Digital camera sales declined 36% in 2013, while smartphone sales increased 38% The lower end digital camera market suffered the most ,as a lot of people used their phones to take all their photos and felt no need to buy a separate point and click digital camera.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article…-digital-camera.html
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Absolutely agree, fellow Gumbo-ists, the mobile phone cameras image resolution is quite amazing for such a small device. OK so you can not then blow the picture up greatly without loss of clarity – but how often do you need to do that?
Here is an image that I took on my iPhone at the weekend which surprised me with the good result.
That’s very true Rob.
I was given a Samsung Galaxy Tablet for my birthday.
I used it when I was on vacation for the internet.
Didn’t know it had a camera – and when I tried it for video and stills I was amazed.
No need to pack a camera now !
Just need a camera for the serious stuff .
I took photos on my trip to Poland, as did my professional photographer. His were much better, of course, but I was able to take pictures surreptitiously. He could not pull out his big camera when asking strangers for information, whereas I could look at my phone and snap photos of the area quietly. And he was impressed with the quality of my iPhone 5s photos.
Samsung Tablet Camera:
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I still like my digital camera(s) for most of my photos, but I can certainly see the appeal of using your camera phone. For such a small lens, the quality is pretty good, as Mac’s nice photo reminds us.
Still seems that the optics of 72 mms of glass should provide a much clearer image than 3 mms of glass.
I’m impressed at both Garry’s and Mac’s photos above! It is amazing how far the smartphones and tablets have come in a few years
What I’d like to know is what Garry’s beverage of choice is in that photo? Gin and tonic?
What’s funny is ,as you read the link above ,they tell the benefits of digital cameras over photos from smartphones in a lot of instances. I think though whats happening is as smartphones are taking better and better pictures ,people aren’t even considering they need a digital camera.
The optical zoom of digital cameras seems like a strong selling argument to me for having a digital camera too.