I used to think pretty much the same but now that I own one of Sony’s high end models I realize that’s quite naive. There’s no comparison in quality, photo noi

I used to think pretty much the same but now that I own one of Sony’s high end models I realize that’s quite naive. There’s no comparison in quality, photo noise or pretty much anything in terms of possible results between my Sony A99 II and say, an iPhone X. The only place where iPhone X comes out ahead the ridiculous easiness in achieving decent (but not stunning) results due to its impressive camera software. In anything but a simple photo in perfect light the Sony can produce a photo that’s easily a magnitude better than the iPhone X. I’m not an expert in optics/physics but I think the reason for this difference is simply how much light aka photons enter the tiny camera of an iPhone compared to a big lens. The difference there’s probably 1-2 orders of magnitude in terms of surface area of the lens.