Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use a Droid. The apps available are more than I would use in my own digital/silver based images. But I find the ability to use minimal controls not to be too dissimilar than a RF, or a basic view camera. The images download to a card (16gigs), making post production possible. But there I just tend to bring out the faces, and leave well enough alone on the rest. S.d. On Sep 17, 2010, at 11:53 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote: > I find the cell phone challenging for art photography because there's so > very little control built into the camera, you essentially have two > buttons "meter/focus" and "take the photo" -- and for something like this: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/iphone-daph-1.jpg > > which is an unextrordinary metering job for someone with even the meanest > dslr, when trying to do it with a camera phone you need to bring in other > sources of light (in this case in the form of reflectors) to keep the > contrast low to keep the camera from blowing the highlights. I don't know > that it's ground glass, but it requires similar skill to exposing an > ordinary frame, you just have to imagine that nearly all of your controls > are inoperable. Let too little light onto the shot and the camera will > auto-lift the ISO to mind numbing numbers and you'll just have a bowl of > grain for breakfast.... > > I think the pre visualization is important, but with a camera phone you > need to be more aware of the minutia instead of the gross. Or you can just > let everything blow out and chalk it up to DIY style..... > > > On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:33 PM, slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> So far, it's been corporate people who are taking the class. >> I've seen what some of my "fine art" acquaintances are doing digitally. >> They just haven't been able to get it. >> I'll let the cat out if the bag on this one. >> If you are used to shooting RF, and/or with a ground-glass, the phone >> camera is a cake walk. >> The phone camera is basic ground-glass photography. On the other hand, >> with the ability to pre-visualize learned from using a RF, you can shoot >> with any photographic instrument, regardless of quality, or mechanical >> complexity. >> If you've only known photography through the 35mm SLR, there will be a >> steeper learning curve. >> S.d. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information