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> can take really good photos with their phone now That does not make any sense, it was already the case that you could make excellent pictures with compact ca
by ekianjo 4y ago
> can take really good photos with their phone now
That does not make any sense, it was already the case that you could make excellent pictures with compact cameras 15 years ago, without having a DLSR. If your hypothesis was right the DSLR market would have disappeared much earlier.
- xdfgh1112 4y agoAre you really comparing 2005 compact cameras to the multi-lens machine learning tiny sensor capabilities of modern phones? Your argument only holds up if you're taking high aperture landscape photos in broad daylight...
- ekianjo 4y agoThe Sony Rx-100 Was released in 2012. That's 10 years ago already and that still beats hands down the best phones out there in terms of image quality.
- KptMarchewa 4y agoEarly digital compact cameras were terrible compared to phones today. On the other hand they were revolutionary compared to film cameras, so it didn't really matter.
- mlyle 4y agoBefore, one had to make a conscious choice to get a compact camera. People who wanted to take pictures had a choice-- do I get a SLR and have all the bells and whistles and be "serious", or do I get a compact camera? Also, appearances matter-- do I want to look serious? Now, a pretty excellent compact camera is in pretty much everyone's hands. So the question becomes-- is it worth another camera to be serious? Would I even carry it anywhere?