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Street photography with an iPhone

A camera is a set of capabilities and limitations. The most remarkable capability of smartphones is that they are “invisible” and always with us. For most people the fact that everything is automatic is also an advantage, but for street photography it is a limitation.

The first iPhones had fixed focus at the hyperfocal. Starting with version 4 they introduced autofocus, which was marketed as an advancement, but it complicates the shot. Waiting for the phone to be able to focus often means losing the photo.