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iPhone joins DSLRs in top flickr cameras list
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Posted On: December 29 2008
By: Bryan Partington
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CNET's Stephen Shankland posted an interesting set of stats a few days ago. According to flickr's camera finder, Apple's iPhone now reaches the same daily upload rates as all the DSLRs on flickr, with the exception of the Canon Rebel XTi.
I'm not sure whether this trend will continue, or whether other mobile phones will join the fray, but it is interesting to see a mobile device reach this level of popularity.
One of the problems with photo sharing is that there's still somewhat of a bottleneck on the desktop/laptop when it comes to uploading. Casual uploaders need to sort though photos, attach transfer cables, choose photo-management software or set up a filing system. Compact cameras, though inexpensive, are awkward to remember to bring with you, keep batteries charged and so on.
Mobile camera-phones seemed to present the solution to this, but cameras were low resolution, UI atrocious and upload speeds frustrating.
It seems that the iPhone and other smart-phones of its breed are solving these problems. For the first time, the casual photographer has a camera that they carry with them all the time, is always charged and ready to go, and will upload to the web with just a couple taps. Finally, a camera and workflow that is as simple on creation and upload side as flickr is on the publication side.
I'm curious to see how this all plays out, going forward.
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