The end?

Cyril Catt wrote:

Thomas A Anderson wrote:

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It's really too bad that people look at images mostly on their phones or other small screens. It's also a shame that people don't realize how much better their images would be with a zoom lens, larger sensor, and LESS processing.

I'm sure that many people DO realise that (technically)

I wasn’t referring to technical image quality alone.  A zoom lens allows for widely varying compositional techniques to be used, especially when you’ve got the variable aperture to go along with it.

'better' images are possible with better lenses

Not better lenses alone, also a variety of lenses including zooms.

and sensors , and less processing. But I suspect that many are satisfied with what shows up on the small screens of their pads, with little or no processing time.

Sure.  They’re also unaware that their phone is a pretty lousy camera.  The narrative that is so commonly repeated is that phone cameras have made most regular cameras obsolete.

That was much the same as the recognition by George Eastman that simplicity was a seller.

And that’s why the narrative exists.  Most people don’t really care about photography, so the camera glued to their phone is just fine.

The cost and complexity of producing excellent poster sized images may not be considered relevant if the final product sought is simply a postcard sized image on a screen.

That misses the point, but I imagine that’s exactly the oversimplified story many phone photographers believe accurately reflect the attitude of those snobby photographers who use a camera other than their phone.

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