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luke1lea t1_j1yi6dj wrote

Maybe I'm the only one, but does anyone else not really care about the cameras? Since like 5 years ago cameras on phones have been good enough for almost every situation. Not sure why they keep going so hard on cameras

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theFrenchDutch t1_j1ykjk8 wrote

Not in every situation at all. Landscape photography for example requires much more optical zoom than the wide angles that are on cameras. Buying a phone with x2 optical zoom was already a big boost to my photography during hikes and it still is FAR from enough to take the pictures you'd want to take with a real DLSR, going up to x30 and the like for satisfying pictures.

And this is exactly what they're going hard on, thank fuck. Wide and ultra wide don't need any more progress. I still don't want to go on hikes with a big camera, it's too cumbersome

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effortDee t1_j1yvmrl wrote

Micr four thirds system will change your life.

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c130 t1_j1zeub8 wrote

I don't even know where my DSLR is any more, I stopped using it nearly 5 years ago when I got a Huawei P20 Pro and tried them side by side on a camping trip. Now it's finally dying and I don't know what to replace it with. In the last 2 years I've tried 3 top flagship phones ranked best for photography and they were all goddamn awful compared to the P20 Pro.

I'd be up for carrying a lightweight camera if they were linked so photos transferred onto the phone automatically - is that a thing yet?

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effortDee t1_j24rzzr wrote

Yes thats a thing, seriously look at /r/m43 its an incredible system, especially for travel/backpacking/hiking and when weight and size is a concern.

After I do a shoot in the mountains, i connect to my phone via bluetooth, put a handful across i like there and then, edit them quickly on the phone and upload and save them to a specific google photo album.

The rest i import to laptop later for another look.

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Gozal_ t1_j1ytu97 wrote

I think we mostly need better sensors and optics. For landscape photography when you zoom in a bit you can see all the artificial processing and the lack of detail.
I do agree camera lenses are wider than they should be, like the main lens is more wide than I'd like, and then there's an ultra wide which is even wider.

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Gozal_ t1_j1yto0j wrote

Phone cameras 5 years ago we're only decent in daytime outdoors and are a bit better today, they're only good enough if you never view your photos outside of a smartphone.

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time_to_reset t1_j1yisn3 wrote

I don't care about much else bút cameras anymore. Screens are solid, speed is solid, batteries are getting pretty good if you choose a device with a solid battery, but cameras are still behind dedicated cameras by quite some margin and that's mostly due to the lenses.

It's the main reason I haven't switched to the Galaxy Fold 4 yet.

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itsaride t1_j1z2d6z wrote

I remember when they compared the iPhone 4 camera to a full sized DSLR…with a straight face.

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bingwhip t1_j1z5k1p wrote

I care only because it's hard to find one that has good slow motion, and a macro lense in one package. I care now about those than another 5Mp on the main camera or a zoom

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