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> I emailed Souza one last question: If he were asked by a future president to photograph the administration, would he use an iPhone for official photos or stil

> I emailed Souza one last question: If he were asked by a future president to photograph the administration, would he use an iPhone for official photos or still rely on his DSLR? > “DSLR,” he wrote back, perhaps crushing a few Apple dreams, “though [I] would still use iPhone for some Instagram posts as I did during the Obama administration.” I don’t see why people think this will ever change. iPhones (and other advanced smartphone cameras) will always be getting better, but I doubt they’ll ever truly surpass the quality of a dSLR. The laws of physics in the larger camera will trump until we get much more advanced in image processing (and we’ve come a long way already).

Someone 8y ago
Theory vs practice. In theory, DSLR designers have more freedom of design, so their designs always should be at least as good as cameras in mobile phones. In practice, economies of scale probably already give the phone the edge in software. Doing whatever mobile phones do in Photoshop always should be at least as good, though, if the DSLR stores the multiple images the iPhone uses to make a ‘photograph’ (I think ‘picture’ is becoming a better word for what these cameras do) Also, a phone could have tens or even hundreds of lenses on its back side, making it catch as much light as a DSLR, which, I think is the main reason DSLRs still are better (I think having many lenses technically is possible already, but it may be too expensive, and probably requires too much processing power to be useful at the moment) Also, photographers may grow up who don’t know how to get the most out of a DSLR.
- jsjohnst 8y ago
  The quote wasn’t from an amateur photographer and most of my point was based on the quote being from a pro photographer. For an amateur, they will usually get better photos with a currentish iPhone than they likely would a dSLR. But a pro photographer should know how to squeeze the most they can out of a dSLR. Not to say they can’t get a great photo out of an iPhone too, just they are more guaranteed to get it with the dSLR and right set of lenses.
  - Someone 8y ago
    I wasn’t around at the time, but I think people argued the same when 35mm analog cameras were the new kid on the block. Cameras using larger film still have their use, but eventually, they almost only were used for studio work. Having interchangeable lenses may save them, but it wouldn’t surprise me if DSLRs went the same way viz camera phones. Reason: if processor speed keeps going up, there’s a lot one can do to counteract the disadvantages of having a device only a few millimeters thick.
    - jsjohnst 8y ago
      > there’s a lot one can do to counteract the disadvantages of having a device only a few millimeters thick. There’s only so much you can do in software to negate the lower absorption of photons due to the dwell size.
sunstone 8y ago
Even now, for low light conditions it's hard to beat a pixel2.

Someone 8y ago

Theory vs practice. In theory, DSLR designers have more freedom of design, so their designs always should be at least as good as cameras in mobile phones. In practice, economies of scale probably already give the phone the edge in software. Doing whatever mobile phones do in Photoshop always should be at least as good, though, if the DSLR stores the multiple images the iPhone uses to make a ‘photograph’ (I think ‘picture’ is becoming a better word for what these cameras do) Also, a phone could have tens or even hundreds of lenses on its back side, making it catch as much light as a DSLR, which, I think is the main reason DSLRs still are better (I think having many lenses technically is possible already, but it may be too expensive, and probably requires too much processing power to be useful at the moment) Also, photographers may grow up who don’t know how to get the most out of a DSLR.

jsjohnst 8y ago
The quote wasn’t from an amateur photographer and most of my point was based on the quote being from a pro photographer. For an amateur, they will usually get better photos with a currentish iPhone than they likely would a dSLR. But a pro photographer should know how to squeeze the most they can out of a dSLR. Not to say they can’t get a great photo out of an iPhone too, just they are more guaranteed to get it with the dSLR and right set of lenses.
- Someone 8y ago
  I wasn’t around at the time, but I think people argued the same when 35mm analog cameras were the new kid on the block. Cameras using larger film still have their use, but eventually, they almost only were used for studio work. Having interchangeable lenses may save them, but it wouldn’t surprise me if DSLRs went the same way viz camera phones. Reason: if processor speed keeps going up, there’s a lot one can do to counteract the disadvantages of having a device only a few millimeters thick.
  - jsjohnst 8y ago
    > there’s a lot one can do to counteract the disadvantages of having a device only a few millimeters thick. There’s only so much you can do in software to negate the lower absorption of photons due to the dwell size.

sunstone 8y ago

Even now, for low light conditions it's hard to beat a pixel2.