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> I've given up for most things, a cellphone can beat all but the absolute top end dedicated cameras and even then only for niches. Phone cameras absolutely un
by coolso 5y ago
> I've given up for most things, a cellphone can beat all but the absolute top end dedicated cameras and even then only for niches.
Phone cameras absolutely unequivocally cannot beat the clarity, sharpness, detail, natural bokeh, shutter speed, and overall quality of even an affordable dedicated camera in the $1K range. The only time a phone camera can somewhat keep up is when you're looking at the photos on your tiny 4" phone screen and throwing some heavy duty filters on it to the point where anything will look "good". Throw that photo up on a computer monitor, or TV screen, or get it printed and you can immediately see the difference just in sharpness and detail alone.
Yes, phone cameras are far more convenient, and they have more filter options, and so on. But there's no comparison whatsoever. It's just that most people don't care enough when they're putting it up as a tiny little square on Instagram or sending it as a Snap that someone will look at for 5 seconds and never see again.
- kaba0 5y agoGenuinely asking, is it also true when you are in bad conditions? Sure, cameras take in much more light, but there surely is a point where “working smarter not harder” actually turns it around. For example, I have seen the Pixel 6 take a better photo of a river before a town at night due to the very hard dynamic range requirements plus the movement of the waves in the dark.
- coolso 5y agoAssuming a modern camera with a prime lens shot at the widest aperture, yes, absolutely, although to get the best results you'd have to do some post-processing in Lightroom/Capture One (which the phone is already doing automatically in the background).
- astrange 5y agoInstagram hasn't had "heavy duty" filters since pre-iPhone 4 days when it was a lomography app. Everyone goes for an overly well lit but realistic look these days. Although a lot of them do just shoot on larger cameras.