{"id":1566,"date":"2010-06-12T16:26:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T23:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2011-02-22T15:53:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:53:59","slug":"cell-phone-as-camera-nokia-n95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Cell phone as camera, Nokia N95"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been said numerous times that the best camera is the one you have with you.\u00a0 The one electronic item that I carry more than any camera is my cell phone, so it stands to reason that I should have a phone that I can use as a camera “two birds one stone”.\u00a0 While not the latest phone, I replaced mine recently with a Nokia N95 which has a 5Mp sensor and a f2.8 lens.\u00a0 When compared to a dedicated camera the focus is slow and the controls are limited but working around these limitations is part of the appeal.<\/p>\n

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Because the sensor is so small separating subject and background with shallow depth of field is a challenge and you really need to select material that lays on different planes or has good contrast.\u00a0 The photo’s I took were either taken with the phone set to capture black and white or with an eye to converting them to B&W later.\u00a0 I will do some more with colour in a later post.<\/p>\n\n\t\t