Re: Why am I using the X-Pro3 more than the a7cR????
gdanmitchell wrote: 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.
That Ghent graffiti "alley" was one of my favorite strolls in all of the Netherlands! I have an entire series of images from it. At the time, I was schlepping a Nikon Z9 with 24-105 or 14-30 as my "travel" camera It was ironically that trip now just two years ago that convinced me to go smaller, hence the Fuji X kit.
But yes, over the past month or so, I've come to realize the gear is all just a simple pleasure that isn't really necessary anymore. For me it's about the memories, and the iPhone can generate totally adequate reminders...
Me in that alley. My daughter took this shot on her iPhone (14?) and literally just had it printed out to 4x6 and gave it to me last week for my birthday. I just scanned the print on my old flatbed to post here, so it's about as bad a 3rd generation copy as you can get; and while it isn't perfect, it's definitely is a "great memory" for me!
Aug 12, 2025 at 03:46 PM
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It was ironically that trip now just two years ago that convinced me to go smaller, hence the Fuji X kit. 