Problem with smartphones is the lack of glass up front. I have an iPhone 13 Pro which is about as good as it gets but there’s no linear optical zoom on it. That

Problem with smartphones is the lack of glass up front. I have an iPhone 13 Pro which is about as good as it gets but there’s no linear optical zoom on it. That means you have to spend half of the time getting closer and further away from things or deal with huge quality drop from cropping. The sensor and processing aren’t anywhere near as important as that. With all that my 13 Pro is about as capable as my old Nikon D3100 which I bought over 12 years ago. I am actually considering buying a Nikon Z50 so I can actually go back to an era of more control.