Oh, no. Not another analog & digital thread!

[George Mann]

Has anyone ever laid their hands on the Japan-only Leica phones?

Do these have sufficiently large sensors and a real lens?

 

[RezaLoghme]

What is an unreal lens then

 

[koraks]

Many phones used to (perhaps still) have plastic lenses of mediocre quality. They've improved lots though.

sufficiently large sensors

Obviously any phone camera will have a tiny sensor.

 

[RezaLoghme]

Maybe worth a challenge - post phone pics (of contemporary iphones, not 2003 Motorolers), and Leica APO-Summicron / M11. And see if someone can spot the difference. Heresay!

 

[djdister]

What is an unreal lens then

 

[RezaLoghme]

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Dont think I have seen such a lens in a phone yet

 

[koraks]

Dont think I have seen such a lens in a phone yet

There might be a phone inside that lens, though.

 

[MattKing]

Isn't it the Red Green cel phone camera?
You probably can guess how the lens is attached to it.

 

[cliveh]

Modern phones are surprisingly good cameras, by the way.

But a Barnack Leica is 1000 times more tactile and far less complicated.

 

[RezaLoghme]

is it? ever tried one?

 

[koraks]

What I do know is that if you're suffering from asthma and you want to photograph the scenery in the mountains, a Barnack Leica is a whole lot more suitable than that rhino horn of a lens. Which, of course, was pretty much the point of the Barnack Leica to begin with.

 

[RezaLoghme]

But a Barnack Leica is 1000 times more tactile and far less complicated than a phone, someone said above.

On my phone, I press one button, and it takes a photograph. A Barnack Leica requires a few more steps.

 

[cliveh]

But a Barnack Leica is 1000 times more tactile and far less complicated than a phone, someone said above.

On my phone, I press one button, and it takes a photograph. A Barnack Leica requires a few more steps.

But a Barnack Leica uses the physical integrity of film and you are dissengaged from what your phone is doing on your behalf. After taking the picture you view what your phone has captured. I'm confident I know what a Barnack camera has captured.

 

[gbroadbridge]

But a Barnack Leica uses the physical integrity of film and you are dissengaged from what your phone is doing on your behalf. After taking the picture you view what your phone has captured. I'm confident I know what a Barnack camera has captured.

The picture and the story it tells is all that matters.

How you choose to get there is irrelevant.

Some choose higher levels of pain compared to others who choose the easy road.
Whatever floats your boat.