No recipe tonight as it failed and I didn’t want to post something that I felt was icky.
BUT, I’ve done a comparison of 2 cameras I used to shoot Korean broccoli I ate at Dragonlady Lounge.
Sue at Dragonlady is one of the best Korean cooks around and she makes an awesome vegan buffet on Thursday nights. If you’re in Chicago on a Thursday, you simply have to try this place. It’s a dive bar, dark and barfly like but with great food. Sue’s snarky so I like her, of course. Tomorrow night is this month’s Vegan Chicago outing and we’re going to Dragonlady’s again and I’m so excited to see what’s on the buffet this time.
BUT, I digress.
Without further delay, below is some of Sue’s famous Korean broccoli. The first photo is shot with my iPhone 3GS. The second with a consumer model Canon Powershot. Very close in detail although the iPhone is a lower resolution. But when the photos are matched in dimension, it’s hard to tell the difference.
Click on the photos to see them larger. In fact, open them in side by side windows to see just how similar the iPhone is to the Canon.
As long as you’re not shooting for large-scale enlargements or need to zoom, the iPhone does a nice job.
SnarkyVegan 
November 5, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Hah! I was just looking at cameras yesterday. Maybe I should be looking at phones instead :)
November 5, 2010 at 8:21 pm
The only downsides of the iPhone camera are:
-no zoom
-no macro
-resolution size (limited enlargements)
-no flash, if you need one (or buy the new iPhone)
-no ISO control
I’ve taken some amazing low-lighting shots that captured a deep blue sky with the iPhone. But they get grainy the lower the lighting, as would all cameras to some degree.
But it’s the best phone camera I’ve seen so far.
November 5, 2010 at 11:12 pm
I’ve noticed that my cellphone (not an iphone) can take some pretty decent shots sometimes. I’m actually fairly impressed.
It’s interesting to see the comparison between the iphone and the cannon, thanks for that. seems to handle close up shots rather well.