Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that Adobe has released a version of Photoshop for the iPhone, I think the future is inching closer by the nanosecond. Kudos to you and John. Nice work by each of you. --Bob ==On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > I've lately found myself turning to the 1/4 inch camera built into my > iPhone more and more. Not just because of its accessibility but also > because of the built in sharing -- an immediacy accelerated even from that > which we're growing accustomed to in digital. These days we sit back after > shoots and review with models or family members minutes after the photo > was taken, but I'm finding with the phone I'm also posting them within > minutes of taking them. Often I'll finish up a "real" shoot with a few > iPhone shots. Quality? There's very little, but there's something > intangible that comes back as an advantage. Community maybe, the engine of > one's peers, and the motivation that they're doing things and you can't > continue sitting out the game. > > > Here's a photo from the weekend ?-- I think it came out particularly well: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/tnx-iphone1.jpg > > > I suspect that as technology improves regular cameras will catch up with > their cellular counterparts and we'll be uploading directly from our M10's > and the LUG, or whatever incarnation of camera clubs there are, will > incorporate more real-time sharing, publication, and review. I'm not sure > that it's superior to the old model, but I suspect it's inevitable. > > Kyle > > > > (I should also mention that thanks to John Lee of the NYLUG my iPhone now > has much street cred: http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/leica-iphone.jpg) >