[pct-l] Is the iPhone 4S the only camera you need?

[Tom Holz]

Smartphones can chew through batteries real quick, especially when the 
GPS receiver is on or the phone is searching for a cell tower.  I even 
carried an external battery pack for my iPhone to be safe, and I also 
kept it in airplane mode during the day so the camera was easy to bring 
up, avoided apps and GPS, and turned it off at night.  In the whole 
course of my thru hike, I think my iPhone 3GS ran out of battery only 
two or three times on the trail.

One of my regrets is not pulling out that phone more to record stupid 
little video clips of life on the trail..  those would have been so much 
fun to rediscover in twenty years.

Bigfoot


On 4/2/2012 10:07 PM, Gary Wright wrote:
>
> On Apr 2, 2012, at 1:20 PM, ruffwork wrote:
>
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577305702578426084.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read
>>
>> I'm going to try this: been planning to since I saw how good the iPhone 4S camera is.
>> Not taking my Panasonic camera and case and charger and spare battery saves about 13 oz.
>
> I'd be concerned with the battery life. You could turn it on and off when you want to take pictures but it takes way to long to power up to be practical I think.  While the picture quality of the 4S is quite good I think that in actual use, you would be better off with a dedicated camera.
>
> Radar
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