I was just wondering are there any graphic designers / photographers on here that would consider using a photo taken on the galaxy s2 for their professional work?
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I suspect that they would given that the photo was well taken, because the camera is pretty good if you ask me
I've done some professional photography work. SGS2 photos, well taken (as Regretful mentioned) , could definitely be offered professionally.
Well it depends what for, and frankly no, not really . For stuff like newspaper editorial or web use it might just about do. However for anything like proper advertising, event photography or landscape/travel stuff erm no, no chance ever. It's a decent enough point and shoot but that's it... tiny sensor, no proper manual controls, no lenses, no off-shoe flash, it would also never survive the sort of use we put our gear through and I could go on and on and on...
Thanks for the replies, that gives me something to go on. I'm a graphic/packaging/web designer myself and I'm looking to advance my photography skills. I just needed to get past the mental block that if a photo opertunity presented itself when I didn't have my DSLR camera on me, then it wasn't worthwhile taking my galaxy s2 out of my pocket. Perhaps for some things it may just about do
Does anyone know of any good photography communities on the web?
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How a Mobile camera and the word Professional goes together?
I'm not sure that's why I'm asking here, I suppose there is that age old saying that 'it's not the camera but the person behind the camera that counts'. I do remember seeing however a news story a while back about a older well respected world class photographer who was doing a photo shoot with a mobile phone and I'm sure the mobile he used wasn't a scratch on the galaxy s2.
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You'd be much better served by pretty much any digital compact. The S2 has an OK camera for quick snaps and what not, but it's still a phone camera with all the limitations that implies.
prove the doubters wrong! post something epic
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prove the doubters wrong! post something epic
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Forget looking on a screen, most stuff looks ok - the real test would be printing A2 or double-page mag spread...
theinstagator said:
I just needed to get past the mental block that if a photo opertunity presented itself when I didn't have my DSLR camera on me, then it wasn't worthwhile taking my galaxy s2 out of my pocket. Perhaps for some things it may just about do
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Now that's different better to have some pictures than none if you come across something you think is worth shooting, and in this case I wouldn't hesitate to use the phone but for a paid job, I'll stick to the proper gear
Mmm I feel a challenge coming on ;-)
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I'm a web designer, jux got my SGS II for 3rd weeks, for me, I wont consider using it as Professional Camera use.. the camera more like the snapshot, compact-kind of camera for me..
or maybe anyone here can intro some nice apps for it "transform" into a professional camera?
www .goo .gl/qddv7
There's your answer, an album containing photographs taken with an iphone!
The book btw is widely available - printed or as a virtual print, so here you see the golden rule for success in photography still applies:
1. To be there = 75%
2. To know how = 20%
3. To have the gear = 5%
So the gear - an iphone, sgs2, nokia 3210 (if it had a camera), canon 5dmkII - practically doesn't matter! It's you, your skills, knowledge etc.. makes the difference.
If you know your gear's strenghts and weaknesses (huge depth of field for instance) you may actually use it to your favour.
So go and shoot, shoot, shoot!
All the best.
chalger
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www .goo .gl/qddv7
There's your answer, an album containing photographs taken with an iphone!
The book btw is widely available - printed or as a virtual print, so here you see the golden rule for success in photography still applies:
1. To be there = 75%
2. To know how = 20%
3. To have the gear = 5%
So the gear - an iphone, sgs2, nokia 3210 (if it had a camera), canon 5dmkII - practically doesn't matter! It's you, your skills, knowledge etc.. makes the difference.
If you know your gear's strenghts and weaknesses (huge depth of field for instance) you may actually use it to your favour.
So go and shoot, shoot, shoot!
All the best.
chalger
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Interesting....can you post that link again please? I'd like to take a look.....
chalger said:
1. To be there = 75%
2. To know how = 20%
3. To have the gear = 5%
So the gear - an iphone, sgs2, nokia 3210 (if it had a camera), canon 5dmkII - practically doesn't matter! It's you, your skills, knowledge etc.. makes the difference.
If you know your gear's strenghts and weaknesses (huge depth of field for instance) you may actually use it to your favour.
So go and shoot, shoot, shoot!
All the best.
chalger
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You can take a good picture with any camera - that much is true. However what we are discussing here is professional use to earn a living... and a mobile will just not do.
For example, I used to shoot a lot of motosport... your mobile will not have the reach, your mobile will not be able to focus fast enough and keep focus, your mobile will not survive long if you have to shoot in the rain all day, your mobile will not survive long if you have to take close to 1000 pictures in a day. How are you going to have decent pictures if you cannot manually change your settings for example if there's big dark clouds overhead, cars have headlights on and to get a good exposure you're going to need to shoot 800 f2.8 iso 800?
Then you have to look at the actual quality of the pictures (not whether it's a good shot or not) and what it's going to be used for.
And then there's the fact that earning your living from photography isn't about taking the best picture in the world every time you press the shutter, it's about delivering what your client requires every time without fail. You simply cannot say that you can't do x or y shot because your phone camera isn't capable of delivering what they want.
I whished to repost the asked link but the weird policy of this site does not agree with it ;-) (as it is also not possible for newcomers to post on the real forums of their concern ! Never seen this before )
Anyway it seems to me obvious that the number 1 quality of a recording device is to be available when you need it... professionnal or not
picture quality is an issue but the one of SGS2 is very good. Better than many compact dedicated cameras
Very big no from me...
1. No aperture control on it (as with all android cam s/w, not open or I would have made an app ) (or shutter time etc)
2. Dire stop range in latitude of the image (compensated for with f/w by quite harsh contrast i think)
3. No RAW image data, be pointless with the sensor neways
4. No Focus control (control does not = touch the screen )
5. No external flash or way to sync to external flashes with speeeeeed
There are loads more, but they are my top 5
Thanks for all your options and the link, it's certainly given me some food for thought I think what I had in mind was an image no larger than A5, maybe A4 max to be used along side my graphics. If anything it will give me an excuse to practice my composition and for more advanced things and paid work my DSLR will be there.
Does anyone know of any good photography forums/communities they could point me to? This has given me an idea to see how good of an image I can catch with the gs2. If I get anything I think could be worthwhile I'll post it here and if anyone else is up for it I'll be very interested in what they can achieve. All the best, happy snapping
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Oh ****, I know some photography-addicts that don't want to hear anything about photo's made by mobile phones. Nothing compares to a good quality camera with huge lenses that allow you to change the focus.
I do have to say playing with the focus on one of those cameras sure looks badass and makes the picture speak a lot more.
I have been keeping track of this as I use my phone as my main source of pics. What is really the deal? There are some great devs saying it is possible to hack and up the mp and others yelling fraud. I'm not smart enough to know the true answer. Anyone with real knowledge want to give me their opinion on what really is possible?
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I have been keeping track of this as I use my phone as my main source of pics. What is really the deal? There are some great devs saying it is possible to hack and up the mp and others yelling fraud. I'm not smart enough to know the true answer. Anyone with real knowledge want to give me their opinion on what really is possible?
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I wouldn't say anything's impossible. But, the current method of doing it involves nothing more than a few smali edits (decompiling the dex file within apks and jar files) with no testing. Some of the smali edits are as easy as changing a 0x1 to 0x0 or vice versa and a lot of them are easily labeled within code. For instance something like:
IsSupportCoffeMaker
0x0
May be easily enabled by changing it to 0x1 in which 0x0 would be disabled (0=off) and 0x1 would be enabled (1=on)
I haven't bothered tinkering with the HTC Camera apk to see what exactly was changed to enable the camera to show 2mp and even 1080p, but be rest assured that for something like this, it isn't as easy as flipping a switch in code and is more than likely going to need real talent such as those who worked on getting 720p to the Nexus One--which is why none of these camera mods actually work. If the proper testing would have gone into this before getting it rushed out to the public, we would see none of them being advertised.
Taking pictures at the 2mp setting on the front facing camera yields the same 1mp photos, and trying to shoot video in 1080p in 2D turns the viewfinder black and produces 0byte files.
If it were actually discovered through reverse engineering that the camera sensors were capable of recording in 1080p as well as the front facing camera shooting photos at 2mp, then it most definitely is possible and would require great minds to unlock it. HTC normally ships a lot of Android phones running slightly modified software of the same base with different switches flipped on and off to support the different types of hardware that are in said phone. Since it would cost much more money for them to develop specifically for each phone, it's easier to develop a single software base, then just flip things on and off as the hardware calls for it. But, there are also a lot of phones that can handle having certain features that were meant for other phones, or even as a test of some sort being enabled, that's why some smali edits actually work. You also have to take into account some features that people enable will come at a cost of stability since some things were never meant to be on any phone and was probably added for testing purposes.
At any rate, with the right people working on this, I would say that it may very well be possible to get both of the hacks working, but I would also say don't hold your breath.
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I have been keeping track of this as I use my phone as my main source of pics. What is really the deal? There are some great devs saying it is possible to hack and up the mp and others yelling fraud. I'm not smart enough to know the true answer. Anyone with real knowledge want to give me their opinion on what really is possible?
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I have a camera mod in the "themes and apps" section. It opened up 2mp front cam, HDR, panorama, etc.(most of which don't actually work) I did update it to unlock 8mp as well but never uploaded because it didn't actually work. I also saw many devs release an 8mp cam around that timeframe too.
My thoughts are that the HTCCamera.apk and many other apps that are involved in Sense are a "fit to order" type deal. So they would add all these features for all their cameras into a single apk. And simply flip the right "switches" which are present in the smali files to get it to work. Since our cam doesn't actually have those features. Flipping the "switch" doesn't turn anything on. Its a broke switch, basically.
In short. Just because a feature can be unlocked doesn't mean our phone can even do it. That's my thought anyway.
I know by posting this I've not just stepped over the fanboy line - I've run and jumped over it, but I thought this might be interesting to share.
In the Independent's (a UK newpaper) Tech Blog, the Nokia Lumia 800 is listed as the Number 1 pocket camcorder. All other of the top ten are actual camcorders - this is the only phone listed and it's number 1.
Does it deserve it's position? (I don't have one so I couldn't comment).
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...es/the-10-best-pocket-camcorders-6267090.html
I wouldnt say its the best camcorder if you go up against actual cam corders but then this same report puts the Bush Mini at number 2. It is however the best I have used on a phone and is really quite good.
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I wouldnt say its the best camcorder if you go up against actual cam corders
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I think that's why they've called it "pocket" camcorder - rather than just a general camcorder
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I think that's why they've called it "pocket" camcorder - rather than just a general camcorder
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I see you point but still im not convinced esp from an article that puts the Bush Mini at number 2 i have played with this in argos and its rubbish, nothng more than a kids toy. To mention kids toys they also have the hello kitty one in the list!
Dont get me wrong i am in no way hateing i own a Lumia and have been obsessed with nokia wp7 since they first announced it way back when. I love it and the camera is amazing. I just think the article may be a bit iffy is all.
Don't spend your all your money on the camcorder at this point. Get experience first. I would suggest getting the Canon ZR960. It is a miniDV camcorder which will allow you to easily upload and edit your video on MovieMaker (PC) or iMovie on Apple. The ZR960 also allows you to use an external microphone, one of the few at that price that do.
I'm not knowledgeable in this area but is it possible to develop a camera app completely separate from stock that allows for DSLR like control and save codec change?
The reason I ask is that if the camera's sensor can do 4k resolution then it should see everything in 4:4:4 detail instead of the H.264's 4:2:0
As a film hobbyist I supplement my main gear with my phone camera at times. This phone's camera possibly opens soooo many more avenues for indie and hobbyists. Not so much a samsung gimmick if we can actually put it to good use.
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I'm not knowledgeable in this area but is it possible to develop a camera app completely separate from stock that allows for DSLR like control and save codec change?
The reason I ask is that if the camera's sensor can do 4k resolution then it should see everything in 4:4:4 detail instead of the H.264's 4:2:0
As a film hobbyist I supplement my main gear with my phone camera at times. This phone's camera possibly opens soooo many more avenues for indie and hobbyists. Not so much a samsung gimmick if we can actually put it to good use.
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There are a few guys that specialize in adjusting camera settings and options.
There is a really popular guy over at the lg g2 forums. I would recommend we wait til they come over or ask some of them to check out our camera.
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Is there anyone else knowledgeable in this subject or possibly something new I've not come across?
Good afternoon everyone,
I've been using Android for a few years now, but a month ago I had a loan of an iPad Air 2 - I bloody hated it! However, there was one app that really impressed me: Pixelmator.
It had really powerful features, like being able to hide blemishes on photographs, plus all the usual stuff like blurring areas of the picture or sharpening them. It was also a really good painting app. I wrote a review of some of its features on BeyondThePC (but as I'm a new user I cannot give you a link to the co(dot)uk site) >:>.
I wondered if anyone knew of an Android equivalent? It's really the image touch up features I'm interested in - not that my face has so many blemishes I have to spend hours hiding them!
Thanks in advance for your help!
Davy
Snapseed, Handyphoto, & Facetune (for portraits)... My go to photo enhancers...
Thanks, I'll give them a try!
Davy.
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I have Cyberlink Photodirector a go and that does a pretty good job of fixing up pictures. It's got an object removal tool that works on small things like blemishes as well as large things that take up significant proportions of your picture. It sleep has painting functionality, but I am yet to look at that. Only problem is you have to pay up to be able to work with large pictures.
D.
Pixlr-o-matic or Snapseed. You can find a few more alternative app here with playstore link best Android Photo Editing Apps for FREE