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It's all about the glass. If you're taking a picture of your latte from 6 inches for display on a camera, it really doesn't matter. But if you want a picture of

It's all about the glass. If you're taking a picture of your latte from 6 inches for display on a camera, it really doesn't matter. But if you want a picture of your son's soccer game that you can show on a TV or laptop, and where you can bring his image up and crop it without loss of resolution....it's all about the glass. Phones will never be able to do real photography at a distance because they won't ever invest in the kind of glass necessary. Nikon has great glass (as does cannon, etc). If you want great glass at a great price - try Lumix. They have a deal with Leica for some of their cameras - great price and great glass. https://shop.panasonic.com/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/DC-LX100M2.html#start=1&cgid=lumix-point-and-shoot-cameras https://shop.panasonic.com/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/DC...

Terretta 7y ago
You sure it’s not all about the ratio of photons to sensor size?
- Balanceinfinity 7y ago
  Fair point - yes, but only to a certain extent. "There is no denying that a decent image resolution is quintessential to achieve professional results, but it would be misleading to trust in the resolution as the sole indicator for a camera’s quality." http://www.exclusivearchitecture.com/?page_id=657 http://www.exclusivearchitecture.com/?page_id=657
  - Terretta 7y ago
    Not resolution so much as size of the pits that pick up photons.
x2f10 7y ago
Can you link some example photography captures using the linked camera? I browsed some reviews (first 2-3 that popped up on Google) and I'm not impressed. I feel my iPhone XS produces similar output.
- lm28469 7y ago
  Iphone pics will look about the same when you have nice lighting conditions and don't look for details. As soon as you want to tweak DoF, want proper night picture, manual control, zoom, &c, even a compact like that will do a better job. As good as phones are they are still heavily limited by physics, small sensor, small glass. It'll also give you way more margin in post prod. https://www.flickr.com/photos/63119985@N04/48619846407/in/pool-dmc-lx100/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/63119985@N04/48619846407/in/po... - an iphone would fake the depth of field on an image like that, which look very weird. Keep in mind that random pics on internet don't really reflect the image quality you can get out of this type of camera, if you use it as a point and shoot and don't process it you'll probably get better overall result with an iphone.
- Balanceinfinity 7y ago
  Two variables control the image: shutter speed and f-stop (how wide the aperture is open). The higher the shutter speed the more you can stop action (like a baseball in the air), and the higher the F-stop, the greater the depth of field (more in focus beyond the focal plane). Your iPhone chooses these numbers for you and basically gives you what it can. on a camera like this you can set for automatic, but you can also control these numbers (choose the best shutter speed and it will choose F-stop; choose best F-stop and it will choose shutter speed). You want to capture your friend and the monument behind him all in focus, go for a higher F-Stop; want to stop action at a soccer game, go for a faster shutter speed). Beyond that, the glass will give you the resolution you need to blow up the picture. Sometimes, this might mean for printing, but also when you want to crop the picture and bring up something that was small in the original. That's where the great glass destroys the iPhone.

Terretta 7y ago

You sure it’s not all about the ratio of photons to sensor size?

Balanceinfinity 7y ago
Fair point - yes, but only to a certain extent. "There is no denying that a decent image resolution is quintessential to achieve professional results, but it would be misleading to trust in the resolution as the sole indicator for a camera’s quality." http://www.exclusivearchitecture.com/?page_id=657 http://www.exclusivearchitecture.com/?page_id=657
- Terretta 7y ago
  Not resolution so much as size of the pits that pick up photons.

x2f10 7y ago

Can you link some example photography captures using the linked camera? I browsed some reviews (first 2-3 that popped up on Google) and I'm not impressed. I feel my iPhone XS produces similar output.

lm28469 7y ago
Iphone pics will look about the same when you have nice lighting conditions and don't look for details. As soon as you want to tweak DoF, want proper night picture, manual control, zoom, &c, even a compact like that will do a better job. As good as phones are they are still heavily limited by physics, small sensor, small glass. It'll also give you way more margin in post prod. https://www.flickr.com/photos/63119985@N04/48619846407/in/pool-dmc-lx100/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/63119985@N04/48619846407/in/po... - an iphone would fake the depth of field on an image like that, which look very weird. Keep in mind that random pics on internet don't really reflect the image quality you can get out of this type of camera, if you use it as a point and shoot and don't process it you'll probably get better overall result with an iphone.
Balanceinfinity 7y ago
Two variables control the image: shutter speed and f-stop (how wide the aperture is open). The higher the shutter speed the more you can stop action (like a baseball in the air), and the higher the F-stop, the greater the depth of field (more in focus beyond the focal plane). Your iPhone chooses these numbers for you and basically gives you what it can. on a camera like this you can set for automatic, but you can also control these numbers (choose the best shutter speed and it will choose F-stop; choose best F-stop and it will choose shutter speed). You want to capture your friend and the monument behind him all in focus, go for a higher F-Stop; want to stop action at a soccer game, go for a faster shutter speed). Beyond that, the glass will give you the resolution you need to blow up the picture. Sometimes, this might mean for printing, but also when you want to crop the picture and bring up something that was small in the original. That's where the great glass destroys the iPhone.