The stumbling-block to using a phone as an all-in-one solution for photography is basically that the lenses aren’t as good as those on any dedicated camera. While you would expect a DSLR camera to sport a better lens, even the most basic, sub-hundred-dollar point-and-shoots have higher quality glass than the best phones. Manual adjustments for exposure and other settings like white balance are also missing on many smartphones, as is an optical zoom that provides higher quality close-ups than a processor-driven zoom.
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Tapping Your Smartphone's Processing Power for Classic Photography
Posted by: Patrick Nelson January 19, 2012 11:05 AMThe stumbling-block to using a phone as an all-in-one solution for photography is basically that the lenses aren’t as good as those on any dedicated camera. While you would expect a DSLR camera to sport a better lens, even the most basic, sub-hundred-dollar point-and-shoots have higher quality glass than the best phones. Manual adjustments for exposure and other settings like white balance are also missing on many smartphones, as is an optical zoom that provides higher quality close-ups than a processor-driven zoom.