Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neither did Mae West. This does sound like a very viable idea. When you?re carrying around a big, tremendously high-resolution touch screen (much bigger and better than the 1-Mpx LCDs on the backs of even the high-end ?real? cameras) and a whole bunch of memory in your pocket every day already, why not use it in conjunction with a decent-sized lens and sensor without taking on all the baggage of another screen and all the structure needed to support it and attach it to the lens/sensor and provide all the mechanical controls that are part of a ?real? camera? Other than doing without a viewfinder, I don?t see much downside to it. Leica should do it too, with a FF sensor, an M flange, and an R adapter. And a Monochrom model. Any leica glass ever made, through-the-lens viewfinding, immediate connectivity, in-device rudimentary post-processing, video for those so inclined... ?howard > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information