Saturday, February 19, 2011

28 Hours Later

I had occasion this morning to drive right by where I took my Photo Finish Friday shot yesterday, and given today was bright and sunny I thought I'd take a couple more shots. So here are images using the polaroid camera from my Retro Camera App I downloaded to my phone, from essentially the same spot as yesterday morning.

Here's a shot using the regular camera the phone has.

Looks okay, but I think the image quality looks better retro, at least in trying to present an interesting image. If I wanted a crisp image, I'd use my "real" camera, because this straight-up shot from the cell phone just doesn't do it for me. People who say cell phones are going to make digital cameras obsolete obviously don't care about good pictures. Even my small, inexpensive point-and-shoot crushes this for quality.

When I grow up I want a pro camera. Maybe I should knock off a gas station or something.

5 comments:

David Cranmer said...

Nice contrast. I will agree with the retro.

Cheyenne said...

As an X pro photog: I would suggest a Mamiya 7.

Ron Scheer said...

Will it do a daguerreotype?

le0pard13 said...

Nice photos, Chris. But, where are the zombies? ;-) Thanks for this.

pattinase (abbott) said...

I am wondering if there is any point getting a new camera with what phones can do--for the average occasional picture taker that is.