Interesting perspectives here.
I'm definitely coming from a different place. I got rid of my FF SLR camera years ago because I just wasn't lugging it around. And when I was lugging it around I wasn't terribly enthusiastic about processing & cataloging. The iPhone changed everything for an active life. The best images are the ones you take with the camera you have with you. On a bike, on skis, at a party, in a museum, at a concert, the one in the pocket actually gets used. And pics that go straight to the worlds best cataloging system in your phone and are super easy to share is definitely nice.
That said, some images just suck with a phone. Scenics with poor light. In the woods with shadows. Action shots without a viewfinder.
And a $1000+ phone makes sense from a supercomputer linked to the entire world perspective. But a $1000+ cameraphone that's constantly dirty and jiggliing around in my pocket with keys and grime means the lens will be awesome on day one and considerably less awesome on day 365.
So the temptation to get something small like an rx100 is tempting when the price point gets closer to half of a new iPhone.
Mar 07, 2024 at 09:38 AM
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