It's the iPhone 4s.
Oh man, he's one of those guys. Well, come back later because the gushing shall begin in 3...2...
One of the biggest reasons I love this device with a camera (is that OK, purists?) is because it's always with me. Pretty much every waking hour, this is close at hand.
If one reads about many of the prolific photographers of today, they'll often claim that they always have a camera with them. Well, so do I. It isn't a bulky Digital SLR, or some pricey rangefinder, or whatever. It just happens to be part of my phone.
Look, I'm not saying it's the best camera. It's just my favorite right now. I own and use better equipment. My DSLR is the camera I use for action, and when speed of operation is paramount. My Micro-4/3 camera is my choice for travel to location where I hope to gather pictures along with the other activities of the trip, and my lightweight, high-quality output camera. Short of action, it will do anything I need, in a light package.
Howver, 90% of the photos I take don't require that kind of quality. They're not going up 20x30 on the wall, and in most cases are going online, or in a scrapbook or photo album. I'll talk about the quality needed in the real world in another post.
The paltry 8 Megapixels of resolution are more than enough for what they're going to be used for. And let's say I really hit one out of the park artistically...if the best I get out of it is an 8x10, well so be it.
Wouldn't you want to have the best quality in the event you got that great, lucky shot?
Well, ideally - yes. But I played that game too many times and got burned leaving my camera in the car or backpack or worse, at home simply because I found it too cumbersome.
So what's worse? Less technical quality or no image at all? I'll take the former each time.
The iPhone is not my choice when I'm shooting "Art" (capital A) photos. But is its the choice for the art (small a) in my life and it does the job quite well.
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