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cell phones making M4/3 and DSLRs obsolete

Started Jul 15, 2018 | Discussions thread
Deekie Regular Member • Posts: 417
Re: cell phones making M4/3 and DSLRs obsolete

What i find quite interesting is that the newer smartphones have relatively excellent cameras in them, which far outweigh the image quality of my first film SLR from 1981 (that i still enjoy using today) and they are also better than my first point & shoot digitals, although image quality is not the only factor.

Does this mean the smartphone camera is not a 'real' camera - of course not.  It is as real as any other camera and the device itself has been prolific in helping introduce photography to billions of people around the world who may otherwise have never attempted any form of photography.

The next measure for me is 'control' ...once one is able to control the settings [of a smartphone camera] to create images in a similar manner to any other camera such as an MILC or DSLR, then i may indeed consider ditching them from my common/work use.  However, i don't think they will ever become obsolete (need lenses etc) as i will always enjoy the experience of using them for pleasure/leisure, but on numbers alone they will be considered niche.

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