Re: Why am I using the X-Pro3 more than the a7cR????
Jack Flesher wrote:
We enjoy using nice gear, but at the end of the day they’re both pictures; and most of the people we know that can see the difference have posted on this thread. IOW, for the most part our audiences don’t care... Damn, that’s a depressing realization.
Hey, Jack, you seem to have gone from one extreme to the other in the last couple of posts. I hope everything is OK!
My view is that the smartphone/camera question isn't necessarily a binary. When I'm out doing my "serious" photography — especially while traveling — I use both. Sometimes the smartphone works faster and better and less obtrusively... even when I'm mostly relying on the "real" camera."
Funny story about that. A few months ago my wife and I were in Ghent and walking up a small street famous for its graffiti. I had my XT5 out with the usual 27mm prime on it when a fascinating cyclist approached. It was all happening too fast and I could not reset from a close up of the graffiti to settings appropriate for the cyclist, much less frame up a shot quickly enough.
Meanwhile my wife fired off an iPhone snap.
Photo by Patricia Emerson Mitchell
As a photographer friend is famous for saying about good work by others, "I hate you!" was my first response when she showed me what she captured. She just laughed.
Aug 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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