Don't knock the modern phone too much - you may be surprised (I was).

AlanSh
Sept. 8, 2024
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    Sept. 8, 2024, 9:12 p.m.
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    I recently bought a OnePlus 12 phone as my old one had (has) a depleted battery and doesn't last long enough. Anyway, I thought I'd try the camera out and see how well it behaved. And I am very surprised by it.

    This was just a quick snap at the beach. I've done nothing to it - it's SOOC.

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    Nothing special, but the colours are correct and it all just looked good.

    This one was taken last night at night inside my motorhome. I chose RAW mode, but left everything else at default. It produced a DNG file which I then imported into Photoshop, denoised it and sharpened it. And that was it.

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    I am suprprised how much detail you can get out of the second one. I looked at it full size and was impressed how sharp it was.

    I'm not giving up with my Fuji's - they still have a place in my bag, but the phone is definitely worth taking out with me now.

    Alan

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    Sept. 8, 2024, 9:25 p.m.
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    Phone cameras definitely have their place and purpose but I still don't use mine unless it's an "emergency" and I have no other option.

    I'll consider taking them more seriously when I see professional wedding photographers routinely turning up to weddings with only their smartphone camera in their hand.

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    Sept. 8, 2024, 9:57 p.m.
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    Sept. 8, 2024, 9:58 p.m.
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    I was at a wedding last July and the wedding party was happy to have the wedding only taken with smart phones. Granted, these people were not professional photographers, but they are happy enough with cell phones to use them at an event like that. At the same wedding, I used my Canon RP camera and they came out great in the church without a flash...way beyond my expectations. I have yet to compare them to the smart phone pictures, but hope I can later. For video they mounted a cell phone on a tripod, while I took stills. I don't know who else was taking still wedding pictures with phones.

    At a recent air show I attended there were a large amount of people taking pictures of planes with their phones. I took one picture of them, with four of the people pointing their phones towards the sky. To me, that's crazy from my perspective. I brought three cameras and lenses to the airshow with focal lengths that ranged from 24mm equivalent to 960mm equivalent. But to them who only use phones, that's the new normal.

    Yes, cell phones are getting a lot of use as cameras. I'm fascinated how popular they have become.

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    Sept. 9, 2024, 2:10 p.m.
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    Alan,

    I forgot to mention. That's a beautiful photograph of the sand and blue sky. I liked seeing all of that open space.

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    Sept. 9, 2024, 5:29 p.m.
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    Thank you. It was what I wanted and I was pleased that the phone did it.

    Alan

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    Sept. 12, 2024, 11:24 a.m.
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    I have a Google Pixel 7a and that has a very good camera and can shoot RAW/jpeg but I usually only use it for selfies or I will use the Google Lens app to identify plants and flowers whilst out on a walk, which works very well but for proper photography I just don't like the ergonomics of a phone, they are too thin, too awkward to hold and I hate the on screen shutter button. I see the new iphone just launched has a dedicated camera button that looks really good but that's a shame because I much prefer Android phones.