An interesting commentary from The New Yorker written from the viewpoint of a photographer who has seen many changes in his life. http://t.co/EBP74t1sUy
Your never going to convince me that the ease of sharing is better than the quality of the image. In a few years, or even now, dslr's will be sharing to Facebook direct, and that will be better than an iphone 6 or even 7
Interesting article. I don't think I buy into his prediction though. No matter what data comes with or, instead of an image--a picture still means more, reveals more, and is "worth more than a thousand words...."
A beautiful print blows any other format out of the water - there is something so special about it. Immediacy is just not very important to me and I suspect this guy has fallen out of love with photography and in love with social media. Facebook and Twitter will wear thin way before photography.
Whether technology will advance to the point where smartphones can give one the same features and control and create images of the same quality as those of a professional level full-frame Nikon or Canon DSLR, remains a question most of us cannot forthrightly answer. At the moment, images taken with a Nikon D800E and pro lens (in the right hands) will blow anything any smartphone can do out of the water, especially when it comes to some aspects of an image like shallow dof or low light. I can see the usefulness of having an ultra portable camera which can connect to social media. As for beautiful images to hang up on the wall? I'll be keeping the Nikon thanks!
@dgcarter@japers45@paulam@quixoticneophyte@iwatts@grizzlysghost@soren A postscript to this discussion. A friend just returned from visiting her daughter serving in the Peace Corps in Cameroon. She observed that just as there was never an infrastructure for landlines in that country and now everyone has cell phones, it appears that no one uses traditional cameras but instead takes photos with iPads and phones. Although people are happy to pose for friends, she told me that it is against the cultural mores to point your camera at a stranger (If you were caught taking a picture, the subject would point at you and scold loudly.) The one exception was a professional photographer who set up a Santa Claus chair for pictures to be taken with Santa.
It was a sad moment - maybe circa about 2010/11 - when photos on my Facebook news feed went from fairly high quality 10 megapixel affairs to blurred, noisy VGA front-camera 'selfies' on iPhones.
Right now I have three cameras, the 5MP on my Samsung for general usage, a fairly cheap point-and-shoot Canon for something a bit extra, and a Fujifilm bridge for the really special moments. Will be interesting in a few years once budget smartphones start really ramping up their camera quality, it's slowly but surely happening already.
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Right now I have three cameras, the 5MP on my Samsung for general usage, a fairly cheap point-and-shoot Canon for something a bit extra, and a Fujifilm bridge for the really special moments. Will be interesting in a few years once budget smartphones start really ramping up their camera quality, it's slowly but surely happening already.