Lately I’ve been digging using my iPhone as a relatively lo-fi point-and-shoot camera for when I don’t feel like lugging out my D300. The iPhone’s camera isn’t bad, but it also isn’t all that great. It has good resolution for web and small to medium prints. There’s plenty of data for post-processing (in fact, all images shot with an iPhone could use a bit of post regardless). And, unlike my D300, it fits in my pocket and it doesn’t scream “look at my giant black camera of DOOM”.
Here are a few photos that I snapped yesterday:
Anyone who’s used camera phones can see that these are obviously not straight out of camera. These were taken with an iPhone and then processed in Lightroom. (I’m not a purist when it comes to photography.) Even then, I am continually impressed with the nice results I can get when I work with iPhone photos. I even printed out some of the images at 8″ x 10″ to hang in Margaret’s apartment, and they look really good.
My iPhone is no substitute for a good compact camera (I’ve been eying the Panasonic Lumix LX3…), but it works fine if I’m not in a rush and don’t need super-high-quality images. It’s the one camera that is always with me. Can’t say the same for my other “real” cameras.
WOW. I am blown away, sir. Are you using any special techniques (besides your normal bag of lightroom tricks)? I had no idea the iPhone could look that good.
I picked up a Lumix not too long ago. Been happy with it. A worthy successor to my Canon SDx00.
Nothing really fancy. I have a few presets that I use on jpegs that work pretty with iPhone photos plus a little tweaking. I was surprised the first time I messed around with iPhone photos. Not a bad camera at all.
I’ve heard that the Lumix’s are nice cameras. I played with an LX3 the other day and really like it. It’s definitely on my Christmas list. :)
where do you go to get your slide film cross processed in c-41? i’ve gone a few places and no one will do it.
unless you do it yourself. i dont know how to do that.
@frankie: There are pro labs in Seattle that will do it. 60 Minute Photo on Capitol Hill and Panda Photo in Lower Queen Anne are the two most popular ones.