I was always against phones as a camera, but now I have a flagship phone for the first time and it’s honestly good enough, and a lot better than the camera you left at home, or a full frame DSLR with the wrong focal length mounted at the right moment.
I’m currently travelling through Patagonia only with the phone and the image quality is good.
You can’t cheat physics of course, but the combination of multiple lenses and a shitload of software magic does allow me to put what I’m trying to capture on the SD card.
I didn’t find a camera that felt like the right mix of image quality, portability and affordability in the gap between our small travel camera kit (Sony a7c with 2 small primes) and a top end phone.
Better to spend the big money on a phone that will be in my pocket every day.
I bought my first DSLR in 2009. It was a new D40 with kit lens for all of $409.95. There just aren’t interchangeable lens cameras available at that price point anymore, which is sad but the market just isn’t there :(
It’s true. Cameras have always been expensive, but even the thin economy of scale is gone with the competition from smartphones. That makes any new camera a premium product.
I was always against phones as a camera, but now I have a flagship phone for the first time and it’s honestly good enough, and a lot better than the camera you left at home, or a full frame DSLR with the wrong focal length mounted at the right moment.
I’m currently travelling through Patagonia only with the phone and the image quality is good.
You can’t cheat physics of course, but the combination of multiple lenses and a shitload of software magic does allow me to put what I’m trying to capture on the SD card.
18 hours of sunlight help, obviously ;)
Same. Well, except the Patagonia part.
I didn’t find a camera that felt like the right mix of image quality, portability and affordability in the gap between our small travel camera kit (Sony a7c with 2 small primes) and a top end phone.
Better to spend the big money on a phone that will be in my pocket every day.
I bought my first DSLR in 2009. It was a new D40 with kit lens for all of $409.95. There just aren’t interchangeable lens cameras available at that price point anymore, which is sad but the market just isn’t there :(
Compact comes at a premium too these days.
It’s true. Cameras have always been expensive, but even the thin economy of scale is gone with the competition from smartphones. That makes any new camera a premium product.
Which phone is this?
Samsung Galaxy S21