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I recently spoke with Nigel about the quality of mobile phone photographs. I recently upgraded my cult classic Pocophone F1 to a mid-range Google Pixel, purely because I wanted a better camera. They seem to get among the best reviews at each price point. To say I've been pleasantly surprised is an understatement. I thought the daytime shots would be good but didn't expect difficult night shots to come out as well. I took the phone to Thailand and I think this is the first shot I took with it. A quick handheld snapshot (auto everything) in Bangkok as our group were hurrying across a footbridge, very late for a restaurant booking. Not perfect but my other phone would have turned its nose up at a shot like this. This is straight out of camera. I could improve it in PS but wanted to show what it could do on its own. It'll get better as I learn the settings.
I met with a few esteemed New York photographers (formerly of this parish) on Tuesday night and was surprised to hear that one of them almost exclusively uses her mobile now and has turned off EXIF data when she posts on Flickr. The results are amazing and she receives just as many plaudits as before, if not more.
On last Saturday visited concert where 3 local bands performed. Of course I had my camera and with kind permission from organizers took ton of photos. Maybe consumed rock beers helped me to be more relaxed with shooting as I've filled one card on my camera and had to configure it to use second card. First time, so far I've just used second card for ocassional videos.
You've really captured the dynamism of the concert.
The first is probably the best.
I like #6 because of his foot being so close to the lens.
Number 7 is good too. He's really hamming it up for the camera. I didn't know Nick Faldo played guitar.
I also think the lights around the drum kit are cool.
That is quite impressive. especially when taken quickly under the conditions you mentioned.
Remarkable how sharp the background is for what looks like quite a long exposure time, seems longer than 1/25s in the EXIF, looking at the long white lights of the cars (but maybe those cars were just driving faster?)
Perhaps I need a new phone :-)
I have not been over impressed with my Samsung S20 phone for landscape photos, although it does do a great job of easily and quickly making OOC shots that look pretty good on a phone screen, and they are immediately available for sending to others on Whatsapp.
Very handy indeed!!
Perhaps that is why the German name for a mobile phone is the "Handy" :-)
But, here is a comparison of a "big camera" and that S20 phone for almost the same scene last weekend.
The Z7 picture is zoomed in to 120mm, while the phone is zoomed less, to only 76mm (equivalent)
The phone pic is completely untouched, straight OOC, while I have developed the Z7 RAW image and edited in my usual way.
If you download and look at the details in the mountains and in the trees, the differences are quite obvious, especically if it were to be printed big.
During my recent trip... The morning I entered Shenandoah National Park, it was foggy. The morning I left Shenandoah National Park, it was sunny. This allowed me to get some interesting contrasting photos...
Very nice night image. During my recent trip I took quite a number of shots with my phone that I thought were just grab shots. Several of them I ended up using in my gallery because they turned out so well. In one instance I took shots with my camera and then took a quick shot of the same scene with my phone to make it easier to text to my family. The phone version is the one I ended up using for my gallery.
