ok im semi biased to camera phones as ive mostly had shite ones
i have a 'propper' camera (panasonic 12x optical zoom) for normal camera use and the mobiles ive regarded akin to those kodak cardboard single use jobbies, stick it in your pocket and take candid snaps (hell when they used to sell the camera as a cable add on i knew they would be misused under tables ... only cos thats what i would have done with one ;) )
i avoided digital for a long time waiting for the mega pixel price bracket to come to a decent level, i left my APS 200mm lense set up for this toy and its more than paid for itself in the lack of processing (£10 boots 1 hour with CD service) sometimes 5 rolls at a time during festival period ... i now trake the equivelant of one roll on a single band now safe in the knowledge i dont have to shell out any more
but i still look down on mobile cameras as a gimmic, even if they have a good mega pixel they lack the zoom and flash features i need/like
i never use flash at night as the stage lights do enough and all flash does is illuminate the back of other peoples heads
but my 1 year old nokia (well it could be an older model thats how long i had it for) was grainy as f' and when i 'zoomed' all it did was crop from full mega pixel to 640*480 ... i could have done that myself
i have a 'propper' camera (panasonic 12x optical zoom) for normal camera use and the mobiles ive regarded akin to those kodak cardboard single use jobbies, stick it in your pocket and take candid snaps (hell when they used to sell the camera as a cable add on i knew they would be misused under tables ... only cos thats what i would have done with one ;) )
i avoided digital for a long time waiting for the mega pixel price bracket to come to a decent level, i left my APS 200mm lense set up for this toy and its more than paid for itself in the lack of processing (£10 boots 1 hour with CD service) sometimes 5 rolls at a time during festival period ... i now trake the equivelant of one roll on a single band now safe in the knowledge i dont have to shell out any more
but i still look down on mobile cameras as a gimmic, even if they have a good mega pixel they lack the zoom and flash features i need/like
i never use flash at night as the stage lights do enough and all flash does is illuminate the back of other peoples heads
but my 1 year old nokia (well it could be an older model thats how long i had it for) was grainy as f' and when i 'zoomed' all it did was crop from full mega pixel to 640*480 ... i could have done that myself