Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, The phone is just the viewfinder and control, the sensor is a 4/3rd inside the Olympus. You do not use the phone's tiny sensor. What is a "real" camera? ? And I find nothing wrong with having a bulge in my pocket. Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.net 504-231-6261 On Jul 01, 2015, at 02:28 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 1. Turns you into a person professing a serious interest in photography > looking for an excuse to leave your camera at home so you never have to put > down your iPhone. > 2. Turns your beloved slippery smart phone into something making a bulge in > your pocket. Won't slip in and out of your pocket so fast. But get caught > on > the stitching. You might need to go out and get a Captain Kangaroo jacket. > 3, Is having a separate compact camera really such a hassle? Its not like > you are juggling the camera with its battery and sensor in the air all at > the same time. Its all fits in the camera. > 4. 4/3's glass or Leica glass does not make the tiny sensor on your smart > phone any bigger. It just makes it more ridiculous. > 5. Put a real camera in your other pocket. > 6. The sensors on smart phones are so small its near impossible to get the > spec on just how small they are. What is a normal lens for a smart phone > 4mm's? If they told you they'd have to kill you. > > > On 6/30/15 5:05 PM, "Dante Stella" <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: > >> Everything you detest about separate cameras (more batteries, cards, bulk) >> combined with everything you hate about taking smartphone pictures >> (slippery >> phones, clumsy applications). What could go wrong?! > > Dante