March Of The Tripods
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Well maybe, if it fits the phones capability, which we have established a few hundred times this week is a very thin sliver of what's possible. Since it's only a 30mm lens, a subject of a particular size must be within a very narrow margin of distance away, you can shoot moving subjects but not in too low of light, you can't really use DOF artistically, ect. Oh, and if the sun's glare is particularly strong, well I suppose you can use a hood.As we carry our iPhone everywhere, whenever there is a photographic moment the camera is there to capture it.
Quantity says nothing about quality. We are discussing the ability of the gear to support a user who wants quality.With hundreds of millions of people everywhere and the device always there will yield many wonderful images which can be instantly shared too!
That's not the way my brain works. I don't go to work and when my boss tells me im up for a raise I tell him "no thanks, I make 70 grand a year and that's good enough". I always want the best that I can afford. One look at photos that were taken with gear ten years ago, on the 4k screen I have now, tells me that future proofing for tomorrow's standards is smart.But for sports, PJ, amazing wildlife, weddings etc. etc. the ILC will not be displaced. What will happen is progress will slow, growth will slow and all of us will find them "good enough" and use the iPhone as it is also "good enough" for the rest.
And yes our standards do morph. Just watch an action flick from the 70s or 80s and tell me you are convinced by the special affects. Back then it was cutting edge, believable, but since then we have seen better. Once you move forward you brain won't let you go back.
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"Today's Pictures Are Tomorrow's Memories"
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