Can you believe it!

These images were taken by a phone, what next.. but not to bad.

http://www.wavecase.de/sites/we/we_gal_galerie.html

You wanna know what's next I'll tell you what's next - When the video cameras evolve enought ot take a 5-megapixel plus image off the computer at any frame any time , then who needs stills. Tape an entire event or subject then slowly jog the film to the exact point and "click" there is a hi quality picture. Any nimrod with basic composition skills and the abitility to hit the record button holding the camera relatively still will be getting great stuff.

Wonder if 15 years from now there won't be still cameras. just film small sections and you extract the best moment. Imagine a sports photographer using this method. Get the peak action everytime!, always know you got the shot, Could be good but could take away from the skill and art form I think.

Here is my cell phone image. Of course, I had to photoshop it a bit to sharpen it.

Seriously, I agree that the convergence between still and video is nearly upon us.

Howard Hall already does this with his Hi-def vid system. I forget the number, but he has something far greater than 200,000 frames to select from when he shoots one HD tape. The last time I spoke with him he said he could get a pretty nice 8 by 10. Some day, we will all be shooting video because we'll have the advantage of both medians. Then we have to learn how to edit video and stills, spend more money on more powerful computers, larger storage, etc. It's a conspiricy I tell you, a God Darn conspiricy!!

I kind of imagine a Nikon or Canon camera taking short bursts of super high quality video and then longer ones as they upgrade, then we won't have pictures on a card but video sections to edit from. Lighting will be the interesting part along with creative flash etc.