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launch events are all pretty much the same these days they're like there are a
handful of things that it seems like they're all required to have by law some
magical or game-changing features some
sticker shock a couple of lame scripted jokes from the presenter and the
implication that no this time for real the camera is so good that you can snap
photos just like the pros do with minimal effort but how much truth is
there to this there's obviously a lot more to becoming a good photographer
than just having the right gear but is a
smartphone can it be the right gear has
image quality on modern flagship phone cameras rendered stand-alone compact
digital cameras irrelevant or obsolete well digital camera sales have been
declining for some time now at least at the lower end of the market so a lot of
people apparently don't feel the need to carry them around anymore but are they
making a big mistake for a long time pocket cameras clearly outstripped their
cell phone counterparts for a number of reasons one of which was the size of the
image sensor and you can learn more about image sensors up here the main
takeaway though is that larger image sensors can capture more light which
means your camera's processor has more information about your surroundings to
work with ultimately leading to better looking more detailed photos with less
noise these days though image sensors
and phones are starting to catch up to standalone cameras although there's
currently still a limit to just how large a smartphone image sensor can get
because smartphones are small highly integrated devices that needs space for
all the other stuff that's inside many phones though do pack sensors close to
the size of what you'd find in a mainstream point-and-shoot camera though
we've also come a really long way in terms of processing power in smartphones
which not only allows you to play 3d game and multitask with ease but it also
helps your phone make sense of what it's camera sees turning it into a sharp
looking image with accurate white balance and colors instead of the smeary
mess that we were used to on the camera phones from 15 years ago combine these
factors with the fact that modern smartphones make it ludicrously easy to
share your pics on Twitter or Instagram and it becomes clear that separate
compact cameras oh they are just for suckers right wrong actually despite the
convenience of camera phones standalone compacts still offer some important
advantages many mainstream compacts except for some of the ones at the very
low end of the market allow you to change critical exposure settings like
aperture and shutter speed and although some camera apps say they can do the
same in pro mode or whatever the truth is that smartphone cameras use fixed
lenses without mechanical parts so these aperture and shutter speed settings on
your phone are really just software simulations of the same settings on a
separate camera which won't come close to giving you the same flexibility and
picture quality in situations where you're trying to photograph fast action
fine-tune your brightness or get your depth of field just right for the effect
that you want and if you are trying to take a shot of a fast-moving subject the
quick autofocus available on nicer separate cameras can really help your
shot come out correctly something that many smartphones lack another massive
advantage is in the optics in the same way that phone sensors need to be shrunk
down so do their lenses bigger and
better lenses give especially DSLRs but
even consumer grade cameras the ability to gather more light for the sensor
achieve that desirable depth of field effect or bokeh and even optically zoom
the image so you can capture a subject as though it were closer up without
losing any image quality most phones lack some or all of this functionality
and what they do have often comes with
assessing artefacts or other compromises and here's another issue if you're an
absolute video and photo taking fiend you'll already know that your habit can
quickly cause your phone's battery level to plummet the average compact camera
can take many hundreds of photos before calling it quits with all of that said
if your main concern is having a straightforward camera experience
without the need for any fine-tuning that shiny new smartphone in your pocket
will probably serve you just as well if not better than $100 point-and-shoot
thanks to other creature comforts like automatic backing up to the cloud
however there are still a number of enthusiast level compacts on the market
with much larger image sensors powerful image processors and lots of options to
fine tune exposure and focus preferences that smartphones currently can't touch
and that's without even trying to compare the camera on an iPhone or a
Google pixel to a four figure DSLR with expensive detachable lenses let's just
put it this way I'd be pretty surprised to see professional sports photographers
trade in their pricy telephoto lenses for Samsung galaxys at least for now
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