Who Has Given Up Their Camera For Their Smartphone?

I know it helps compensate camera shakes when the shutter speed is slow (or below the recommended speed). I don't know what happens exactly behind the scene.

Try it yourself. Set your camera to aperture value mode. Take a handheld shot (preferably indoor where the light isn't bright enough) of still objects with the VR off. If the shutter speed is too high, close the aperture more until shutter drops below 1/50 sec and you get an image that is not so sharp. Then switch on VR and take another shot at exactly the same shutter, aperture, ISO settings. You should see a sharp image with the VR switched on.

Again as I mentioned most kids today can't drive a vehicle with a clutch. Similarly, they likely would not know what 50 mm 1.8 vs. 50 mm 1.4 even means, and when APS-C there is a 1.5x factor. What I mean, is in concept. I myself know what VR and VRII mean in concept, but have never used it....

Here's a way to put one's money where one's mouth is...if a iPhone 6 takes great pix, take all your pics with it when you have a baby born. I think at some point, a person would be very disappointed with what they've got. They sure were nice on Instagram and facebook, but blow it up to 8x10 and see.....(people will say 8x10 just fine, to which I have no repsonse if we keep it politically correct lol)

it, see what it does....might just put my traction and stability back on in my car too (just joking)

VR works with some limitations. It doesn't guarantee good pictures with slow shutter speed. Usually it will be about two f-stops slower than without it. Unless you have very steady hands it may be more.

What you pay is lag when you are trying to re-frame picture. You have to get use to it, as lens will try to compensate lens movement as long as it can. It strange sensation at first. Personally I still prefer tripod or even monopod.

my tripod broke, and so my friend was egging me on to spend $200 on a manfrotto carbon fiber pan/tilt that was on clearance. I hesitated and sure enough, the price is now $400 for the new model, that was closeout. I know this sounds sad, but I ended up with a amazon basics for $24. It even came with a bag to carry it in. It's not as bad as one would think.

Manfrotto MK294C3-A0RC2 carbon fiber was on sale for $189.88 at B&H photo a couple of days ago. It's no longer available now. Like you, I hesitated but now I want it. I'm using el cheapo tripod too ($1 more than yours ). It does the job just fine... on a flat surface.

I happened across my digital camera recently and discovered the battery seems dead. That's two digital cameras I have, that likely would work with the investment of a new battery, now in storage. For me, not worth the few dollars to buy a new battery.

Nothing against those who like a dedicated camera, I like a dedicated gps and that seems needless to some.

It's just that I always have the phone with me and I have to make a decision to carry a dedicated camera. For the quality I require in my pics, the phone camera is good enough.

Tripods are good but a pain to haul around. I know I own two; I don't own any VR lenses, good glass + speed is all I need most of the time.

Can't do long exposure without one. Tripod also helps me take a selfie of me and wife. We don't need help from others.

I was out there with my Canon on a tripod Sunday night taking pictures of the Bloodmoon/Supermoon. No way could I have gotten those with a handheld smartphone.
Saw people out there with their smartphones and flash on. Just thought to myself "good luck with that".

People that use their flash for sunrises and sunsets or moon shots are not up to speed on when to use their flash....

They set the flash to auto. That said, it is possible to have gotten a decent pic of the eclipse with a smartphone, if you put it up to a telescope eyesight. Otherwise, you'd get a washed-out blob.

the best part of the cell phone cameras is you always have your camera with you! and almost never do you let the battery die!
no one want to slug a DSLR around all day all the time.
the phones are getting so hi tech and the cameras are only getting better and better as well.
just my opinion.

The flash cannot go quite all the way to the moon... sunrise and sunset pictures should have the flash to off....

Not me. My camera still takes far better photos than my smart phone.

the best camera is the one that you have with you.

I have a number of acceptable pictures taken with my phone - because it was the only camera I had with me at the time.

I definitely would have preferred to use one of my "real" cameras, but the phone is all I had with me. The results are not as good as if I had used a real camera, but they are acceptable, and I would have had no images on those occasions if I had been dependent on my cameras, so THOSE images would have been UNacceptable.

- Tom -

Me.

I'm not giving up my camera anytime soon for my smartphone camera. I will still use a phone camera for convenience as I carry that around all the time. But for travel and special events the camera comes with me whether it's the DSLR or point and shoot. The phone camera just can't beat the low light situations or the telephoto distance.

I think my iPhone 5 is more than adequate for most anything that I would share online. I have a Panasonic point-and-shoot that I bought before my daughter's wedding years ago.

I have had both Nikon and Canon SLR film cameras (and lenses) that I used in the past, but not often enough to justify owning them. I may get a digital SLR someday just on chance that I may want the choice of more control.

A friend (also retired) enjoys his semi-pro nature photography activity. He will hike with a GPS, recording sites to come back and shoot under what he considers ideal conditions. As a former civil engineer, he considers all the angles of the day and season.

He has no kids, but all the toys. He pays for custom printing.

I have a Nikon Coolpix AW100 and love it. It is waterproof too and very small.

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