Cell Phone Cameras Are More Available and Cost Less
When a devastating tsunami swept Southeast Asia and claimed more than 200,000 lives, video taken from cell phone cameras offered some of the most immediate and captivating images of the disaster as it happened. It was one of the first times cell phone video recorders played such a large part in a major news story.
Last summer, the first video to surface of the London train bombings was also recorded on a cell phone. In California, cell phones caught a father encouraging his 12-year-old daughter to fight at a California youth club.
Whether it's tornado chasing in Tennessee or capturing a glance of celebrities like Tom Cruise, there are more than 40 million cell phones out there, giving them the opportunity to record whatever's happening around them, whenever they want.