Okay.. be surprised! I took this picture with an iPhone.

[jvLin]

Okay, so you guys may remember my thread a while back asking how to take pictures of your colored gemstones... well, being a college student, I can't afford a super-nice camera right now. All I've got is my new iPhone... and here's a pic I took with it!

Overall, I wouldn't say it's of poor quality. Of course, the colors are off (the iPhone added a bit of yellow and took out some purple) and there's a lot more extinction than in the picture than the actual gem, but it's not too shabby!

Here's a pic that I shrank and cropped.


Interesting what the iPhone is capable of, huh?

 

[Arkteia]

Great picture, and very nice stone! I'd invest into an Iphone if I knew what to do with its other functions... too many for me. But you did a good job. Congratulations on your new Iphone!

 

[CharmyPoo]

Great picture. My blackberry camera is garbage.

 

[PinkTower]

Charmy, My BB is not nearly the quality of this IPhone photo either. Thank you for posting. IPhones aren't an option for me as I live on an island and the ATT signal is too weak!!!

 

[chrono]

Not bad at all for an iPhone picture. I’m too cheap to get a good camera too so I’m using a very old and plain point and shoot. In fact, I’m too cheap to even get an iPhone.

 

[StonieGrl]

Beautiful blue!

My new Droid phone takes way better pics of gemstones than my Nikon,

 

[Nashville]

I'm always whining to my husband about the quality of my camera and he says "Well, if you sold some of your stones you could buy a decent camera."

BLASPHEMY! What would I take pictures of???

 

[redhead02]

Nice! I too have abandoned my point and shoot for my phone camera. I have the Google Nexus and the pics come out pretty well on that too.
Nashville, too funny!

 

[jvLin]

Beautiful blue!

My new Droid phone takes way better pics of gemstones than my Nikon,

Thanks!

Actually, in terms of picture quality (not resolution), the droid x is supposed to be the best, followed by the iphone 4, then the htc evo. You should show some of your droid pics!

 

[jvLin]

Great picture, and very nice stone! I'd invest into an Iphone if I knew what to do with its other functions... too many for me. But you did a good job. Congratulations on your new Iphone!

Thanks!

The reason I chose an iPhone over all the other phones is because it's so user-friendly! You don't need to be tech savvy to use it. You should stop by an apple store just to play with it.. it's really not complicated at all!