My iPhone 11 is Really good for close-ups and you always have it with you. Distance shots, for the extra you paid for the iPhone Pro 11 vs just the 11 you could buy a Lumix 100 or 200 and have it for those distant shots. But you have to carry it and the iPhone.

Hi, I have a Dell too. My Dell had a slot for a M.2 drive in addition to the Laptops 2 slots. Ok, a 1TB M.2 is a bit over a $100 and a 2TB is around $260. M.2 is even faster than a SSD. I had a local computer store install it for $50. I too take a lot of pictures and get asked frequently for things. I bit the bullet and I've bought a 4TB SSD - $500 to 600 (Amazon and Newegg have them). Samsung SSD's include a conversion CD/DVD disk which moves all your data to the new drive - I did it myself. My computer store, as of mid year, doesn't have such a program for the M.2, but worth a check. My Dell had only one slot for the M.2.

Take the Speedway road over the hill to Grants Pass. As you go over Grants pass the Saguaro's are every where. There is a view area within a mile. Try it and then use the road though the area. Everywhere the road rises is probably a great view area.

Oops, It is the Lumix LX10 and on eBay they were down to $350 It was the fastest fixed lens on a camera. I bought it for my sisters birthday. and got to play with it. It does have a flash too. But zoom the lens and you lose the F1.4, I figure if you are close to your subject, you have a great shot. It zooms nicely as well

Look at the Panasonic DMC ZS-10 It has an excellent low light built in lens and some zoom capability. They are around $500 to 700. But, if you use the zoom you lose the F1.4 lens capability

Hard drives do get "bad sectors" and it takes a re-format to mark them for non use in the future. One thing we didn't discuss is that they recommend leaving 10% space for the "temporary use for read/writing" So don't fill up a SSD.

One last point. Theses SSD's use very little electric power. They have no moving parts. So they generate very little internal heat. There is an Engineering Rule, the Arrhenius rule, where if you can lower the heat of a device by 20 degrees, you can double its life.

I've used SSD's for over 5 years with no problems. I've gone to 4 TB SSD's to handle my pictures and power points. It is amazing but there is a M.2 (M dot two) SSD drive which looks like a stick of computer memory. The fit in a special slot on my laptop and desktop motherboards. They have various SSD sizes up to 2 TB. They made the laptop and desktop really fast. I have pretty much flipped to SSD's from rotating drives. I always bought the better spinning drives which have lasted as long.

I own a 2 year old Dell Inspiron 2 in 1. I did upgrade it with the new Samsung M.2 2TB SSD and a 4 TB SSD It made it a terrific machine. It is a i7 and 16 GBs of DDR4 memory. Only issue was when I upgraded to the M.2 we found the battery was swollen. $40 for a new one. It takes 5 seconds to start-up and about the same for a shutdown. Mine has the HD 2 GB video card as well. Nice picture.

Ok, some quick facts.
Have the camera set up to take pictures
Keep the camera in a plastic bag to protect it from dust and dirt
The camera tours push dust into the ports so you get a great picture with the sun shining through the dust
Don't change lenses inside - too much dust
Best time is mid year, sun directly overhead
Best time of day - noonish
The guides know your camera really well and will take pictures of you or for you.
All of the canyons (upper and lower) are great for pictures, but the light shafts are best at mid day - the guides know that and plan for it.
Know your escape route as these are arroyo's and can flood quickly. They have ladders that go up and out.
Just a Great tour We used a Navajo lady Carol Big Thumb - but plan ahead, and bring some water, but it is cool in the caves.
A 6 hour tour with a break in the middle

I did this 4 years ago. We went on the first run, too cold, snow and rain. I recall being on the starboard side of the boat- Photos were useless, calving is a watching experience, set the camera to video with sound. The rail line has a lot of scenic pools of water in different colors. With the rainfall there were a lot of waterfalls along the tracks, but you need to be ready. The train does a switch over and and that is nice to photograph.

Just to ask, is it under warrantee?

I went to Walgreens with print negatives. They don't do them anymore - new machines only digital, They said all the stores in the Las Vegas area are that way now.

Gosh, Yeah I take pictures but Oh boy those 4K videos beat HD TV any day. They are great. I haven't tried the 4K photos, where you can grab frames of a 4K video to become a picture. That should be equally great as well. Try it Mikie! Its good.