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iPhone is most popular camera phone on Flickr

by Dave Caolo May 6th 2008 at 9:00AM

I'm often impressed by the photos I get out of my little iPhone. It's not a pro-level DSLR for sure, but for quick, off-the-cuff snapshots, it does a very good job.

I'm not alone in my belief. Computerworld's analysis of current Flickr Data shows that the iPhone is their most popular camera phone. Part of that is the novelty of the iPhone, undoubtedly. Owners continue to relish any excuse to whip them out.

The other is ease of posting a photo to Flickr. Once you've added your special Flickr email address to your contact list, sharing a photo is a snap. Tap it once, tap "Email photo," enter the first few letters of your Flickr email address and hit Send. Done.

While we're on the subject, I'll offer my tip for taking decent iPhone photos. Unlike nearly every other camera ever made, the iPhone exposes an image when the "shutter button" is released, not depressed. With that in mind, here's the three step process I follow
  1. Press and hold the "shutter button"
  2. Compose the shot
  3. Release
The tendency is to compose the shot and then tap the button, often resulting in blur. Try this method and watch the results.

[Via Ars Technica]

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me

Most popular? probably yes, due to its easy connectivity.
Best camera phone? Not by far! Not even close. I have used many camera phones in the last couple of years and iPhone is the worst. Don't get me wrong; I love my iPhone. But let's be fair; it's camera is simply awful.

As a heavy DSLR user, I have to say using the words DSLR and iPhone's camera in the same sentence is quite obscured.

May 06 2008 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Paul

why DID you mention DSLR anyways?

July 18 2008 at 3:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Lazarus

While I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone is the most popular camera phone on Flickr, the data you're using could be misleading. In order for photos to be counted in the Flickr camera charts, they must include accurate EXIF data. Not all camera phones include EXIF when uploading to Flickr. For example, hardly any Treo photos are counted in the analysis. The iPhone numbers could also be understated.

May 06 2008 at 1:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tys

I rarely use my "real" camera anymore.
I like that I can take photos and then email them right from the iPhone to my Flickr page.

May 06 2008 at 1:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Laurence

The stats are also a little unfair. There's only one model of iPhone, whereas there are multiple models of the other brands. I wonder how it would change if it was brand-vs-brand, not model vs. model.

May 06 2008 at 1:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Raul

This is similar to the news about Google reporting more hits from iPhone than other mobile devices. I tried upoze, iFlickr and pushr but MobileFlickr comes on top for ease of use and plugging into flickr.

May 06 2008 at 12:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan

The irony is that all those camera phones are better than the iPhone.

May 06 2008 at 11:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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xaqtly

Thanks for the tip on the shutter button - it never occurred to me to hold it down while aiming.

May 06 2008 at 12:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KiwiBri

thanks for the tip on the shutter.. no wonder my pics suck

May 06 2008 at 10:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan

"It's not a pro-level DSLR for sure, but for quick, off-the-cuff snapshots, it does a very good job."

I would agree, but with one caveat - you need good lighting.

May 06 2008 at 10:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hayzoos

uPoze, iFlickr or Pushr will automatically upload photos you take to Flickr.

Just my 2 cents.

May 06 2008 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Chandler

Also, use iPhlickr (www.iPhlickr.com) to browse Flickr from your iPhone.

May 06 2008 at 10:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cleve

This news was posted last week and stolen by Ars. Nice work
http://blogs.computerworld.com/iphone_most_popular_cameraphone_on_flickr

May 06 2008 at 9:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Saxon

Ooh, yikes. Even took their image instead of making a new one.

Nice tip about the shutter though.

May 06 2008 at 10:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael R Johnson

This may not be "new" news, but I wouldn't throw around the accusation of plagiarism that lightly. That chart is generated by Flickr, and anyone could take a snapshot of it. It's *most* likely TUAW grabbed that image from Flickr itself, not from ComputerWorld.

May 06 2008 at 10:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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