Yet Apple has also been working on its own mobile photography capabilities: photo-editing in iOS 5, and most recently the launch of a fully-fledged iPhoto app, complete with filters and a sharing feature called Photo Journals.
Apple has also made efforts to improve the phone's photography capabilities over the previous generation.
During the 925 launch Nokia demoed both the low and bright-light photography capabilities of the phone, inviting the press to compare the shots with photos taken on their own smartphones.
Nvidia is talking up the computation photography capabilities of the Tegra 4, with automatic support for HDR photos and video, and also its power efficiency — claiming it consumes up to 45percentnt less power than the Tegra 3 in "common use cases", thanks to features such as a battery saver core for low power during standard use.
The people at BBC Good Food and Top Gear understand the necessity of embracing video in addition to their text and photography capabilities.
DSLRs have many advantages over point and shoot cameras that are crucial in sports photography, including: high ISO capability, fast shutter speeds, no shutter lag, faster auto-focus, interchangeable lenses, increased battery power, and higher frame rates.
Thanks to artists like Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince, a more prevalent attitude these days is wised-up skepticism: doubt about the truth-telling capabilities of photography itself and suspicion of its engagement with the machinery of mass culture.
NASA had to perform remote software updates to improve the rover's visual detection, photography, and hazard detection capabilities.
Tegra 4 offers exceptional graphics processing, with lightning-fast web browsing, stunning visuals and new camera capabilities through computational photography.
Perhaps less evidently, a shot from a moving car on Sunset Boulevard explores the capabilities of digital photography, the medium of choice for many contemporary artists.
