I have finally worked my way up to a decent digital camera to take before and after pictures of all my jobs. I even know how to post these pictures:clap: Just curious though, what are camera cell phones like if you happen to forget your digital one day?:blink:

I don't have one, but every picture I have seen taken by one sucks big time in quality.

(Jim_Lincoln)
Jim Lincoln

Ditto what Jim said. The cam phone pics are almost always poor quality. They do work well to refresh the memory on little things though.

I just used my camera phone today to take a pic of a door knob that I need to match. It's nice to have for things like that.

I could see one coming in real handy for taking a picture of some issues that come up on a job that were unforseen and the homeowner isn't there to see them. I usually just call them, let them know and give them the damage over the phone, but having a picture as back up for later might be a nice thing.

They are a good backup for the digicam when the batteries die or it is left home. I have a good digicam on the truck at all times along with a whole pack of batteries.

I also have a Razr V3 phone, it has a 1.3mp camera, which should be good enough for jobsite work. The problem is the lens. The tiny fixed focus lens is not very good. It will take about as good a picture as a cheap fixed focus digicam.

Another thing is getting the pic off the phone. If you do not have e-mail on your phone it is hard to get it off and onto your PC. I have this issue with my old V400. I have a pic I really want to get out of the phone and cannot find any way to do it.
I got the Moto software for the V3 for Moto's website. It was about $30 and can swap files such as pics, songs, ringtones, video, etc. It also has a ringtone mixer. You can take any sone or sound file and shorten/mix it to make you own ringtones. I know kids who spend $2-$3 for them and think they are NUTS.
Now if I take a pic with my phone in a pinch I can just plug the phone into the laptop and get the pic on my PC.
I also have a photo printer with Bluetooth so if I want I can just Blutooth the pic to the little printer directly.