The truth is that smartphone cameras are indeed very good. Arstechnica has a good recent shootout. Their conclusion:
Ultimately, the winner here is the smartphone, not the DSLR. The DSLR triumphs technically, and it will produce better images under almost any circumstance, but it’s just hella hard to stack it against the iPhone’s portability and "good enough"-ness.Remember also that it matters on what medium you are going to display your photographs. The difference in quality between DSLR and smartphone cameras is less perceptible in typical web-sized photograph or on a tiny screen, but will be visible on a large screen or in a large print.
Is the smartphone better? No. The DSLR and its lenses, even in my unskilled hands, produce higher-quality images, period. They’re higher resolution, and they contain more detail. It’s impossible for the iPhone’s little 8.5mm-ish sensor to grab as many photons as the DSLR’s big 35mm full-frame sensor. The DSLR wins every time, and the iPhone’s output, while good, isn’t as good.
But that’s the thing: the smartphone may not produce the same massive, high-detail 22MP images as the full-frame DSLR, but the smartphone does manage to be good enough.
From my perspective, it is not an "either-or" situation, the smartphone camera and DSLR are two different tools and my purposes are best met by having both. There are pictures a DSLR will never take because it wasn't possible to carry it to the scene; and there are pictures a smartphone is simply incapable of taking.
parrikar 32p · 442 weeks ago
I just got my iPhone 7. It now has optical stabilization and the image quality seems to be a step up from the 6s. But still, nowhere in the DSLR class, especially in low light.
PS: This may be the last DSLR you buy. Hard to see DSLRs around in another 3/4 years.
macgupta 81p · 442 weeks ago
Enjoy DSLRs while they last?
macgupta 81p · 442 weeks ago
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