TSR PhotoSoc (and post your gear thread)

I took out 100 Swiss Franc in early January - in any normal country the ATM would spit out something along the lines of 50, 20, 20, 10, or 20, 20, 20, 20, 10, 10. Not in Switzerland, no, it gave me one shiny new 100 Franc note, as if to imply that no one would bother getting out anything less anyway

Hey is anyone here into mobile photography?

I'm sure we all use our phones to take photos at times. I find mine perfect for a spur of the moment shot of my niece!

Aha I asked becasue there's a large community online with people that believe mobile photography is on the same level with (and probably better than) photography with DSLRs

Better than? Elaborate?

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Aha I asked becasue there's a large community online with people that believe mobile photography is on the same level with (and probably better than) photography with DSLRs

Aha I asked becasue there's a large community online with people that believe mobile photography is on the same level with (and probably better than) photography with DSLRs

Well, that's total nonsense then. It is true that modern phones have cameras with amazing image quality and it is actually possible to take decent enough images with them, but they are still trashed by DSLRs by a wide margin on every single aspect but portability.

On an unrelated note, has anyone tried any aerial photography? Any tips?

Shooting birds/planes from the ground? Or shooting the ground from a plane/balloon/glider?


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I was surprised at how well some photos I took on my iPhone 6S came out though.

The latter - from helicopters specifically

I generally agree with you but... I was reading the blog of a fairly popular photographer and he mentioned that he hardly ever uses his DSLR anymore and he finds himself using his iPhone for everything

Anyway, I really want to get an entry level DSLR but they're all so expensive. I've been using my phone and point and shoot cameras for a while now and would really like to get serious with photography.
Any recommendations?




You'd be even more surprised at the amazing compositions some of the Iphoneography bloggers come out with using just an iPhone 4s/5s.
It's amazing what some people can do with just a bit of creativity and very good photo editing skills

If they have some sort of open window/flap bit for cameras, use it. Otherwise you're liable to get reflections of the interior of the chopper in the glass. Aside from that, fast shutter speed and IS would be useful I expect.



It depends what is being shot though really, try taking photos for motorsport, birds in flight, air shows and you're going to end up with a zoomed in blurry mess or a zoomed out spec in the sky! OR no spec at all if you haven't been able to compensate for shutter lag. A cameraphone will never replace the ability to zoom on a DSLR in my opinion.

Do you have a budget?

Yeah you're right that's a huge disadvantage
And digital zoom just reduces the image quality.
Though I have been able to take a picture of a bird in flight with my iPhone. It was just a bit of luck really.



Anything under £500 really

If they have some sort of open window/flap bit for cameras, use it. Otherwise you're liable to get reflections of the interior of the chopper in the glass. Aside from that, fast shutter speed and IS would be useful I expect.