Uncle Bob's Top 5 Reasons Your iPhone Is More Camera Than You Can Handle

Happy Monday Folks!

Uncle Bob here, back to deliver your Monday dose of photography insight, straight from my brain to yours.

Your good ol' Uncle Bob was fooling around with his iPhone today, and it dawned on me that the iPhone is likely more camera than most folks can handle.

Here's why...

Reason #5 Your iPhone is more camera than you can handle...
You still don't have a clue how to use half those photo apps you downloaded off iTunes.

Reason #4 Your iPhone is more camera than you can handle...
You keep accidentally hitting the video switch on your iPhone and making movies when you meant to take a picture.

Reason #3 Your iPhone is more camera than you can handle...
You haven't figured out that you can turn your iPhone horizontal and take a horizontal photo. Duh!

Reason #2 Your iPhone is more camera than you can handle...
You may be the King of popping blowfish or shooting tanks on your iPhone, but you just can't seem to tap that shutter button at exactly the right moment that you wanted to take the photo. At least that's what you tell people when they ask why all your photos are of people's bums.

Reason #1 Your iPhone is more camera than you can handle...
Half your iPhone photos look like your finger, and you can't figure out why. Here's a hint... take your finger off the lens stupid!




See you next Monday,
Uncle Bob.

Uncle Bob's Top 5 Reasons To Buy A Canon 7D

Reason #5 to Buy a Canon 7D - Your Canon 5D MkII only focuses properly about 25% of the time, so you're hoping the Canon 7D will have a focus system that works.

Reason #4 to Buy a Canon 7D - You can't afford a Canon 5D MkII and you want a full frame Canon DSLR because it'll make you a better photographer.

Reason #3 to Buy a Canon 7D - You don't like the 1D and 1Ds series DSLR cameras because they're too heavy, their names are too long, and they cost WAY too much money.

Reason #2 to Buy a Canon 7D - The 7D will be the new Canon DSLR high ISO King. If you like to take naked pictures of your wife in the dark while she's sleeping without using any lighting so you don't wake her up, you're going to want the 7D.

Reason #1 to Buy a Canon 7D - Seven is two more than five. Seven tenths is more than five tenths. If Canon named the 5D MkII after the fact that five out of ten times you'll get a sharp photo, then it stands to reason that the 7D will give you a sharp photo seven out of ten times. That's two tenths more reason to buy a Canon 7D over a 5D MkII.

See you next Monday,
Uncle Bob.



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Uncle Bob's Top 5 Ways To Tell If Your Camera Is Smarter Than You?

5. If your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera takes a better picture in P mode (full auto if you don't have P mode) than you do in manual, your camera may be smarter than you.

4. If you don't think you could pass a quick quiz if I dug up ten questions out of your camera manual, your Nikon DSLR or Canon DSLR camera just might be smarter than you.

3. If you keep forgetting to lower the ISO when you go from an indoor, low-light location to an outdoor, bright light location, your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera just might be smarter than you. (It is actually if it has an auto-ISO setting like my Nikon D300's do :)

2. If you've ever accidentally formatted the memory card in the middle of photographing a wedding, your Nikon or Canon DSLR camera just may be smarter than you.

and #1 on Uncle Bob's Top 5 Ways To Tell If Your Camera Is Smarter Than You...

1. If you've never read your camera manual, your Canon or Nikon DSLR probably IS smarter than you.

See you next Monday,
Uncle Bob



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Uncle Bob's Top 5 Reasons Your Mother is a Better Photographer Than You

5. Mom doesn't pretend to know how to use her camera. She just pushes the little thingie-ma-bob and takes the picture. You'd miss it because you were playing with all the settings because you know more than Mom does about taking photos.

4. Mom takes pictures all the time of everyone she loves. You're too busy reading blogs about photography and trying to get all the latest rumours on what new cameras are coming out. Mom doesn't care about any of that, but she loves to take pictures of her kids, grandkids, family and friends.

3. Mom has a nice little camera she carries everywhere in her purse. When she sees something that catches her eye, she pulls out her little pocket camera and takes a picture. You would never shoot with a little point and shoot camera like Mom's. It's beneath you.

Of course, your camera is a little heavy, especially with all the lenses and flashes you need to take your amazing photos, so you don't take your camera out with you much. Usually just when you're getting paid for it. Hence, Mom gets tons more photos than you. Some aren't that great quality, but at least she got them!

2. Mom just takes a picture and then emails it or posts it on Facebook. She doesn't tinker with it. She doesn't spend hours in Photoshop trying out a million different actions. You know you can get a much better looking photo if you play with it a bit in Photoshop or Lightroom.

Of course, you hardly ever get that done and your photos sent out or posted because you're too busy playing with them, so everyone thinks Mom is a better photographer than you because they never see your photos.

1. She's your mother. Are you going to tell her you're better than her?


See you next Monday,
Uncle Bob



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