KankRat Loc: SW Chicago Suburbs

Yup. Very often i have the DSLR with me with a telephoto. a quick shot of something up close- always the iPhone (or Samsung, LG whatever).

Macro- tiny sensor lots of DOF.

Rloren

It's all good. I even started with a couple point and shoot cameras that took great photos.

Rloren

Thanks...my post was a little bit in jest. I am really doing ok. I was just amused by my wife with no photographic experience, who just presses a button and takes great photos....
But I will try/take your advice....

Haydon

Many of the masters use their cellphones to keep their eyes trained in composition. The convenience of it being always available (assuming you own one) is unparalleled. Using cellphones to capture 4 minute long exposures, or trigger studio lights presently is out of the question. Shooting BIF isn't even fathomable. Both cells and ILC's have advantages over one another. It's just knowing what tool to use when the situation arises.

Sorry Architect, those AF points aren't useless when you want to control DOF. I always set mine manually when I shoot landscapes (hyperfocal focus), macro/close-up or capturing the eye perfectly sharp in portraiture.

KankRat Loc: SW Chicago Suburbs

If one could make an image of that quality in say, 1930 film would have died stone dead there and then. For the record I still shoot film.
A good photographer should be able to make SUPER high quality shots out of phone.
The average person that I have encountered is unaware of the settings in their phone other than photo. One spent $1200 on a iPhone X and had no idea of the portrait mode.
Those who poo-poo on the capabilties of an iphone really need to learn to exploit it.

Bill_de Loc: US

Page after page of hogwash.

It's your wife that's amazing.

Face it!

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tenny52 Loc: San Francisco

yeah, enough is enough except a few more question.


How many years you usually keep your camera or phone? Dslr uses previous old lens.
How often you drop and crack your camera or phone? I cracked my phone at least once.
How often is your camera/phone got stolen or misplaced? I misplaced and lost my phone at least once.

Rloren

That was funny, thanks for the laugh. My original post was more in jest than serious.
I was just amazed by what one push of a button can do on a "phone"....

jak86094

The “Fstoppers.com” YouTube blog includes a couple of reports of side-by-side tests of smart phones vs. DSLR cameras and picture quality. In the most recent, the smart phone performed remarkably well. My own experience shows that my old iPhone 6 has taken some beautiful pictures in low light public venues like museums and cathedrals. The lighting was truly beautiful. I’m just glad I had the iPhone along. These are frequently venues that do not allow large cameras, flashes, tripods, etc. Plus the iPhone is silent and easy to hoist above crowd and still get a sharp photo...like when I tried to get a picture of the Mona Lisa at the Louve in Paris over the nonstop tourist crowd. There were also temples in China where I could “shoot from the hip” (literally) in places that didn’t allow big cameras. Sometimes it’s the better device given the circumstances facing the photographer...at least IMHO.

kenArchi Loc: Seal Beach, CA

Is it rather boring taking pictures with a phone?

tdekany Loc: Oregon

You may want to see what is possible with iPhones in this case.

https://www.ippawards.com

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

I've had a cell phone for over 25 years, perhaps 10 of them in all. They are with me 24/7. I have never cracked one, or lost one, or had it stolen. A cell phone is much much more than a phone or a camera. I can do at least 75-80% of what I can accomplish on a desktop or laptop computer on mine. The time spent using it as a camera or a phone is minuscule compared to the other things I use it for. My Galaxy s8+ cost $840. Both my son and I have one. We're paying them off monthly via my phone bill. The total monthly cost of my 18 GB data plan along with the cost of 2 phones is $229 per month with replacement insurance. Considering how valuable a tool they are, and how much easier it makes both of our lives, and how much we use them, $229 a month is a bargain. Anyone who buys a smartphone just for it's phone and camera is missing out on 95% of what these devices are capable of doing. I don't use my cell camera or calling features that much but they are there when I want them and need them. Anyone who calculates the cost of a phone based solely on the camera is not getting the big picture.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

If you use Lightroom, you can use your iPhone to shoot raw and a lot more features.

taitman

Meh!.. as others have said, convenience of a camera in pocket stands alone. The D5300 is outdated and out-technologized. If point and shoot is the mode why even bother with a DSLR. A camera with refined user controls, a sensor with superior specifications, and lenses of fine glass and optics can't be diminished. All of these attributes controlled by the user through their eye's and sense of interpretation is what separates snapshots from the art of photography. Good to know about the best phone cameras to carry though.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

No reason it can't be done.