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p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · Has a high quality camera phone affected what gear you buy? | |
I am surprised nobody asked the question that came into my mind, with a lens lineup like that what made you come to the dark side. To start building another lens collection with gold labels will cost a might bit of $ and for that you could pick up the latest / greatest Canon bodies and IMHO would be very hard pressed to see any "real" difference between your Canon rig and your budding Nikon one. Seems crazy why did you switch?
Now as to your question, yes and no. Many years ago I'd buy a new P&S every year or more often as they kept getting better and better and you do want to capture those random kodak moments of life.
Later when I got my D40 and than moved to D300, D700, D3s, D4, D5 there was big improvement over anything else out there. For sports/action and all the other stuff that phone can't compare nor have any influence on my purchase, after all I own a D5/D810 that says enough. NO iphone / galaxy or other brand changes my "DSLR" purchase.
But... since the adoption of the iPhone4s by my family we haven't found any use for any of the latest greatest pocketable P/S, nor have I even played or considered buying one. My kids and SO used to consider taking a P/S or current DSLR, but that hasn't happened for years, whats the point? The DSLR is big/heavy and the phone is good enough for them. That purchase and consideration died many years ago as every P&S camera manufacture has discovered, !
Your question is like asking the off road crowds / working construction man if the advent of all wheel drive on everything has changed their purchase habits for their big/high-end Suburban / Ford F150+ like 4x4. You are getting the expected response from the extreme diehards
I don't necessarily agree with those posting here that for most of life's moments the DSLR is better, no question the quality of the picture is better but for why you take the picture for the "photographer" the larger population already has made their decision and convenience and good enough has won. With Apple and the many other's continued marketing around photography capability versuse the Canikon and others pathetic response that battle is lost. Canikon and the others are going the way of HighFi of 25 years ago.
As to # of pictures taken, DSLR likely for me personally I have more frames taken. As to how many are shown, shared and cherished the iPhone album wins hands down.
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