Bryan Jones, retinal neuroscientist and photographer (via James Duncan Davidson<\/a>):<\/p>\n \n In short, we are rapidly approaching a point where Apple has many of the required tools in their workflow to redefine how photography works for professionals as well as consumers. There are some professional photographers that have embraced smart phones in their workflow and some like my friend Trent are even teaching classes in college on photography with smart phones. That said, while it is true that while the iPhone is being used professionally by some in limited capacities, right now the smart phone is nowhere near a replacement for SLR camera systems […]<\/p>\n The iPhone technology convergence is showing the world the way forward in terms of how to integrate technology into photography. It remains to be seen whether Apple will capitalize on this or how soon camera companies will begin to adopt strategies pioneered by the smart phone industry.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bryan’s article is great. He hits on two themes: (a) just how empowering software can be to photography (both in terms of removing friction from someone’s workflow, and also to improving the quality of the image); and (b) how far and how fast will Apple push the quality of the iPhone camera’s hardware?<\/p>\n This is something I plan to write about more in my eventual review of the E-PL5<\/a>, but one of the first things I thought after I had edited my first batch of images was, now what?<\/em><\/p>\n