I think the cell phone camera is one of the great inventions of the last century.

[trumad]

It sure changes the game don't it?

[malaise]

1. And then some

There will be video

[Texasgal]

2. I agree.. it certainly does.

without the cell videos I think we'd have alot of questions about alot of things that go down.

[kelliekat44]

3. Yes, indeed. nt

[NightWatcher]

4. until I go to a concert

then every idiot is all of a sudden Martin Scorcese for the entire show

[Vattel]

7. Yeah, and the number of family picutres I am now forced to pose for has increased dramatically.

[boston bean]

9. Yeah, that is a downside! I try to avoid anyone taking my picture.

[Vattel]

13. ikr? I need to get an anonymous mask to wear for all photos.

[boston bean]

14. remember v.stiviano...

we could try what she used!

[Vattel]

16. Lol, and then she wonders why her selfie doesn't come out good.

[boston bean]

24. especially if the flash is on!!

[LibDemAlways]

30. You too? I haven't appeared in a photo

in many years. One glance at my work ID photo (the one exception) would convince anyone that I am spectacularly unphotogenic.

[onehandle]

5. Steve Jobs made this mainstream. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Someone should design some kind of pouch or pocket

that conceals the phone while leaving the lens unobstructed so you could record things without the cops noticing and taking the phone away from you.

[niyad]

8. the buttonhole on some shirts works just fine.

[boston bean]

11. there are these..

[jaysunb]

15. Are these on the market ? n/t

[boston bean]

17. see this link

http://www.cnet.com/news/hats-off-to-nerdy-hatcam-camera-mount/

[niyad]

27. I think the idea is to design something where the camera is not visible, but still

functional.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. I was thinking of some kind of pocket where the camera is not visible

but is held securely so the lens is always lined up with an unobtrusive opening. Maybe I'll invent something and get rich.

[niyad]

21. please hurry and do so--such an invention is desperately needed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. I have an old denim shirt that I can use for a prototype.

I'd probably put the pocket on the sleeve on the upper left arm, since if I put it on the chest, the pocket and the camera would point slightly upward if the garment were worn by those of us of the female persuasion. If the fabric were patterned the lens opening would be even less noticeable.

Or, the pocket could be lower on the torso, and could also be opened from the other side with velcro for easier access to the camera controls.

I'll get on it right away.

[niyad]

26. I cannot wait to see this on the DU marketplace!

[arcane1]

10. Yep. Better than digital cameras in general because you can upload the files

Thereby preventing the police from "accidentally" deleting them if they confiscate your phone

[rustydog]

12. If I were to attend a protest, I'd have covert sunglass video camera

pen camera, anything to use that doesn't require me to hold onto something and be a target for police.

[LiberalElite]

18. It took me a while to come around, like -

why do phones need cameras? now when I think of that attitude-

[frylock]

19. agreed, but it would be great if people learned how to take pics and vids in landscape mode..

I have to wonder if all these people that shoot in portrait also set their TVs on end to watch them.

[Baclava]

22. ...and cell phones attached to drones are the new hotness

you betcha

[Iron Man]

23. Yes and no.

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Everyone thinks they're Ansel Adams because they take pics in black and white. That's annoying.

[niyad]

28. welcome to du.

they are no more annoying than seeing "their" rather than "they are&quot

[Iron Man]

37. Auto correct.

I'm typing on a mobile device.

Thank you for the welcome.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

32. I think we're talking just documentation here rather than art.

Imagine cellphone cameras at Dealey Plaza in '63.

[Iron Man]

36. Ah.

Gotcha.

Then yes, I agree. Cell phone cameras are important for that very reason.

[Cha]

29. It can come in very handy in holding people accountable with the facts on

ground.

[Jenoch]

31. I am probably in the minority,

but I find it annoying when recorded video images are teferred to as 'filming' (which ended a couple of decades ago) and 'taping' (which ended almost a decade ago).

When recording video images using a cellular telephone, there is zero magnetic tape involved.

(We have a video camera from alnost ten years ago that was probably uses for fewer than ten hours. I wish I had that 350 bucks back now.)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

33. It doesn't seem as if any format-agnostic term has caught on yet but we need one.

[Jenoch]

35. I think video recording or video imaging might catch on.

However, I am not hopeful. 'Diailing' a telephone number is still used.

[Glassunion]

34. My vote would have been for the Fleshlight, but that's good too.