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rather than take advice from strangers on the internet, you can make this a bonding opportunity. ask what are his goals, the type of pictures he is planning to take. if it's for group selfies with ...

except whenever the skies are blown out from lack of hdr

what makes you say CM1 isn't Android?

this is a very objective statement and a set of very thoughtful questions for everyone to consider. again, a fact-based comment of the images and does not try to lead to any personal derogatory ...

because 290 is not less than or equal to 200

would a used Google pixel qualify as a preferrable Chinese brand?

the difference is visible to the naked eye

yes

the plane of a 1.4 lens at close distance is razor thin, and owners of 1.4 lenses sometimes have to stop down to get both the nose and ears in focus

the only device that had trouble keeping its lens clean was the Panasonic CM1. everything else just manages to remain smudge free and it actually takes manual effort to make them dirty.

pretty sure that human eyes, unlike the Pixel, would be able to read the neon lights on the right, and won't see ghostly images over the man's head

also, the neon text is readable in the iPhone shot while that detail has been washed out on the Pixel shot, furthermore the Pixel has a bizarre glare artifact over the man's head

A will always be better than B in some ways, and B will always be better than A in some ways. depending on what aspect you are looking (pocketability, convenience, battery life, flare response, ...

what's the use case for the SD card that can't be handled by unlimited cloud storage and free internet connection?

exactly, which is why you have to state exactly what you want to talk about, in order to limit the number of variables

what is your definition of better, and what example of a small camera under $600 do you have in mind? price doesn't tell you anything about the specifications of various cameras

to be precise, no smartphone can give you a picture with this quality by cropping. if you had taken a stuffed bird in daylight at 6 inches away, the dynamic range and quality of images from ...

CM1 had presets and fine tune to each preset

exactly, you're labeling users again - but this time using SONY instead of Nokia. everyone is a photographer who happens to be looking for fine tools, it may be that many people would own some of ...

if the blur is caused by a long exposure, then no new phone will help you if it doesn't allow you to control the shutter speed. moving up to a newer iPhone won't necessarily give you any shutter ...