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After spending a couple thousand dollars on photography equipment, I've realized that I usually prefer photos taken with my phone. If I photograph the same sce

After spending a couple thousand dollars on photography equipment, I've realized that I usually prefer photos taken with my phone. If I photograph the same scene with my phone (Nexus 5X, an old phone!) and my DSLR (Canon 80D, usually with a decent prime), I'll like the one my phone took better. The color and contrast on its photos are much better than on pictures from the DSLR. Do the DSLR photos look better at the pixel level? Sure, but I rarely need that level of detail. Could I edit the DSLR photo to get the same color/contrast? Yes, but that takes a lot of time when you have 500+ photos from a vacation. The DSLR really only wins out if I want to zoom in for the shot. Then the DSLR wins in a landslide. So now my personal rule is: if I don't need to zoom, just use my phone. And it's been nice not having to drag the heavy DSLR around everywhere I go.

_Codemonkeyism 7y ago
(as a hobby photographer) I went to Norway to hike 680km. Agonizing for weeks if I should take my DSLR and lenses. Took only a OnePlus6T with Google camera, Open Camera and PhotoMap. I'm happy with the results and the 2kg less in the backpack.
rconti 7y ago
One thing I've found myself doing is replicating phone pictures with my high-end pocket camera or mirrorless, when traveling. I might take a snap with my cell phone and be like HOLY CRAP that looks amazing.. then do the same shot on my camera, it looks like crap. But when I get home to my 5k display, the phone pic looks like an oil painting compared to the mirrorless or even point and shoot (rx-100) shot. The screen is just so damn bad on every digital camera I've ever owned, that I need the iphone screen to compose and realize how good the shot will be if i take it with a real camera.