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Forum: General Photography
05-10-2019, 02:49 PM
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Just because I might perhaps get away with smartphone images under a number of circumstances, doesn't mean I feel compelled to use them for serious photography and leave my camera gear at home. But, as so often, people's mileage will vary.
BTW, I don't consider flash, macro, ergonomics, and the ability to use different lenses as somehow detached from "general photography". To my mind, those are an integral part of it.
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Forum: General Photography
05-10-2019, 01:10 PM
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Why I keep shooting a "big" camera (although, actually, a K-3 is anything but a big, honking camera)? Well, for starters, because I can't afford both: a capable and versatile DSLR kit and the latest-and-greatest-built-in-obsolescence smartphone. Also, because I like to be in control of all the basic parameters when I do photography and want to get the best possible result under the given circumstances (which, for me at least, includes the possibility of meaningful post processing). Then, quite literally, I find it an ergonomic pain to shoot photos with a phone. (Admittedly, in part that may be a matter of practice, but a smartphone is a jack of all trades, whereas a camera is just that, a dedicated photographic tool, and that shows.) Ultimately, perhaps, because it would suck much of the pleasure out of my photography if I was just reduced to using a phone, rather than shooting the wonderful kit I've spent so much time and resources to build over the years.
Bonus: Try doing something like this with a phone camera - it's not gonna happen:
See full-res image here: https://needacreate.smugmug.com/Zoom-Erlebniswelt-Gelsenkirchen/i-XzdNTW6/A |
