The $600 mistake that made me ditch my DSLR for phone photos

I used to drag my Canon 5D Mark III everywhere, even to Walmart. After a trip to Grand Canyon last year, I spent 3 hours editing RAW files for a photo I took at Mather Point. Then I realized my iPhone 14 shot the same scene in 2 seconds and looked better in direct sunlight. Now I only bring the big camera for paid gigs, not family stuff. Anyone else switch to phone photography just because it's less hassle?

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lily5116d ago

...and that's the thing @ivan873, I had both shots up on my 27 inch monitor and yeah, the Canon had more detail if you pixel peeped. But here's the weird part. I showed both to my mom and she picked the iPhone one. Said the colors looked nicer. So who am I impressing with all that detail if nobody else cares? My sister's wedding pictures from a Samsung phone ended up on canvas prints and they look fine. Fine enough that nobody asked what camera was used.

ivan8736d ago

That's kind of what got me thinking too... but I gotta ask, did you actually compare the two shots side by side on a big monitor? Because I did that once with my Sony A7 and an iPhone shot, and the phone looked great on the phone screen but fell apart when I zoomed in on my computer. The texture and detail just wasn't there. I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, it's just that the convenience factor is really tempting but the quality tradeoff is bigger than people admit. Sometimes I wonder if we're all just getting lazy with our eyes.