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I don't agree with this. While you might not need a DSLR, you can easily do better than the camera in your phone. I recently completed a family trip and left m
by jbeda 13y ago
I don't agree with this. While you might not need a DSLR, you can easily do better than the camera in your phone.
I recently completed a family trip and left my Canon 5D mark III at home. Instead I took the pocketable Sony RX100. It created some beautiful images and didn't get in the way on the family trip. It also did worlds better than the camera built in to my or my wife's phone.
Here is an image direct from the camera: http://bedafamily.smugmug.com/Other/public/i-SmCN6Hf/0/X3/DSC02018-X3.jpg http://bedafamily.smugmug.com/Other/public/i-SmCN6Hf/0/X3/DS...
- geon 13y agoI'm sorry, but that picture is pretty much what I would expect from a phone. It might just be that I'm not a photographer and don't know what to look for, but so are most people...
- jbeda 13y agoThese days it is all about dynamic range. A dynamically lit scene is much more challenging. Similar photos from phones at the same location looked much too contrasty.
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoNice photo, but maybe a touch underexposed. I love the tones on the rock throughout.
- manicdee 13y agoI agree with the author of the original piece: a good camera phone is often better than a DSLR since you are more likely to have the camera phone with you when you want to take a picture. The most important part of using any camera to take pictures is balancing composition to the technical limitations of the camera. Poor composition will kill the photograph regardless of how amazing your camera is. If you're ever seeing something beautiful and wishing you brought a "real" camera with you while you actively ignore the camera phone in your pocket, you are engaging in the belief that it's the camera that takes the pictures.