On May 12, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Keith Whaley wrote: > Bob Sullivan wrote: >> Steve, >> I tracked down the WSJ article and read it yesterday. >> Stat's said the P&S digital market was in decline, >> suffering from phones getting better or 'good enough'. >> Samsung seems to be trying to carve out a new niche, >> something between phones and digital SLR's. >> Well good luck with that!!! >> Regards, Bob S. > > I saw an ad yesterday, from one of the computer stores, that touted an 8X > telephoto for a cell phone, complete with table top tripod. Amazing... > Of course, it almost begs the question, why? > I mean, a camera in a cell phone...that's one thing. It doesn't harm the form > factor nor have an affect on the use of the phone. Just an added convenience. > But a telephoto for your cell phone? Might as well have a small zoom camera > for all the room the cell + tele takes up. > Just a bit much, for all of me.
Keith, you are making the mistake of trying to evaluate toys rationally. There are a lot of things that I've done with photographic gear, not out of need, but because I could, or more importantly, because I wanted to see if it was possible. People would buy the 8x adapter for their phone for the same reasons that people use holgas. For that matter, why would anyone with a good digital camera shoot 35mm film? There are a few, specific, cases, where film might provide a cleaner, sharper, photo than digital. For example, a one hour exposure at night, when your only camera body is a K20. But, still, a lot of people, even some on this list, shoot with film, even now, when there are so many technical reasons that digital is superior. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
