Originally posted by brainwave Might I know what is the use case for a DSLR for you? What is it that your DSLR can do but not the phone? Just curious.
Originally posted by ThorSanchez Things like these.
@brainwave - may I offer a response too?
Specific use-cases aside (and I agree with the examples given by @ThorSanchez), when I use my smartphone it feels like much of the hard and clever work is done for me, and I get what the phone thinks I want... which is fine, as it usually provides a decent image - but I don't get much (if any) satisfaction from the process. Aside from composition, I know that anyone could have taken that same photo using an equally-capable smartphone.
When I use my DSLR, I have to use the skills I've learned to craft each image as I visualise it, and I have very fine control over every aspect of the exposure (or multiple exposures). There's a real sense of satisfaction in applying knowledge and skill to obtain what I visualised while composing.
I guess it's rather like the difference between ordering a piece of solid wood furniture online and crafting one from raw materials using the tools in your workshop. Ordering a ready-made item is much easier, and either way you end up with a nice piece of furniture, but if you make it yourself, you exercise absolute control over every aspect... and the satisfaction of having crafted it with your own hands makes it all the more special to you.
Working to achieve something is much more satisfying than having it handed to you on a silver platter..