Hello everyone,

Kind of fell into this rabbit whole yesterday. I usually take pictures with my phone, which is not great at this (Moto G84), so I was considering getting a compact point and shoot camera to have better pictures.

At the moment, my main use case is to indeed take selfies with my girlfriend, or friends/family. I’ve read a bit about the topic, and it seems like the consensus is that recent phones (less than 5 years) will take better selfies and general pictures than point and shoot cameras.

Is this true?

I see a Sony RX100M3 second hand at 350€, is it worth it?

Thank you for your help

  • CameronDev@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    350eur seems a quite overpriced, and you can probably get a very decent mirrorless DSLR at that price range, which means interchangeable lens etc. And it won’t necessarily be much larger depending on the lens.

    For example:

    https://www.ebay.ie/p/Sony-Alpha-A5100-24-3MP-Digital-SLR-Camera-Black-Kit-with-E-PZ-OSS-16-50mm-Lens/219510002?iid=276805429375

    If you only ever want to do selfies and close photos, stick to your camera phone, convenience will almost always make it a better option. Just make sure your happy with the image quality (some camera phone photos are extremely aggressively processed, and it can look terrible on a larger screen). If you occasionally want to be able to get a better quality photo, or want a gateway drug to photography, something like the a5100 above is a good complement to your phone.

    Edit: the a5100 screen turns right around, which makes it more usable for selfies than the camera you were looking at.

    Edit2: I can see the response on Lemmy. World, and sopuli.XYZ, but not my home instance, so responding here:

    I saw a photo on wikipedia, that showed the screen stopping at 90°, but if it goes to 180, looks pretty much the same.

    You mention that your partner has an a6000, if I were in your position, I would just use that whenever the camera phone doesn’t cut it. If its too bulky to carry around, then the a5100 is a bit smaller, but not significantly. Maybe a smaller lens and a small camera bag for the a6000 might make it more usable?

    • Blaze (he/him)OPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Hello,

      Thank you for your comment!

      I just had a look, I see an Alpha A5100 where I live for 375€, so budget would be similar indeed.

      I’m currently watching a video about the Vivo X100 Pro, the results that those very high end phones can produce nowadays is quite impressive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8BM0Xzxbfo)

      I guess I’ll have to really debate whether I want to get a camera, or maybe just get a phone with a better camera.

      the a5100 screen turns right around, which makes it more usable for selfies than the camera you were looking at.

      Isn’t is similar to the RX100 M3?