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OT: Cameras
So much for the Sony RX-100 being so great as compared to a good cell phone camera https://www.androidauthority.com/com...phone-1068461/
Unless you want a zoom lens or are a professional photographer, why carry an expensive, heavy, bulky, camera when your cell phone camera is just as good? |
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Well......for a few reasons.
My compact Canon weighs the same as my cellphone and is actually smaller in length and width and not very much thicker. So it fits in a pocket (especially bike jersey) better. And the camera DOES easily outperform my smartphone's camera. I just browsed the article but they clearly didn't even try to use the camera with any real thought. I got my compact to use on bike rides over my smartphone because I knew in the hands of a competent shooter the compact will always be better. Now if you just want to push a button and don't care about optimum results than by all means just use your smart phone. |
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I find a camera easier to hold. I have a iPhone 11 Pro and the quality is excellent but for me not quite as good as my RX1r. However, the argument for carrying a camera is getting weaker and weaker.
I’ll probably be one of the last who do carry a camera though.
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We are happy for it as your pics are always super. Would have been surprised if they came of a phone but yeah these days phone cameras are pretty amazing.
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If you need accuracy shoot fast and catch a moment then a cell phone is terrible.
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If your example of image quality is a picture of a guy with a basket over his head, it says it all right there.
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What camera do you carry?
My cellphone is a bit of a pain to take pictures with on a ride, but I am generally happy with the pictures I take. I'm a little concerned I'm going to drop it though. |
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Digital is old news- it’s all about analog shooting on bike rides #fortheculture /s/
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I still use an old iPhone SE (perfect size for me), so I don't know the newer smartphone cameras, but has the Flash in the new smartphones gotten any better? (in the SE, its more of a light than a flash)
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I carry a Sony RX1r Mark 2. I did drop my RX1 mark 1 going about15mph on the trail. It broke.
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Just like hot rod engines where there's no replacement for displacement, in photography there's no replacement for big glass to grab a ton of photons. Although sensors and software continue to improve, our ability to defy physics remains limited. Software effects in iPhones or whatnot that attempt to replicate the shallow DOF & bokeh of a wide aperture lens still produce laughably bad images with artificial blurring in the wrong places. Of course, I'm not carrying a few pounds of camera gear while riding my bicycle. The cell phone camera's best quality is that it is with me all the time. I do use it for occasional cycling pics, which for me are landscape photos in daytime lighting, generally not challenging conditions for a camera. I don't use it while moving though... too fiddly to fetch from my jersey pocket, remove from the ziploc bag I use to keep the sweat off it, the hold is awkward while shooting pics, plus I don't want to risk dropping & damaging a device that's fairly expensive to replace and also a lifeline of sorts when out riding alone. |
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A smallish fuji camera is half the price and many times better as a camera than an Iphone.
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A lot of times, I find taking a picture with a phone and using the screen to compose the shot is very hard. Give me a viewfinder any day.
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And the last one will be me. I can tell you exactly how many pictures I've taken with a cell phone while riding.....zero.
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^^This. Weighs about the same as a full small water bottle. Easily worth the weight in superior images.
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