Last week I was praising the ever-ready qualities of the iPhone as a camera. It’s the camera that’s always in your pocket and beats the socks off a fancy Nikon or Canon if you don’t happen to have it slung over your shoulder at the crucial moment.
Now, I see, Adorama have included the iPhone in a compilation of the most influential cameras of all time. Sure, it comes thirteenth. But the surprise is that it is there at all. It is confirmation of the convergence of smartphones with the cheaper point-and-shoot cameras. Convenience is the name of the game, so why buy a separate box, however small, if your iPhone can get the job done.
Here is the list of the illustrious company:
- Kodak Brownie, 1900
- Leica Model A, 1925
- Kine Exakta, 1936 (first successful SLR)
- Kodak Super Six-20, 1938
- Nikon F, 1959
- Pentax K1000, 1977
- Minolta Maxxum 7000, 1985
- Sony Mavica, 1981
- Kodak DCS 100 (first digital SLR with Kodak control unit), 1991
- Kodak DC 210, 1998
- Nikon D100, 2002
- Canon EOS Rebel (in USA), 2003
- Apple iPhone 2008
- Sony SLT Alpha-55, 2010