Saturday
Dec042010
Breaking Up With Your Point-and-Shoot
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 12:49PM | Glyn Evans Sam Grobart, technology writer for the New York Times has just posted his article, which many of you help by answering his forum posting "Have you abandoned your point-and-shoot for your iPhone?", and includes my 30 seconds of fame.
"Glyn Evans, 42, from Yeovil, England, said, “The apps were a turning point for me.” Mr. Evans, who works in information technology and founded the Web site iPhoneography.com, dedicated to photography taken with Apple’s iPhone, added, “I have a camera, but it’s gathering dust.”"
The article is all about the demise of the Point-and-Shoot camera in favor of the SmartPhone, and can be read here on the New York Times website.
Reader Comments (9)
When Smartphone camera technology attains the 10+ megapixel level more point-and-shoots will find a quicker path to retirement. However they are still a part of a serious shooter's digital workflow just as are DSLRs and film cams. For the iPhone purist who shoots and processes ONLY on that platform the P/S is already a relic (yes, I have a page at iPhoneart.com and love the iPhone platform, but it is an adjunct and not a replacement).
Thanks Sam for the great article and being mentioned. Great piece that hopefully will finally help the naysayers recognize the iPhone as a genuine tool for making art.
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Love this!!!
awesome! Congrats on your 30 seconds!
LOL, great video!
wow. if you were my ex and that's how you break up with me...monologuing and all...i'd have broken up with you way before this happened.
Thanks Sam, this gave me the strength to have my own conversation with my P&S. It's been coming for a long time and we both knew it, but I needed a catalyst and this was it.
Thanks again.
I'm a vegan food blogger and I take pictures of all the food I cook for my website. I'm currently using a point and shoot on a tripod, but I'm looking to upgrade. Do you think the iPhone would be sufficient for my photography needs?
In the 60 Days Photocompetition of our daily photonewssite AmsterdamBeeld we chose for the first time a iPhone photo, made by Hans Vink from Noordwijk, the Netherlands. He photographed a Dickens scene in the streets of his hometown with a iPhone. He is the 43 rd winner of the daily photocompetition. Hans Vink is a professional photographer.
More information:
AmsterdamBeeld is the daily photonewssite of Amsterdam and surroundings. The site organizes somtetimes a photocompetition. The 60 Days Photocompetition is now going on and will end with choosing the all over winner on the 1st of january 2011.
The photocompetition is not limited by the borders of Amsterdam. People who are participating the photcompetition are coming from Holland and Belgium.
12th of december 2010