9 November

Clothesline Sunrise, Bedlam Farm

by Jon Katz

I was fortunate enough to get up at sunrise to take Zinnia out to the pasture to chase after some balls. She loves our morning ball-retrieval, and I get to see how strong and resilient and well-bred she is.

I also noticed the sunrise coming up behind two of Maria’s quilts, and I ran back into the house to get my iPhone.

I’m visiting an AT&T store this morning to take a look at the new iPhone 12 Pro Max. Professional photographers worldwide are giving up their full-frames (like mine) because of the camera inside.

This phone is expensive, and I’m wary of buying it right now. But I can trade in the one I have for $500, and the monthly payment fees will be quite small with a small cash addition.

This would be a lot cheaper than buying another full-frame camera – $3,000 to $5,000 in a year or sooner. I wear mine out.

Cameras are important to my work, and I want to see what this phone camera can do. If it does what everyone is saying it does, I will have to think about getting it. Photos are such an important of the work I do and my livelihood.

Photos are the images of my life; they complement my words and give them strength and credibility. On the other hand…

8 Comments

  1. My grandmother made me a quilt like the one on the right in the photo you shared. I believe the pattern is called “Flower Garden.” She used materials from dresses that I had worn in my past. It’s special to me.

  2. Don’t even begin to think a phone can ever replace your full frame camera. Professional photographers are not giving up their full frame cameras. Switching to mirrorless yes, for a phone no. I’m not discounting what a phone can do, it’s quite amazing, but with a phone, you can forget about low light work, photographing fast moving subjects and having large files for printing. I couldn’t even dream of doing my work with just a phone. Not in a million years. And how are you wearing out your cameras so quickly? Mine take a beating but they are still fine. For what we pay for them, they better last!

    1. I know lots of pros who are giving up their full frame camera, Dana, including me much of the time..I’ll keep my Canon and keep using it, but I think this camera which I have tried out, does a number of things my Canon cannot do. I’m going to get it.

      1. Let me know when you see a professional photographer shooting a wedding or portrait session with a phone. ? A phone makes a nice addition, but it will not replace.

        1. I’ve done three weddings for friends with my iPhone, and I am a professional photographer. I’m not sure what this argument is about Dana, it feels like a waste of time.Many professional photographers, even filmmakers are using I phones. Some are not. Why do you keep pretending you know what every professional photographer is doing?

  3. Beth, yes, it’s called Grandmother’s Flower Garden,” and it was a popular pattern in the 1930s. It is made of tiny hexagons, usually hand-pieced. Jon, did Maria make it?

  4. What argument? It’s a discussion. I love talking photography. I have no interest in arguing. Of course you should get it if it interests you. It will be discussed in my camera club I’m sure.

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