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With the announcement of huge drops in profits for many photographic retailers, how much of this is due to the popularity of mobile/cell phone cameras?
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I recently went to an Eric Clapton concert and there were a lot of people taking photos with their phones. So I think that the mobile phone cameras have a bit of an effect due to the casual users.
I don't use my cell phone camera 'regularly', only to document damage to a computer or other network equipment. Fortunately I have only used it twice in the past 4 years.
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Y' know I don't often think about using it and also the fact that the pictures taken are less than 1 megapixel. They look good as wallpaper and screensavers on the phone itself, after I pull 'em off and tweak them. I have a better camera for general photography and use that much more.
Scott
I had to go to a lot of trouble to buy a phone without a camera. They are a waste of time and many workplaces will not permit entry of a camera phone. I had a camera with video/still etc and only had occasion to try to use it once. The pictures were not usable.
If you want to take pictures buy a camera!
Yuck - waste of time... I could only see using my camera phone in case of an emergency, like documenting an accident
Camera phone = toy camera
As a spy I find I frequently have a need to use my phone camera to record top secret documents etc.
I also have a high resolution camera built into my belt buckle.
Regards, 006 Ross Macintosh
No cell phone - No brain tumor!
Well, the camera on my phone is 3Mp, so I often use it because I have it with me and it takes reasonable pictures. My older phone had a 1.3Mp camera and that was well used as well. Neither camera is as good as a deicated camera, but the advantage is I'm almost always carrying it.
Paul
Whats a cell phone <G>
Peter
like put your "cell phone" the waiting list or put your "cell phone" trial.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter M
Lost me there parahandy..
Anyway, cell phones are what Mulder and Sculley use..
.. we don't use them in the UK.. ;-)
Just a play on words Paul put your cell phone = "put your self on"Quote:
Originally Posted by pauland
Aha...
Wikipedia A mobile or cellular telephone is a long-range, portable electronic device for personal telecommunications over long distances. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception are satellite phones).Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter M
Mobile phones are distinct from cordless telephones, which generally operate only within a limited range of a specific base station. Technically, the term mobile phone includes such devices as satellite phones and pre-cellular mobile phones such as those operating via MTS which do not have a cellular network, whereas the related term cell(ular) phone does not. In practice, the two terms are used nearly interchangeably.
Used it a couple of times to get wallpaper image for phone display - but use my trusty old Nikon Coolpix digital camera for anything I want to keep or use elsewhere.
yes I use it a lot.
But I must say that my normal 3.3 megapixel sony DSC-P1 camera (couple of years old) makes crisper photo`s then my sony ericsson K800i.which is also
3.2 megapixel.
I use it at my work if I made something, always proof how it looked
when I left it (and otherwise I can still photoshop it right ;) , neah just kidding).
But the thing is, you always have it with you, so it is just handy.
Yes, mobile phone cameras aren't as good as their dedicated counterparts - I guess it's because of the lens size issue. Still, as you say it's always to hand.
Paul
The cell phone pix I've taken are really crappy, so I just don't bother. For "serious" pix I use a Nikon D-200 (10.2 MP) and for the "quickies" I'd use a cell phone camera for, I've got a Sony DSC-7 (5.1 MP).
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Will
I am the same as Paul because i always carry it I have for those impromptu moments and it works. It is as easy to download as a digital camera and the result from a 3 meg. mobile is as good as a 4 year old digital camera if you don't use the zoom. Also what a nice way to share your experiences but with your friends and can you remember the times when you used to go to concerts and were searched for cameras that does not happen any more thank goodness.
Hello, everybody
I think right now there is alot of cameras that people using.
I don't use my cell camera alot.
I'm a high school student and I'm using it only when there's a girls fight. =)
but it don't happen very often. =(
my cellphone camera takes lousy pictures......I dont think anything will beat a good digital camera
Absolutely right, however it takes much better pictures than the digital camera you aren't carrying!Quote:
Originally Posted by quickdraw
Paul
clever lad, that.
geo.