I have a lot of film to process. Chemicals in the darkroom have gone bad and need to be remixed. But still I make sluggish progress. The Vespa makes it to Saint’s Cafe on another crisp Sunday morning to bemoan my indolence with Gordon.
Magic tea with my everything bagel surely will re-energize my creative world.
Shooting with the iPhone is a bit liberating—I don’t care about much photographically with it. It’s like being a kid again. A kid with a Vespa…
— Posted from my iPhone
The GPS/timestamping is invaluable. I haven’t shopped for digital cameras in a long time, but I was shocked when I went to Canon’ and then Nikon’s web sites to look for digital cameras that integrate GPS — and found zero. There are a handful of expensive add-on devices that will GPS track photos, but they are all needlessly complex.
The Nikon Coolpix P6000 is a point and shoot that has built in GPS. Supposedly, it kind of kills the battery. The focus and exposure control that is now on the iPhone (3GS) has really mad it nicer to use. To me, it is more significant than the higher resolution.
I like that you have the iphone to play around with – but I must admit that the quality of the pictures that the iphone is producing is a significant (really) downgrade from the cameras you were otherwise taking. I must admit that I don’t like it quite as much. I am mildly hoping that the thrill of the new toy will wear off and you will go back to your regularly schedule programming.
My two cents.
Hey! That’s my parking spot and the landing where I had the fight with “Orange Shoelaces Boy” that I told you about. Hey are you messing with my head? g; – ) Paul
RickRussellTX: I turned the GPS function off on the iPhone to save battery power. At some point I will turn it on and experiment. It would be nice on a road trip if I wanted to track progress.
Richard: I’m still torn about the image quality from the iPhone. Some of it will be me figuring out how to best shoot with it and some the technical limitations of the camera. And there is a big difference between what comes straight out of the camera, what is processed in the camera with PerfectPhoto, and what can be done with Photoshop after the fact.
But it’s fun experimenting!
hrw115: I agree with the decline in picture quality from a technical point of view (and aesthetically right now). But I have to believe there is an area of photography that this little thing will shine!
Paul: I parked there expressly with you in mind. I pay homage…
Lately, I’ve had the desire to be rather minimalist about the gear I carry. It is liberating but takes a tad getting used to too. Why, I ask myself, do I too often feel the need to take more than I require?
Sojourner rides: In photography, in riding, and in life I need far less than I think I do…
When we can let go of adults things/perspectives and have fun by finding the child in us, it’s a great day.