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First of all, the Galaxy Note II is more expensive than many entry-level DSLRs. We're really just talking about tradeoffs here. >they do it because they think

First of all, the Galaxy Note II is more expensive than many entry-level DSLRs. We're really just talking about tradeoffs here. >they do it because they think this will magically make their photos better Truth is... DSLRs and cameras in general are becoming magical. My girlfriends dad just came bak from Africa with a point-and -shoot, and I was convinced that several of his photos were stolen from National Geographic. These were not average snaps. My dad just came back from Dubai, and not only was he amazed at the lowlight performance of the camera (yes, on Auto), but the camera was also cropping portraits by itself (sony's Auto Portrait setting), taking out the skill of composition. Instead of spending hours stitching his photos into a panorama, he was able to do it on the fly. And he could take incredible lowlight HD movies without changing any settings. Intelligent Auto settings also detect what scenes you're shooting and can do some pretty advanced settings to make your shot look professional.

nemo 14y ago
That's true, camera tech. is steadily improving to the point that a DSLR left on auto can do some impressive work behind the scenes. A modern DSLR has a lot of amazing tech for low light handling, autofocus, setting the white point/color fidelity, vibration reduction, and other things that a camera of the past wouldn't have handled well, and kit lenses tend to be darn good general purpose zoom lenses.
- fudged71 14y ago
  I'll be impressed when cellphone cameras can provide apps with their full RAW image information, global shutter (rather than rolling shutter) functionality and compatibility with wireless external flashes, and apps getting advanced enough to match the functionality available in Photoshop Camera RAW (distortion correction, advanced noise reduction, recovering shadows and highlights, etc). I'll be impressed with DSLRs when they have advanced post-processing and connectivity. Image stacking, noise reduction and sharpening based on computer vision, OCR, light field technology for focussing and 3D, NFC, WiFi Direct

nemo 14y ago

That's true, camera tech. is steadily improving to the point that a DSLR left on auto can do some impressive work behind the scenes. A modern DSLR has a lot of amazing tech for low light handling, autofocus, setting the white point/color fidelity, vibration reduction, and other things that a camera of the past wouldn't have handled well, and kit lenses tend to be darn good general purpose zoom lenses.

fudged71 14y ago
I'll be impressed when cellphone cameras can provide apps with their full RAW image information, global shutter (rather than rolling shutter) functionality and compatibility with wireless external flashes, and apps getting advanced enough to match the functionality available in Photoshop Camera RAW (distortion correction, advanced noise reduction, recovering shadows and highlights, etc). I'll be impressed with DSLRs when they have advanced post-processing and connectivity. Image stacking, noise reduction and sharpening based on computer vision, OCR, light field technology for focussing and 3D, NFC, WiFi Direct