten years old.However, the iPhone 14Pro has some a very long way with the choice of lenses at the push of a button and some serious smarts. There are excellent YouTube instructional videos that I have found very useful. I have bet very impressed with it low light ability too.
The iPhone camera can give very good results, both in stills and video, as we have evidence of on this thread. I was surprised. But, by the time I'd finished pressing various buttons to change the lens - my understanding is that the iPhone has three prime lenses. Is that correct? - I would have taken an image with my TZ and returned it to my pocket, or, more likely, taken shots of other subjects.
While one of the assumed benefits is lightness and ease of carrying, the lecturer takes an additional, bolt-on, lens with her and has a selfie-stick that she uses as a tripod, although stability didn't seem a priority to the designer.
So not sold, although I might, when it come time to replace my pre-Covid MototG, opt for an improved camera and use it as a back-up. The one distinct advantage of a cameraphone is that stands out is that it can be taken anywhere and can be covert. That's two I know. And there are others, but £85pcm? That's a big argument against for a bloke like me with a 27 year old tripod.
There's no need to pay £1500 for an iphone (Say £65/month for the phone seeing as unlimited data contracts are around £20/month - 65 x 24 = 1560)
The best Android phones (Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung S22/23) will take as good as (if not better) photos than an iphone. The Pixel 7 Pro can be had for half the cost of an iphone pro max. YMMV
The best Android phones (Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung S22/23) will take as good as (if not better) photos than an iphone. The Pixel 7 Pro can be had for half the cost of an iphone pro max. YMMV
Mammasaid said:
There's no need to pay £1500 for an iphone (Say £65/month for the phone seeing as unlimited data contracts are around £20/month - 65 x 24 = 1560)
The best Android phones (Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung S22/23) will take as good as (if not better) photos than an iphone. The Pixel 7 Pro can be had for half the cost of an iphone pro max. YMMV
While in town this morning, I saw the new Samsung advertised for £25 pcm. I thought, given the plaudits it'd received, 'I'll have that'; after all, it's just a little over what I'm paying at the moment (maths never my strong point). I wandered into the shop, with my wife shaking her head. The price was for pre-order, and for 3 months only. After that, it went up to £50+. I think the contract went for 24 months. I'm happy with my sub £10 pcm.The best Android phones (Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung S22/23) will take as good as (if not better) photos than an iphone. The Pixel 7 Pro can be had for half the cost of an iphone pro max. YMMV
The camera side of the phone was impressive. Quite a surprise, even given the talk I'd been to last night. Stills and video of high quality, and with more lenses on display than Specsavers. I'd like one, there's no doubt about that, but the price is prohibitive for me. I'd love to spend >£40 extra a month on my mirrorless set-up, but that's nigh on £5kpa. And nigh on a divorce. Hmmm.
The impressive image above, and others on this thread, show that the gap between DSLR and cameraphones is closing as regards quality, and at a rate that's increasing, but, it would appear, not on price.
When my ancient TZ finally gives up the ghost, I'll probably opt for a high(ish) photo-quality phone. But even then, not at £50 pcm.
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