Author Topic: Camera-Phone Photos (Read 121481 times)

LEE · « **Reply #225 on:** 26 November, 2014, 02:25:28 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 26 November, 2014, 01:55:23 pm

That's excellent stuff, Lee, thanks. But really, a camera and a cathedral and you are "forced to kill time"?! You'll be telling me next that being from Stockport forced you to support Manchester Utd.

peter

OK I admit it, Salisbury isn't such a bad place to be stuck in for an hour, and, on the subject of Stockport County, I always said I'd support County if they ever played Manchester United in any tournament. But don't worry, I've spent several miserable damp evenings at Edgeley Park as well as less miserable ones at O.T.

LEE · « **Reply #226 on:** 26 November, 2014, 02:26:48 pm »

I think I'll see what the App "FV-5" is like. Apparently it allows a lot of manual control of phone cameras.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #227 on:** 27 November, 2014, 03:20:09 pm »

No photo to post but just to say that pcolbeck junior has a Nokia Windows phone with a 20 megapixel camera. The photos are quite stunning really. The OS is horrible though (well I think so, pcolbeck junior loves it).

LEE · « **Reply #228 on:** 24 February, 2015, 11:18:02 pm »

One from the Motorola Moto G Mk2 today.

Given nice sunny conditions it is now no longer an issue when you leave your "real" camera at home. For a £150 phone it doesn't half produce nice results as a camera.

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It never ceases to amaze me just how much detail can be resolved through a lens 2mm in diameter.

Peter · « **Reply #229 on:** 25 February, 2015, 04:37:42 pm »

Lee, those are great. Somewhere on The Solent?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #230 on:** 25 February, 2015, 06:27:27 pm »

Lee on Solent?

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #231 on:** 25 February, 2015, 06:46:19 pm »

Both iPhone 4S panoramas, 4 shots each, stitched with Adobe Bridge.

LEE · « **Reply #232 on:** 25 February, 2015, 06:57:34 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 25 February, 2015, 06:27:27 pm

Lee on Solent?

16km East of Lee on Solent. Near the road-bridge to Hayling Island, my Back to the Royal Oak pub (yes, the Royal Oak is in a rather splendid location).

Ian H · « **Reply #233 on:** 25 February, 2015, 07:12:49 pm »

Here's a simple pic from my phone. The thing is, I cannot remember where on earth it was taken. Any ideas?

LEE · « **Reply #234 on:** 07 March, 2015, 11:11:31 pm »

Grabbed my wife's Samsung Galaxy 5S as we drove home this evening.

It's a photogenic spot on the River test nearby but the Galaxy is a heck of a phone when it comes to image quality. Very impressed. Did a much better job than my Motorola Moto G (which I've been impressed with). Mind you it is 3x the price.

Last of the evening sun on the nicest day of 2015 so far.

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Ian H · « **Reply #235 on:** 07 March, 2015, 11:15:26 pm »

Here's the extreme Southwest of Dorset on a sunny day (today, in fact).

Shot with a Sony Z1.

LEE · « **Reply #236 on:** 18 March, 2015, 09:13:48 am »

Quote from: LEE on 07 March, 2015, 11:11:31 pm

Grabbed my wife's Samsung Galaxy 5S as we drove home this evening.

It's a photogenic spot on the River test nearby but the Galaxy is a heck of a phone when it comes to image quality. Very impressed. Did a much better job than my Motorola Moto G (which I've been impressed with). Mind you it is 3x the price.

Last of the evening sun on the nicest day of 2015 so far.

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My Sony K800i shot from 2008 (before fishing hut was washed away and rebuilt last year)

tiermat · « **Reply #237 on:** 18 March, 2015, 09:27:01 am »

Shot using my OPO with ColorOS Camera to produce a 50Mp picture.

The tower of Towers Hotel, Jersey Marine, Swansea.

LEE · « **Reply #238 on:** 06 April, 2015, 01:28:36 pm »

Yesterday in Battersea. Motorola Moto G Mk2.

I'm still very pleased with the phone.

A couple of in-phone image tweaks.

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Obligatory London bus crossing a bridge

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Riggers · « **Reply #239 on:** 27 April, 2015, 01:47:17 pm »

Some of what little Bradley's been up to this year (Instagram: @mr.rigs):

Had a visit to Granada in February:

I told him he couldn't go offroading with these Granada chaps:

Up at the Alahambra:

Offroading north of Chichester in March:

Visiting Hong Kong in April:

A view from Bradley's manager's son's kitchen:

Cycling along Queen's Street:

Mixing it with the traffic in Kowloon:

Cycled down to the beach at Big Wave Bay:

Cycles past the big Buddha on Lantau island:

Encounters a fan dressed as a giant Panda:

Watches Kung Fu practice in Kowloon Park. Despite their looks, they were jolly friendly and loved Bradley:

Cycled up The Peak:

Puffs and pants his way along The Dragon's Back walk:

Does a bit of 'Art':

loafer · « **Reply #240 on:** 20 June, 2015, 04:14:21 pm »

Nokia Lumia 920

popped to the bin and found............. Brian

... its very damp here today

billplumtree · « **Reply #241 on:** 21 June, 2015, 06:05:34 pm »

National Media Museum, Bradford by billplumtree, on Flickr

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #242 on:** 21 June, 2015, 11:40:52 pm »

"You lookin' at at me?"

T42 · « **Reply #243 on:** 22 June, 2015, 07:39:27 am »

LEE · « **Reply #244 on:** 22 June, 2015, 08:32:57 am »

Quote from: loafer on 20 June, 2015, 04:14:21 pm

Nokia Lumia 920

popped to the bin and found............. Brian ... its very damp here today

Weirdly if you remove the shell from a Snail it makes them more sluggish.

Wombat · « **Reply #245 on:** 22 June, 2015, 01:04:57 pm »

Quote from: billplumtree on 21 June, 2015, 06:05:34 pm

National Media Museum, Bradford by billplumtree, on Flickr

Yep, I stared at that photo for quite a while, too. Went there a few weeks ago, after doing an event in Leeds.

T42 · « **Reply #246 on:** 22 June, 2015, 09:29:34 pm »

We have the Nat Geog that originally appeared in/on. Funny feeling having seen the beginning of something that later became as famous.

LEE · « **Reply #247 on:** 14 December, 2015, 10:08:50 am »

Two phones, 9 years.

...and a rebuilt fishing hut.

LEE · « **Reply #248 on:** 25 May, 2016, 08:35:10 pm »

Motorola Moto G (2nd gen) £100

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Samsung Galaxy S5 (£350 ?)

BIGGER

The household is about to take delivery of a (too mind-boggling expensive for me) Galaxy S7 Edge. I'm interested to see what results that gives.

One thing is clear to me though. If you just want traditional 6x4 prints or images to simply display on another phone then the £100 Motorola Moto G is fantastically adequate as a camera. The differences only really start to emerge once you drill down and start pixel-peeping. a 10" Tablet starts to reveal the quality of the Samsung S5 camera.

For reference here is an image from a Canon S120 compact (albeit a >£400 compact when released).
It was set to a very wide 24mm, so it's not a perfect comparison.

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For a well lit, wide-angle, scene, with no difficult lighting (high contrast or very flat) then you may as well reach for a phone as a camera. Certainly a simple, £100, Jpeg-only compact camera won't buy you much extra.

Add difficult lighting, or the need for nice portratits, then the RAW capability of a decent camera and optical zoom, are really needed to get something decent.

It would be an interesting challenge to do some portraits using a phone camera.

LEE · « **Reply #249 on:** 31 May, 2016, 12:59:16 pm »

Samsung Galaxy S5 (my new hand-me-down).

It would make a high quality 20x16" print no bother.

Here's a 1920x1080 pixel crop

It's a step up in phone camera quality for me. Dynamic range is a bit limited (or maybe I'm just not used to jpegs any more). There's no detail in the whites despite it being a fairly overcast day.

Still, forgetting my camera has become a little bit less of an issue.

Processed RAW image from an EOS 100D for comparison. Lots more detail in the whites & shadows (Though many people prefer the contrasty, slightly-over-the-top look. RAW gives you that option as well of course.).

Worth noting that my Wife's new phone, the Galaxy S7 Edge has RAW capability as well. I need to play.