Camera-Phone Photos

[Ian H]

Here's one with just the ambient light, using my aging Xperia.

[Jakob]

My favourite hiking trail. 20 meters in from the road and it's like this

[David Martin]

Very impressed with the close up ability of the S6

[Oscar's dad]

Very impressed with the close up ability of the S6

Yeah but if you look real close you'll see that bee has an iPhone 7 and thinks your S6 is shite.  You should see the close ups you can get with an iPhone7!

[David Martin]

Looking around, and trying to not fall off the trig point I was standing on..

2017-03-19_06-27-13 by David Martin, on Flickr

[Salvatore]

The Wiltshire Downs near Adbourne yesterday evening. Moto G4 plus.

[LEE]

The Wiltshire Downs near Adbourne yesterday evening. Moto G4 plus.

That's really nice.  Would be a nice abstract with all the colours dialled up to 11 perhaps

Just playing... to see if a work by the great artist Salvatore would look nice on the wall of my mediterranean villa (if I had a Villa).



I REALLY like it btw.

[LEE]

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.  Through window of a moving car, by my wife.


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It's from a JPG despite it having RAW capability.  There's an amazing dynamic range in there considering it's a jpg....and a phone!

[LEE]

I just inherited my Wife's Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge!!!

I haven't been that bothered by which phone I own before.  For the last five years I've always had one that was Ok in "an emergency".  Lately they have clearly stepped up the game.

Now though I'm quite excited.  I can shoot in RAW at 12Mp and edit in Lightroom.  Testing it tonight on an evening walk.

Edit.  It's a really impressive camera.  RAW lets me dig out an image from a poorly lit scene..



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[andyoxon]

Good pics.  Since getting a MotoG5 I've used the phone more than my Lumix LX3.  This is partly due to convenience (smaller/double click power button and camera opens immediately), but mainly because the phone camera (12MP) is consistently pretty decent, and seems to cope well with tricky lighting owing to HDR functionality (On, Off, Auto) etc.  Macro is good, but I find I need to be careful with the autofocus.

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IMG_20170618_145213614 by ao, on Flickr

IMG_20170618_163452066_HDR by ao, on Flickr

IMG_20170712_074753117_HDR by ao, on Flickr

[LEE]

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

I've stopped carrying my Canon S120 so much since I got this phone.



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[T42]

Great pic. My Moto 3G does 9.7 Mp but Raw? Forget it.

[LEE]

Update on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

I went to Mottisfont yesterday in my Motorhome.  I had my DSLR and a very nice Canon S120 Compact (I'd call it a Pro-level pocket camera).  I took neither with me for the walk round Mottisfont.
I'm perfectly happy to use the phone for my "Snaps" now.

When you consider that the lens is about 3mm in diameter I think it's a modern miracle how much detail and "range" it can capture.  Very, very, impressed with it.

Note.  Image above was RAW and edited in a RAW editor + Photoshop.

[Oscar's dad]

Nice one LEE.

I have a DSLR which I have never really bothered to master and its a pain to lug about.  I'm only a snapper really but do sometimes use the filters built into my iPhone 7's photo capability or I use Instagram filters.  I see no need to use a "proper" camera when I can produce photos like this...



Chaumont Chateau, Loire Valley, French France.

[LEE]

My benchmark for "Snapper" is the '60/'70s Olympus Trip camera.  It was the 35mm camera you'd take out if you couldn't be bothered carrying an SLR and would give you perfectly acceptable results.

I think we're at the point where phone-cameras have reached/exceeded that benchmark.  I certainly can't think of a single reason I'd take an Olympus Trip over my phone now.  What I may do is try a bit of "gritty Street Photography" (The natural home of the Olympus Trip....and ..gulp...Leicas) and see how that looks using my phone.

[Oscar's dad]

I remember the Olympus Trip!  I'm sure my Dad had one or something similar.

The other great thing about camera phones is how easy they make it to share photos which is something i love doing.  And I love being able to look back on my photos as they are all associated with great memories.  If have 1896 on my phone going back to February 2014.

[Ham]

[snip]
I went to Mottisfont yesterday in my Motorhome. 

On a slight alternative path - did you see the Kafe Fassett exhibition?

[LEE]

[snip]
I went to Mottisfont yesterday in my Motorhome. 

On a slight alternative path - did you see the Kafe Fassett exhibition?

Embarrassed to say that we didn't check it out.  It was crammed with biddies sheltering from showers.

[LEE]

At the risk of comments about "Get a shave" (I work at home, nobody sees me, OK?)

Here's a selfie (trying not to look like a selfie) portrait using the S7 Edge.  It's in quite low light and "grainy" but I'd be happy to use it for portraits of others at a push.

What you need to remember is the wide-angle lens distorts subjects close-up.  Better to move away slightly, longer than arms length, and crop in later.

[T42]

I remember the Olympus Trip!  I'm sure my Dad had one or something similar.

I believe we have one in our collection.  Definitely got the wee half-frame Pen E.

Must finish documenting that lot. I kinda hit a lull in 2002.

[LEE]

One of the above is taken on my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and one taken on my Canon S120 "Compact" (At the time a very high-end compact, RRP was £499 at launch).

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Top image is from the phone.  Although they are both cropped in 16:9 at 1920*1080 they are almost identical (to my eyes) in every respect even at full size.  Both were shot in RAW and edited in Camera Raw then Photoshop.

I never thought phones would get to this point

[Kim]

On the basis that a fondleslab is basically just a giant phone, I'll put this one here:



Samsung Galaxy Tab S2.  A camera on a tablet is a lot less useful than one on a phone, but I'm repeatedly amazed at how good this one can be in low light.  It takes respectably decent snaps in normal indoor lighting conditions.  This one's well past the noise limit, but given the subject matter, it's still a pleasing photo^[1].

I doubt my phone (2nd gen MotoG that refuses to die) would manage to see more than the brighter fire-lit surfaces and some of the ground bottom-left.


_{[1] Apart from the Pot Noodle, obviously}

[Oscar's dad]

I never thought phones would get to this point

We're in the Alps right now.  I have two cameras with me, an iPhone 7, its taking beautiful stills, I've even used it for a bit of video.  I also have a GoPro Hero5 Black, which is producing some superb video from a mount attached to the accessory T-bar on the front of my Surly.  Yes, I know the GoPro isn't a phone camera, but my point is its amazing what you can get out of kit that's relatively inexpensive.

[ElyDave]

Tromso airport last November around 2pm, Iphone 5S

Last December, similar light levels in Sweden with my Lumix TZ55.  I use the Lumix for work.

[nicknack]

Tromso airport last November around 2pm, Iphone 5S

Not a phone camera (Nikon F, Ektachrome) but thanks for posting that. I wasn't exactly sure which airport this was (July 1974)