What are the fundamental
elements of the perfect street photography camera?
Well, firstly it
must be discreet which usually means it must be small. Secondly, it must be
quiet, ideally silent. Thirdly, it must be manually controllable. And finally
it must focus quickly.
Yep, the Nokia
Lumia 1020 pretty much ticks all those boxes…
Discretion
It must be a
safe bet to say that the most common thing in peoples’ pockets these days is a
mobile phone. The evolution of the mobile into a multiple purpose device
including a camera capable of stunning results means that it has gradually been
evolving into the perfect street photography tool. It is now so ubiquitous it
is almost invisible.
Street
photography depends on the presence of your camera not altering what’s
unfolding before you. Although we often compromise picture quality with a
smaller camera, the pay off is getting closer to the subject and being able to
photograph without them changing their actions.
So the
combination of a phone that no one notices with a camera of astonishing capabilities
is pretty close to a street photographers dream come true!
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