Cell phone photography

[Sherlock]

Occasionally my cell phone has become my camera, in particular I enjoy using the "night sight" setting on my Google Pixel 4a phone, it works quite well in that mood, just hold the phone very firm...

One photo from tonight at sunset, with some automotive content...



And here is one I took last summer downtown with night mode on the phone, just got lucky with the VW Pickup being there...

 

[GregW]

Cell phones have come a long way for sure and they sure are handy. I've read good reviews of the Pixel. I like the macro ability of the Samsung S10. No cropping here.

 

[DrEntropy]

I'll say again: soon there will be a cell phone photo awarded a Pulitzer. Just a matter of time.

 

[Sherlock]

I'll say again: soon there will be a cell phone photo awarded a Pulitzer. Just a matter of time.

I know some pro photographers who use a high quality cell phone as part of their workflow, they also will typically still have their camera body as well

I still prefer to use a camera and lens, there is something about the "feel" of using a camera compared to using a cell phone screen... Maybe that means I'm too old fashioned... But ultimately a camera will take a better photo, but time might change that...

 

[DrEntropy]

Maybe that means I'm too old fashioned... But ultimately a camera will take a better photo, but time might change that...

Yep, I agree. To me a camera in-hand is something that's part and parcel of a professional image maker, so far. But the rapid developments in digital imaging make it inevitable the change will come IMHO.

It may seem funny, but at a point in my Air Force experience I came to realize I'd been in a "zone" when having the camera between me and whatever the subject was. Isolated from events yet able to record them. A feeling of disconnection, of invulnerability. It had existed from an early age, as I was first learning the craft. The re-evaluation came with the news that a pal and fellow USAF photojournalist had been on a SAR mission and the HH-53 he was in had been shot down, all crew presumed KIA. My 'bubble' of invulnerability was popped. But the tactile feel of a camera is still more "comforting" than any cell phone could be. I want an eyepiece to view and compose images, not some flat LED view screen. To me they're awkward to use. So count me among the "old fashioned" as well.

 

[GregW]

Dslr or cell?

 

[Sherlock]

Cell phone, just because... And it is a nice photo

 

[DrEntropy]

Looking at the angle of acceptance and DoF, I'll guess cell. And same reason as James, just because. No way to be certain though.

 

[GregW]

"just because" I suppose I could have made it more of a challenge by not putting it in a cell phone thread. It was from a cell phone. I did the post processing on the phone as well. Incidentally, if any of you watched the recent Perry Mason on HBO, this scarecrow made an appearance in the season finally.