69: The best smartphone cameras and remembering our first cameras

Can't find the time to keep up with tech news? Looking for some awesome lockdown listening? We have you covered with the Noise Cancelling podcast, which is brought to you by TechRadar and our sister sites Laptop Mag and Tom's Guide.   This week’s show is presented by Gareth Beavis, Editor in Chief of TechRadar and Sherri L Smith, Editor in Chief of Laptop Mag!   This week our guests are Mark Wilson, Cameras Editor at TechRadar, and Mark Anthony Ramirez, Writer at Laptop Mag, who join us (remotely, of course) to talk about the last seven days in tech. Show Headlines 00:00 Start 01:35 Too many big questions 08:39 The gadget hall of fame 13:54 Our first cameras 16:26 Film vs Digital cameras 21:42 The first camera phones 24:01 Modern smartphone cameras 29:02 The easiest time to become a photographer 32:18 Gareth is the worst photographer 34:38 Why do iPads have cameras? 37:43 Is 8K video needed?  41:29 Beavle Trends 46:45 Sign off This week we have a whole bunch of photography experts on so it would be a shame if we didn't do a big old camera and camera phone deep dive. We reminisce about our first cameras, chat all about the best smartphone cameras and discuss whether this is the easiest time to become a professional photographer.   For all this and more, tune into the all-new Noise Cancelling podcast – you can subscribe on Spotify, grab it on Apple podcasts, or find us wherever you get your pods. New episodes land every Friday.   Don’t forget to head over to TechRadar.com, LaptopMag.com and Tomsguide.com to read more.   Music by Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles Licenses under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/