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G7X Mark III vs Smartphone

Started Aug 18, 2019 | Discussions thread
NextShowForSure Contributing Member • Posts: 765
Re: G7X Mark III vs Smartphone

Hublot wrote:

Hi everyone, i am planning to do more photography and am considering to buy the G7X Mark III vs a new smartphone.

I already have a working phone so its more for photography.

But i am wondering, with Smartphones photo quality nowadays, is a compact camera like the G7 relevant anymore?

Specially when compared to phones that is marketed as high photo quality smartphones like the Pixel and P30 Pro.

Many of the videos i found were of older models of cameras or smartphones.

Is there any comparison for the latest gear that can show if a dedicated camera still provides better quality these days? Or any insights or experiences to share?

The phones are good in their specific dedicated modes. Cameras will be praised on their night modes but that does not mean they are good in low light.

If you look at pictures taken indoors on cameras in poor light of a subject there is only so much that can be done from the low output from these sensors and they are not good.

If you are only interested in automatically getting results without any input on your part phones are good. I find with my images many of them will be embarrassingly inferior to the output of my family's phones but when I can get it right there is a special shot that cannot be bettered.

If you enjoy setting up the parameters for the photograph yourself and do not just want automatic best results the camera is still the way to go.

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