[Leica] the ubiquity of the iLeica & the future of photography

[weiljr at earthlink.net (weiljr)]

What is even cooler than your iLeica is you iMotorhead T-shirt. 
Lemmy would be proud.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu>
>Sent: Dec 1, 2009 8:01 AM
>To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: [Leica] the ubiquity of the iLeica & the future of photography
>
>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)
>
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