Wow. I didn't know my phone had it in
it.
In one way I'm very old-school. Unlike
most people, when I take pictures, I prefer to use a camera instead
of my phone. I know; consider me a technological Luddite, if you
must. But just because you have the latest technology doesn't mean
that it's the “best” technology for something. It just means
it's the latest technology. And while phones can do a lot these
days, they haven't yet, at least in my opinion, surpassed actual
cameras as the best way of taking pictures. You can't get good depth
of field or focus, and on many phone cameras, light can be an issue.
That's why I inwardly cringe when I see people using their phones to
document important moments in their lives.
And that's why I use a camera, a real
camera, to do the same thing.
Don't be mistaken. I do use a phone
camera. I don't use it often, and usually only when I need to
document something at that moment or when I don't have another camera
to do the job. I'd much prefer to use a real camera with a real lens
and real controls. But if need be, I will whip out my phone and take
a picture. Over the years, I've accumulated quite the collection on
my phone, so I figured I should back them up, which I did over the
weekend. And when looking through those backed-up pictures, I
noticed two things. I noticed that the technical quality on a lot of
them left something (or a lot) to be desired, especially indoors
shots.
And I also noticed that my phone DID
really take some nice pictures, especially outdoors.
Want a few examples?
Now, I will (probably) never ditch my
real cameras to exclusively use a phone, no matter how much better
the lenses or the processing chips get. Like I said before, you can
capture stuff with a real camera that you just can't with a phone.
Yet I probably won't be as hesitant to use my phone to get a shot
when I don't have a camera, especially if the shots are well-lit
and/or they're of a fleeting moment in time that can't ever be
captured again...like some of the shots I noticed while looking
through my phone pictures. After all, it's better to have a phone
picture of something than no picture at all, right?
So there you go. Maybe I'm not as much
of a technological Luddite as you thought!
(ps—Here's the link to the "15 Minutes” I did with Marquette city planner Dave
Stensaas Friday. It's a dorktacular chat about zoning changes and
outdated codes, with one interesting discovery on my part. Because
of the fact that Marquette is running out of land on which to built,
expect future growth to be up, instead of out, something that's
become readily apparent here in downtown Marquette!)
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