Same price smarthone & slr quality

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

On 2021-03-31 13:44, Scott Lurndal wrote:
At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

Depends on the photography you're doing and what you consider a
smartphone price.

The later varies from almost free to US$1400 or so with very nice camera
and lenses.

You can get decent SLR's for a few hundred bucks and add a couple decent
consumer lenses for that price that will outshine the best smartphone
camera.

Of course the best photos are taken with the camera that you have with
you...

In article , Scott Lurndal
wrote:

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

as the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you.

spec-wise, slrs are better, but smartphones slip into a pocket. how
often do you carry an slr with a bag full of lenses with you?

smartphones can also do things an slr cannot, such as capture a depth
map for later processing, night mode and various other things.

On 1/04/2021 6:59 am, nospam wrote:
In article , Scott Lurndal
wrote:

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

as the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you.

spec-wise, slrs are better, but smartphones slip into a pocket. how
often do you carry an slr with a bag full of lenses with you?

smartphones can also do things an slr cannot, such as capture a depth
map for later processing, night mode and various other things.


..... but can be a PITA in many outdoor lighting situations to see the
LCD image for composition, or even find the 'shutter' button..

geoff

In article , geoff
wrote:

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

as the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you.

spec-wise, slrs are better, but smartphones slip into a pocket. how
often do you carry an slr with a bag full of lenses with you?

smartphones can also do things an slr cannot, such as capture a depth
map for later processing, night mode and various other things.


.... but can be a PITA in many outdoor lighting situations to see the
LCD image for composition, or even find the 'shutter' button..

nonsense.

get a better phone.

In article , Incubus
wrote:

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

Even the cheapest DSLR has a better sensor than the most expensive smartphone.

but nowhere near as good of an isp or cpu.

On 01/04/2021 10:12, Incubus wrote:
On 2021-03-31, Scott Lurndal wrote:
At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

Even the cheapest DSLR has a better sensor than the most expensive smartphone.


True, but if you don't have that DSLR and its lens collection with you,
no picture!

With the purchase of a Google Pixel 3 (later: Pixel 5), I think the
image quality has been adequate for almost all of my photography, and
with the built-in image processing software the need for much
post-processing is eliminated.

If I want macro, I would use my Panasonic MFT with an Olympus macro
lens, or for telephoto a Panasonic consumer 300mm lens (600 mm
equivalent), or for general use a 14-140 mm (28-280) lens. Reduced size
and weight are most welcome. But these days, for my purposes, the Pixel
3/5 images are more than good enough.

So really, it depends what aspect of "quality" you mean.

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Cheers,
David
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On 1/04/2021 11:39 am, nospam wrote:
In article , geoff
wrote:

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

as the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you.

spec-wise, slrs are better, but smartphones slip into a pocket. how
often do you carry an slr with a bag full of lenses with you?

smartphones can also do things an slr cannot, such as capture a depth
map for later processing, night mode and various other things.


.... but can be a PITA in many outdoor lighting situations to see the
LCD image for composition, or even find the 'shutter' button..

nonsense.

get a better phone.


What would you call 'better' ?

I guess you seldom get to go outside, let alone with the sun behind you.

geoff

In article , Incubus
wrote:


At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

Even the cheapest DSLR has a better sensor than the most expensive
smartphone.

but nowhere near as good of an isp or cpu.

If we're talking about quality as per the subject, the sensor and quality of
available lenses are the only relevant details.

false.

what matters is can it produce the results that the user wants.

If it's about convenience,
that depends on one's needs. I don't find bird photography very convenient
with a smartphone but it certainly fits in my pocket and has other functions.

do you carry your slr everywhere?

the best camera is the one you have with you.

In article , geoff
wrote:

At about the same price are the smartphones yet up to the quality of the
SLRs?

as the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you.

spec-wise, slrs are better, but smartphones slip into a pocket. how
often do you carry an slr with a bag full of lenses with you?

smartphones can also do things an slr cannot, such as capture a depth
map for later processing, night mode and various other things.


.... but can be a PITA in many outdoor lighting situations to see the
LCD image for composition, or even find the 'shutter' button..

nonsense.

get a better phone.


What would you call 'better' ?

pretty much anything.

there is *no* issue whatsoever in using a smartphone in sunlight,
especially with recent phones which have *very* bright displays, nor is
there any difficulty in finding the shutter button, which is large and
easy to find, but can also be triggered by the volume buttons or
anywhere on the display if the user prefers, although the latter will
preclude touch focus/exposure.

there are cases that add a 'real shutter button' and a grip:
http://snap6.bitplayinc.com/img/kickstarter/kickstarter-bg-01-video.jpg
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/00...uttercase1920-
1008_1296x.jpg

and if that's not enough, there are also remote displays and remote
shutter buttons. those with an apple watch can do either or both with
just the watch, which also has a display that can be seen in bright
sunlight.

and it's not just phones. lcds on compact digicams and slrs have no
issues in sunlight either (except maybe the cheap crap), and on some of
them, the shutter button is not always obvious or not ergonomically
placed. remote displays and shutter buttons are an option for many of
those cameras.

I guess you seldom get to go outside, let alone with the sun behind you.

as usual, you would guess wrong, although this past year it was less
than usual, for obvious reasons.