Mobile phone cameras vs. regular cameras

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June 21, 2009

by Waseem Afzal

When mobile phones with built in cameras first started becoming available, most people saw it as nothing more than a novelty. Thanks to advances in technology, tiny cameras could now be fitted into the case of virtually any phone, whether it was a SIM free phone, or whether it was tied in to one of the providers.

Yes, those first cameras certainly did make it possible to take photos with your mobile phone but the quality left much to be desired and as a result, we had no real purpose of them. Admittedly, it was possible to include those photographs with messages we sent just as it was possible to download the photos onto a PC. However, because they were of such a low quality they were for the most part, useless, apart from providing us with the occasional laugh.

Ironically, even though the use of those cameras was so extremely limited, we still love them nonetheless and for many people they became the latest “must have” accessory. In particular, the younger generation was madly in love with them due to the fact that those only cameras brought about a whole new level of freedom.

Soon cameras were being built into almost every phone and the novelty began to wear off. Manufacturers looked to deliver new ways to attract our attention - pink mobile phones, a wider range of sim free mobile phones.

By now camera phones had proven beyond all doubt that they were in fact extremely versatile. People started using them more and more frequently in a variety of ways. For example, you could be lying on a beach on the other side of the world and you could take photos and send them to friends and family without even having to leave the beach.

As is to be expected, the usefulness of mobile phone cameras soon made them and essential accessory in the business field. For example, car dealers were now able to send pictures of a car to potential buyers, while real state agents could circulate photos of new properties. Even engineers were able to use mobile for cameras to their advantage.

Because of the ever increasing use of mobile time cameras, a demand for better quality cameras was inevitable. Is hardly surprising then that some of today’s mobile phones have eight mega pixel cameras for the most part, are as good as any other entry level digital camera you’ll find on the market. This of course to make us ask the question, “Why do we need to own two separate gadgets, when in fact one would be sufficient”

Of course, the mobile phone camera is still not going to be quite as good as the dedicated camera. Any photographer will tell you that the essential ingredient necessary for taking a high quality photo is the lens. Lenses in dedicated cameras are much larger than those in phone cameras, which means they are also better.

Additionally, composition is also another key factor with regards to taking quality photographs but of course this is reliant on the photographer rather than the camera. Another important aspect which needs to be taken into consideration, is what you intend using the photograph for. If you simply want to take a few snaps and then post and to one of the social networking sites such as Facebook, then a mobile phone camera is perfectly adequate. On the other hand if you’d want to use your phonograph in order to have a poster made, then of course you need a high quality dedicated camera.

Generally speaking, dedicated cameras are still noticeably better than mobile phone cameras in that they take better quality pictures. On the other hand, mobile phone cameras lead the way in terms of general usefulness and accessibility. The bottom line is; mobile phone cameras have come a long way since those first early days and for the most part, it is no longer necessary to carry a phone and a camera with you. Whatever type of phone you decide to buy is up to you but essentially, you need to make sure it has a built in camera.

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