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But really, there is no lens cover, and these things are shoved into a pocket with keys and coins and lint. How is it any phone can take good pictures (as to wi
by jerrya 15y ago
But really, there is no lens cover, and these things are shoved into a pocket with keys and coins and lint. How is it any phone can take good pictures (as to win contests, and our imaginations.)
Why do so many (most) high end smartphones have no lens covers? It's the first think I would add to a smartphone I design, and yet, I am obviously completely wrong.
- jacobolus 15y agoYou have to really damage the front of a lens to start noticeably degrading image quality. The nice thing about a lens is that for points in focus, light rays coming from the same direction hit the same spot on the sensor, regardless of which part of the front of the lens they pass through. See for example http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html
- jerrya 15y agoThat was a terrific link and response, thank you. OTOH, the surface area of the lens he damaged is enormous compared to the tiny little lens on my phone....
- mc32 15y agoYou win contests (with iphone photos) like Damon Winter did. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/through-my-eye-not-hipstamatics/ http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/through-my-eye-not-... Connect with the subject (not necessarily emotionally) and portray things as you see them. Ie. it's not the tool that matters that much, it's the result/the content and how it speaks to us.