Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Date: 14 Nov 2016 20:08:31 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <281020161134443699%star@sky.net> <281020161153153970%nospam@nospam.invalid> <2016102810083321153-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <281020161323500072%nospam@nospam.invalid> <5813a140$0$63123$b1db1813$19ace300@news.astraweb.com> <5813ad89$0$18119$c3e8da3$a9097924@news.astraweb.com> <281020161623367306%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061120160634581302%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120161644086991%star@sky.net> <071120161712267686%nospam@nospam.invalid> <151120160854356008%YourName@YourISP.com> X-Trace: individual.net VBfGIBk3+NAq2ZRK34sZaw1BwZytLc1BitsVFassI+hIOnoFxp Cancel-Lock: sha1:LL8Z527i666wmgZ8bGVcC4pFlcg= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96866 On 2016-11-14, Your Name wrote: > In article , Howard S Shubs > wrote: >> On 2016-11-07, nospam wrote: >> > In article <071120161644086991%star@sky.net>, Davoud >> > wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > > the camera in an iphone is good enough for most situations. >> >> >> >> Strictly speaking, that's true, in that it's suitable for casual >> >> snapshots if the lighting is just right. >> > >> > and even if it's not. >> > >> > the point is that's by far, the most common type of photography. >> > >> >> The iPhone is not suitable for >> >> what I would call serious photography: portraiture, sports, commercial >> >> work, landscapes, medical, industrial, or scientific photography; >> >> astrophotography, photomicrography, photomacrography, photos that >> >> require strobe lighting or other sophisticated lighting, >> >> telephotography, extreme wide-angle, including fisheye photography, >> >> perspective-correction, creative exposure control and a long list of >> >> other requirements. >> > >> > those aren't most situations and you know it. >> >> That's irrelevant. They're situations photographers handle, and they >> don't use phone "cameras" to do it. > > There are some "serious" professional photographers who have said they > happily use the iPhone for at least some of their work. But elitism! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR