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There’s an App for That!Fun with Your Smart Phone Camera

Nancy RosenbaumAugust 8, 2012

8/7/2012 1Goddard Photo Club

Phone Cameras Are Gaining in Acceptance

• “The Apple iPhone 4 is currently the most popular 'camera' on Flickr.com”

• “…More and more, images from smartphones are appearing in online publications and even the occasional newspaper story, that would traditionally have been the preserve of professionals carrying 'serious' cameras.”

• Damon Winter, Staff Photographer from The New York Times garnered some unwarranted notoriety after winning third place for a feature submitted to the Pictures of the Year International 2011 competition. The pictures were made with an iPhone using Hipstamatic - an app not known for its subtle manipulation.

Source: “How smartphones are changing digital photography”, dpreview.com


Interstate Rainbow, Baltimore

Why Shoot With a Camera Phone?• You can take, manipulate

and disseminate your shots in no time at all, on the same platform

• You don’t need to be at a computer to upload or share photos

• You can take your phone into concerts, briefings, or other places where your camera would be unwelcome or prohibited; it’s more discrete

• A phone does not seem as intrusive as a large camera

• It’s always with you


Self-Portrait with Building 8 Sunset

Sensor Size

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From “How the iPhone 4S’ Camera Sensor Compares with a Point and Shoot and Full Frame DSLR”, by Casey Chan, Gizmodo

Image Quality• Resolution

More megapixels =greater resolution

• Sensor Larger sensor = less noise


Camera megapixels Largest quality prints

4 MP 11" x 14"

5-6 MP 16" x 20"

8 MP 20" x 30"

10 MP Poster size

Image Quality


From “Smartphone Camera Battle: iPhone 4S vs. the Android Elite”, Tim Moynihan, PCWorld

Types of Apps

• Editing – Exposure, contrast, saturation, cropping, etc.

• Effects – Sepia, tint, pen and ink, fade, etc.• Utility – HDR, depth of field, sun angle, etc.• Photo Sharing


Simple DoF (Depth of Field)


Focalware


Calculate position of the sun andmoon from rise to set

Camera Plus Pro

Includes filters, borders, basic adjustments, cropping


Retro CameraSelect “vintage” camerasfor different effects


Lego

Convert to “Lego” image


Cartoon Camera Fx Plus


AccessoriesSchneider Optics' iPro Lens System for the Apple iPhone 4 turns the phone's fixed camera lens into a telephoto or fisheye via included converter lenses


Dot Line Corp.’s Smartphone Clip with Mini Tripod

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