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It's the convenience, for me anyway - why carry around multiple devices, when one can do the job. For travel photography, I went from carrying around a Sony fu
by ebbi 8mo ago
It's the convenience, for me anyway - why carry around multiple devices, when one can do the job.
For travel photography, I went from carrying around a Sony full frame, to a Fuji XT3, to hoping by iPhone 19-20 that I can sell all my bodies and lenses and just rely on the iPhone.
The Sony felt like a chore - from carrying around a big camera and lens, through to the editing and photo management.
The Fuji was a breath of fresh air - a bit more compact, and the film sims allowed me to cut the editing process out. But there was still lugging around a camera, and then the photo transfer etc.
With mobile phones' improvements in photography, coupled with the endless opportunities for apps, I can't wait to rely on it as my sole camera.
- gyomu 8mo agoWhat do you expect the iPhone 19/20 to have that the iPhone 17 doesn't? The tradeoffs will fundamentally be the same. You're not getting a > 100mm^2 sensor (with the glass lens required to image on it) on the iPhone anytime soon (or anytime ever really, unless the form factor of the iPhone dramatically changes).
- ebbi 8mo agoHopefully 48MP telephoto lens, with similar aperture to the main lens.
- gyomu 8mo agoThe telephoto sensor is already 48 MP on the 17 Pro, so that's a given. I don't think we're getting a f/1.78 lens on the telephoto anytime soon. The widest aperture the tele's ever had was a f/2 on the 12 Pro, and that was back when the tele was a 2x (52mm equivalent, so not even really tele...). Maybe f/2.4 or f/2.2 (what the ultra wide has)? That'd already be a significant improvement. The next big upgrades on the ultrawide/tele for the 19/20 generations will likely be larger sensors - they're currently 1/2.55", compared to 1/1.28" for the wide lens. I don't think they can fit three 1/1.28" sensors in there, so plausibly 1/1.7"? But that might mean that effective aperture remains constant. (and yet none of that will beat an equivalent focal length lens on your XT3)