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In low light, I’ve never seen a smartphone that will beat a fast prime on a mirrorless or DSLR camera. A kit zoom lens will struggle in low light, but you can
by marlor 5y ago
In low light, I’ve never seen a smartphone that will beat a fast prime on a mirrorless or DSLR camera.
A kit zoom lens will struggle in low light, but you can get extremely high quality fast primes for a couple of hundred dollars these days that will blow away any smartphone.
- AmVess 5y agoYou aren't going to get a decent, fast prime for a few hundred dollars, much less an excellent one. Apple's low light performance in their new phones is excellent, and they are making huge strides in every area with every generation. A minimum acceptable DLSR with an acceptable fast prime will cost $1k, which is also the cost of Apple's excellent pro iphone that will rival the quality of the former for the average user.
- marlor 5y agoThe Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is optically just fine if you stop down slightly, and the RF version is even better. It’s not much more than $100. The Olympus 25mm f/1.8 is absolutely fantastic, and smaller. As are all the Olympus fast primes. You can get it for $250. More expensive fast primes are worth the price for me. But the entry-level ones are optically pretty great these days.
- boulos 5y agoVersus night sight? The single shot with wide enough glass is definitely going to be better: there just aren’t many photons on the little sensor! But the stacking that night sight does “in camera”, particularly since the Pixel 4, seems to outpace “cheap DSLR”. Here’s a basic Nikon vs Pixel 2 a couple years ago [1]. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/9rb53o/weekly_madebygoogle_photos_megathread_october_25/e8hy4ys/?context=1000 https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/9rb53o/weekly_...