Lighter and more mobile cameras were less obtrusive, more suited to capturing subjects "off camera".
The practical problem of designing mobile cameras was also very much on the mind of Mr. Drew.
The week in numbers Number of emails to action: 106 Number of events to speak at this week: 1 Time I woke up this morning: 3am (I don't know why) Moment of technological delight: Buying a new camera for the first time in five or so years, having decided reliance on the mobile phone camera is diluting the quality of my photos.
1000Memories, the startup behind the ShoeBox iPhone application, which lets you "scan" old photographs and post them online using your mobile phone's camera, is now introducing a new feature to help you better organize your digital collections.
In the video, greyhounds Sooty and Sweep run alongside the "vampire bat mobile," where a camera is recording in high definition.
The site, which allows users to upload photos from their mobile device's camera, is built around its community and is designed for sharing photos with other users.
More seriously, the operator of a van carrying a mobile speed camera was shot to death on the side of a freeway in April 2009.
With a slew of mobile devices, camera's, media players getting slimmer and tinier it's no wonder manufacturers are looking for memory storage that won't crap out.
Despite these limitations, the mobile phone camera was able to capture high-resolution images of blood and sputum samples useful for diagnosis.
When Apple's "Shot on iPhone 6" ad campaign covered billboards and posters in 24 cities around the world, it proved two things: The quality of mobile camera technology is astronomical, and mobile device manufacturers badly want you to know about it.
