tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post7849676846522381760..comments2024-03-29T05:47:08.860+10:00Comments on in my view ...: have phones killed digital cameras?obakesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743339737847465926noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post-31981359359071542562016-10-28T11:59:40.533+10:002016-10-28T11:59:40.533+10:00Great analysis. I think it's true that most p...Great analysis. I think it's true that most people misinterpret the fall of digital cameras by lumping ALL digital cameras as in the same declining rate. As you have demonstrated, the demand of "serious" digital cameras stays pretty consistent at the rate of the fall, not dramatic as the point and shoots.Lens Bubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06445561503570800312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post-76993223531057225222016-10-27T16:25:25.292+10:002016-10-27T16:25:25.292+10:00(which I don't have now, cos I sold my hose an...(which I don't have now, cos I sold my hose and all my tools are in boxes at a mates shed)obakesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743339737847465926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post-28915341959147093862016-10-27T16:24:42.285+10:002016-10-27T16:24:42.285+10:00Hi
>I distinguish between mere recording and c...Hi<br /><br />>I distinguish between mere recording and conscious drive and passion to create an image.<br /><br />yep ... that wording works for me.<br /><br /><br />As to tools, well I like my LF camera (which is much more unweildy) as well as my m43rds as well as my phone.<br /><br />Each are different, each do the tasks differently. I would not want to be shooting an PR event with my Phone nor with my LF camera. Equally there are things that my m43rds can't do that my LF camera can ... equally the phone has its advantages to me, in that its always in my pocket.<br /><br />I'm not trying to make a case for which is a better tool ... just that I do use a leatherman as well as all the tools in my shedobakesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743339737847465926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post-17351310044133055462016-10-27T10:37:11.878+10:002016-10-27T10:37:11.878+10:00semantically anybody that makes images is a photog...semantically anybody that makes images is a photographer but I know what you mean. I distinguish between mere recording and conscious drive and passion to create an image. Occasionally I am just recording but it doesn't feel right; I am more in tune with myself when I "create".<br />Any camera however is just a tool, although the line blurs sometimes when I hear people defending their choices like it's religion ;-)<br />So, if it's a tool, I view the phone as a multi-tool affair with screwdriver, pliers, wrench cutting blade and god-know-what else in one. A dedicated camera (ideally with interchangeable lenses) is to me a finely tuned job-specific tool. I know which one I prefer if I find pleasure and satisfaction in doing the task.gnarlydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783031534973509076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post-11963782356432947142016-10-26T15:01:01.366+10:002016-10-26T15:01:01.366+10:00Gnarly, if I see your point correctly I think that...Gnarly, if I see your point correctly I think that you're saying that for you having the right tool helps you get creative.<br /><br />have I distilled that correctly?<br /><br />For myself I started to make extensive use of digital cameras in Japan, where previously I'd used 35mm and other film cameras. I initially sought something to suppliment my "proper" camera and picked up a basic model to take shots.<br /><br />Consequentially for me at least I feel quite happy using a phone as a camera and am not limited or intruded upon by the format or the fact that it has other functions.<br /><br />Where I choose to use (and prefer) my m43 camera (or any of my others) is only when I feel that I can't make what I "see" as a vision with the phone camera.<br /><br />To me all cameras are helpful for the task of recording or documenting, but having a camera in your hands (to me) does not make you a photographer, its the desire to attain a creative an outcome that makes you a photographer.obakesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743339737847465926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709537690528523236.post-24037324942985609112016-10-26T13:25:33.991+10:002016-10-26T13:25:33.991+10:00Once a personal acquires a phone with a camera (pr...Once a personal acquires a phone with a camera (pretty much any current offering) he/she becomes a photographer. I don't know anybody that has not taken an image on their phone, or others', myself included (I regard phones as phones, not as cameras!).<br />Then comes the difference: are we just happy recording and sharing or are we driven by the desire to create unique art, with little to no intention to record an event/place for memory sake?<br />I think the latter might be better served by a tool that is dedicated to create images versus a multitasking tool that acts primarily as a mobile phone and happens to have a lens in-built too. While incredible (yes, I use the right word: hard to believe) work has been created on the iPhone (great marketing from them) I just can't bring myself to get in the frame of mind to create something photographically that doesn't make me wish I had a better tool. Documenting is no longer my priority...gnarlydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783031534973509076noreply@blogger.com