WebTucker's blog: A rediscovery of my favorite past time in the digital age...

Posted on Jul 24, 2022 2:42 PM

Okay, this is sort of a continuation of one of my first entry. That entry was about how media has changed since I took up my old hobby again. This time I'm going to address the quality issue that you get when you use a digital phone camera versus using a digital camera or a DSLR.
When I began to get interested in plant photography again, fall of 2021, all I had was a digital camera that came with my Samsung A10 smart phone. I was thrilled to be using a camera again, but I had very little experience using a camera/phone (Heck, I bought my 1st smartphone in August of 2021, way behind the times communication wise). Needless to say I had a lot to learn about using phone-cameras or camera-phones.
As I continually submit photographs to NGA, I see my old photographs from last fall and how they compare with the photographs that I have taken since I purchased my digital camera. I've done my best to retake as many of those pictures as opportunities arise. Here are a couple of examples of before and after.
In the fall, I submitted this picture of Spanish needles:

And then today the following picture of Spanish needles:

That first picture with my phone was awful. I took a picture of the flower, but it was terrible and I didn't even submit it.
Working with very small subjects is almost impossible with a phone camera like I have. It came with a magnifier app, and that helped a lot. But the resolution is certainly not there. Here's another example:
Before:

After:


I think anyone can see the difference. I hope that people can see the difference, as well, in my ability to capture the subject. Hopefully, I have improved since I started with my phone last fall. I could probably talk longer about this subject, but I don't want to bend anybody's ear. If you'd like to ask questions or make comments please do it. Until next time.

P.S. My digital phone camera took 3 megapixel photographs and my new camera takes 23 megapixels. That's a big difference!

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