On 2 April 2015 at 16:56, Vitaliy M wrote: > iPhone > * > * ... weave a circle round him thrice, and close your eyes with holy dread ... /Android device, not readily available? In my pocket. Possibly two of. A million miles away when you are in Fire! Fire!!! mode. And once out you (probably) have to unlock it, open camera 'app' (easier on my Android 4.x Huawei spy phone than on the Android 2.y Samsung and LG) and then use the stupid 'camera' feature by eg pressing on the screen while holding the phone at arm's lengthish, donning suitable spectacles and wiping and poking at pretend controls on the "viewfinder". >From a sleeping start my DSLR will have taken say 5 or 10 x 24 megapixel photos by the time the smart phone gets into gear. Compared to a DSLR a modern camera phone is an OK resolution light hungry hunk of rubbish. esults can be astoundingly good when conditions are optimum, often acceptable when conditions do not cooperate and beneath pathetic in too many real world situations. Being available is sometimes useful, but except in rare instances a DSLR is utterly superior in all the ways that matter. (Varies with user,of course, but usually size and mass do not signify, for me). > (That awkward moment when we realized that our iPhones * were taking better macro photos of circuits than the $200 camera bought specifically for that purpose). Without changing lenses, maybe so. Add a $5 extension tube and most DSLR lenses stump up very nicely. Add a $0 old lens BACKWARDS in front of the main lens on a reverse adaptor (which can be a $0 kluge as well and very good macro photos can happen. (This can be made to screw to filter thread or push over lens with (eg cardboard and tape) collar or where needs must, just held in place. Having 3 hands helps. My olde Mavica camera with floppy disk storage & 640 x 480 images could focus on th INSIDE of its lens cap if you lifted an edge just enough to let light in. Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .