[LRflex] Re: Mobile phone photography-OT, definitely
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:13:13 -0800 (PST)
Hello Bill,
I like how you're laterally thinking re: A Leica 'Camera Phone'
lens/hardware
module. I am aware of some high quality imagemaking various photographers are
achieving with Apple's iPhone and seen a couple of articles on it in American
Photo (in print) and other places (online). Apple put in a decent sensor
(albeit
small) and a well designed fixed focal length lens into a package that's
eminently portable and generally omnipresent. As 'Leica' types we should all
know it's a whack load easier to design a much 'faster' and much more versatile
lens by 'Skipping' the Optical Design Swampland Which Is "The Zoom". Add in the
aesthetic and photographic freedom of "Prime Lens" Photography and no wonder
they're being flocked to by so many different folks.
It occurs to me that Barnack's Original Concept was to be so much smaller
and
portable than the view cameras and big box cameras of the day. I'm fairly sure
that one could fit Three iPhones in the space of a Single 4"x5" Film Holder!
As for 'Leica' Camera Phones/Camera Phone Parts - I see a seemingly natural
tie in with Apple and their Premium Supplier of Products and Designs and
Leica's
Premium Optics Designer and Supplier mindsets.
Richard in Michigan
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From: William B. Abbott III <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 5:57:43 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Mobile phone photography-OT, definitely
The New York Times
In Smartphone Era, Point-and-Shoots Stay Home
By Sam Grobart
Published December 3, 2010
Ariel Dunitz-Johnson, a 30-year-old illustrator in San Francisco, bought a
point-and-shoot camera in May. But in July, she bought a smartphone, with a
camera built in.
Soon, whenever she wanted to take a picture, she found herself reaching for the
smartphone, a Droid Incredible. She barely uses her point-and-shoot, a
Panasonic
DMC-LX3.
â??Itâ??s much easier to share those pictures with my friends,â?? she
explained,
through social networks or e-mail. â??With my point-and-shoot, I have to plug
it
into my computer and upload the photos. Itâ??s just a few more steps than I
want
to take.â??
For the complete article please go to
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/technology/04camera.html?ref=technology
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This article discusses the shift in popular photography from point and shoot
digital cameras to cameras in mobile phones and the technical improvements
being
made in the design of the latter. The article mentions these data:
> "Flickr, the photo-sharing site, says users add more than three million
> photos
>to its inventory every day. Yet Flickrâ??s data shows that the most popular
>camera
>among its 55 million users is a smartphone, Appleâ??s iPhone 3G. Not a single
>point-and-shoot makes it into its top five. The remaining spots are occupied
>by
>S.L.R.â??s from Canon and Nikon."
I knew this seismic shift to mobile phone photography was underway but I had no
idea it had progressed this far. The Sony-Ericsson C905a Cybershot 8.1
Megapixel, Xenon flash mobile phone is on the market while an 8 megapixel Nokia
mobile phone with a Zeiss lens is said to be in the works. Nokia has been
working with Zeiss for some time now.
For more go to http://www.iphoneography.com/
I have no idea what all this portends for serious photographers and their
suppliers. It may be blasphemy for me to to say this but the modern Ur-Leica
may
not be the S2 but a mobile phone!
It could be relatively inexpensive, easy to carry and operate while hiking,
suitable for mass production, optically equal or superior to the competition,
etc., just what Oskar Barnack was trying to accomplish way back when.
Which mobile phone maker will be the first to feature "Lens and digital
processor by Leica"? Maybe Leica itself.
All the best,
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