It’s the photographer, not the equipment:...

lesdmd Loc: Middleton Wi via N.Y.C. & Cleveland

https://www.boredpanda.com/wedding-photographers-compare-iphone-11-professional-camera-photos-jamie-lauren-eichar/?afterlogin=savevote&post=1867884&score=-1

I am not ready to sell my DSLRs and lenses, but it is hard to deny the convenience of carrying a single small “box”.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Lower your goals to match your equipment.

Canisdirus

I used to create scientific reports on wetlands for various govt. agencies.
Now I certainly could have done my reports with pencil and paper ... no doubt.
But if my competition were all using word processors and graphic programs ....

Well, it should come to you in a moment ... or two.

ELNikkor

Jared Polin, (who has always maligned cell phone cameras) just did a full field test of the iPhone Pro. His big blow-ups with his Canon Pro 1000 printer impressed even him. In the right hands, it really is a great camera system. Those who can't get past the knowledge that the photos were shot on such a tiny sensor need to get over that stigma. With me, it is not the image quality issue, I want to hold and look through the viewfinder of a "real" camera. My D750, like a Mazda, it just feels right!

Quixdraw Loc: x

Once saw a guy fit hinges to a door with a screwdriver instead of a chisel. Job looked ugly, probably took him twice as long, but the door worked. Using the right tools, priceless!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The comments after the pictures are interesting.

asymptotic_maybe Loc: Southern California

I've been working on an analogy for this often-brought-up topic...I've been waiting for the right time to try it out, so here goes...

I've been a fairly avid cyclist for many years. I even did a lot of Mountain Bike racing, amateur level, back in the day. Now I spend most of my riding time on a very capable carbon fiber road racing machine.

If the current Tour de France champion pulled up next to me on a beat up Huffy, I'm pretty sure he would leave me in his dust within a few seconds, never to be seen (by me) again.

If, however, at that time the 10th place Tour de France finisher happened to be standing by the side of the road and I handed him my bike, he would easily catch and pass the champion on the Huffy.

The moral, IMHO, While the equipment doesn't make the photographer, it sure helps!

In-lightened Loc: Kansas City

Extremely low light...mammals and their early/late feeding habits, BIF or just about anything birds do around water, back lighting, water falls and water management. But I will take a cell camera for casual get togethers any day.....not being a portrait photographer. Hoping my friend and wedding photographer shows up with her Cannon for my daughter's wedding next month and not just her cell....

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

lesdmd wrote:

https://www.boredpanda.com/wedding-photographers-compare-iphone-11-professional-camera-photos-jamie-lauren-eichar/?afterlogin=savevote&post=1867884&score=-1

I am not ready to sell my DSLRs and lenses, but it is hard to deny the convenience of carrying a single small “box”.

Looked at the article and wonder if the authors have always had problems getting the most out of their equipment or just deliberately chose weak shots from the 5DIV. But even then the backgrounds from the 5DIV are much better than the simulations from the iPhone. Some of the shots from the 5DIV really show a lack of knowledge and skill that is surprising after 150 weddings.

I think it only proves that a middling photographer CAN get shots from an iPhone almost as good as what a middling photographer can get from any other camera.

Hip Coyote

The bike racing analogy is perfect. A a m4/3 shooter. But if I ever have a prolonged need to shoot indoor action, high ISO stuff (think grandkids playing indoor sports) I’m fully prepared to go full frame. The right tool for the right job. On the other hand we hike, at time at High altitude (did a trek in Peru at over 15,000 feet) and carried only my Oly and one lens.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

After spending the money needed for a good DSLR AND good lenses, it is hard to admit that cell phone cameras can do just as good a job for some things. Cell phone cameras are very good for what they are designed to do.

The fact is that in some cases, looking at the results without knowing what camera took it, you could not tell the difference.

But for those who wish to think that a DSLR body will automatically make their images higher quality, then go for it.

I prefer to focus my energy on the image and not the equipment. If I am looking at an image, I don’t care what camera recorded it. I can enjoy an image without knowing what camera was used to record it. If I am taking the image, the equipment is a tool, a recording device. The equipment can definitely help in some situations, but it does not create the image.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

ELNikkor wrote:

Jared Polin, (who has always maligned cell phone c... (show quote)

Cameras in cell phones are real cameras. I didn't know Mazda made cameras.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

In-lightened wrote:

Extremely low light...mammals and their early/late feeding habits, BIF or just about anything birds do around water, back lighting, water falls and water management. But I will take a cell camera for casual get togethers any day.....not being a portrait photographer. Hoping my friend and wedding photographer shows up with her Cannon for my daughter's wedding next month and not just her cell....

When you say, Cannon, are you referring to a camera with a really big (long) lens? 😏

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

If people envy your gear, that's worth something, isn't it?

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

CHG_CANON wrote:

If people envy your gear, that's worth something, isn't it?

You're repeating yourself and, no, envy is not worth something.