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No, you don't need something very advanced. You can take better pictures with consumer film cameras from the forties. The issue with smartphone pictures is that
by frostburg 8y ago
No, you don't need something very advanced. You can take better pictures with consumer film cameras from the forties. The issue with smartphone pictures is that digital sensors cannot be made that small with good results yet; dynamic range is garbage especially if you move from base iso (which is often 32 or so) and even in optimal circumstances forcing your phone to take a correct exposure is generally very frustrating even with "manual" modes.
- microcolonel 8y ago> You can take better pictures with consumer film cameras from the forties. That's not exactly a fair comparison. In a film camera, you're essentially replacing the "sensor" every time you add a new roll. '40s film (largely) has terrible dynamic range (far worse than an upmarket smartphone camera), is incredibly noisy under conditions smartphones can handle gracefully. Color film compatible with common cameras had only existed since 1930, and it remained disappointing well into the '70s.
- jacobush 8y agoPeople tend to forget that say, Kodak Portra 400 is a technological marvel and pretty recent too. (2010)