Ok so I have an old phone. An embarrassment to my kids and grand kids. But old people are quirky. I have been looking at the new phone, main interest is in the camera. Havn't had a point and shoot in many years. The reviews all say ... incredible, amazing, terrific, and so on. Eh, to much hype but no substance. You can see examples but they are small can't really discern the quality. Even Outdoor Photographer "review" was a non review.
So does anybody have any 1st hand knowledge or a real review of the camera in the Iphone 11. Any good, just a bunch or marketing or something in between.
rick_n_wv wrote:
Ok so I have an old phone. An embarrassment to my kids and grand kids. But old people are quirky. I have been looking at the new phone, main interest is in the camera. Havn't had a point and shoot in many years. The reviews all say ... incredible, amazing, terrific, and so on. Eh, to much hype but no substance. You can see examples but they are small can't really discern the quality. Even Outdoor Photographer "review" was a non review.
So does anybody have any 1st hand knowledge or a real review of the camera in the Iphone 11. Any good, just a bunch or marketing or something in between.
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Excellent cell phone camera; 3 lenses - short telephoto, wide angle, and extra wide angle. I have an iPhone XS (about 1 year old) and get excellent results with it’s 2 lenses.
I have an iPhone 8+ which takes some pretty fine photos and serves as my pocket camera, and a friend who splurged for the new model says it’s much better than her old 8+ like mine. I don’t see how you can go wrong. The bonus is that it really isn’t a phone. It’a a little pocket computer that also takes photos and makes phone calls. Seriously, it is.
These phones take incredible photos unless you try to pixel peek or print it very big then you will see why we have real cameras. These things are made for socal media where you take a picture of everything you see, do or eat and instantly post for the world to see.
rick_n_wv wrote:
Ok so I have an old phone. An embarrassment to my kids and grand kids. But old people are quirky. I have been looking at the new phone, main interest is in the camera. Havn't had a point and shoot in many years. The reviews all say ... incredible, amazing, terrific, and so on. Eh, to much hype but no substance. You can see examples but they are small can't really discern the quality. Even Outdoor Photographer "review" was a non review.
So does anybody have any 1st hand knowledge or a real review of the camera in the Iphone 11. Any good, just a bunch or marketing or something in between.
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It is not hype. Stop the embarrassment.
jerryc41 wrote:
Are you looking for a new phone, a new camera, or both?
According to my grand kids I need a camera with a phone. Me personally I am not sure I need anything. My phone works and holds up my needs (Iphone 6). I don't use it as a camera. I do use the camera to argument my short term memory from time to time though.
To be honest though, a camera you have with you all the time, that takes good images is something I find interesting.
For a $1000 one can buy a real camera. I have a $59 Samsung that is fine for the 2 hours per year that I use it. Service is marginal at my house. I use the phone when traveling.
ngrea
Loc: Sandy Spring, Maryland
As with any purchase, look at how you use your current phone. Do you find yourself thinking, I wish my phone did[whatever].” Spend 2 weeks saying. “If I had a better phone I could...” nowadays a phone is a complex tool. Are you going to be willing to spend the time learning how to use it fully? I help a lot of retired folks with their Tech stuff. Many of them can’t figure it out without someone to help them practice. What is like breathing to the younger generations is (and may remain) a mystery to some older people. Don’t buy it because your family wants you to have it. Buy it because you want a pocket computer to read your email, text, surf the web, watch short videos, and yes- take pictures and phone calls. Otherwise, consider buying a good camera that fits in your pocket or purse.
I want the latest and greatest in some things but I don't let the kids set my buying targets. If you are not pleased with what you have then an upgrade is fine but you send the wrong message if you are buying something you don't really need just to please the kids. You be the judge!
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
rick_n_wv wrote:
Ok so I have an old phone. An embarrassment to my kids and grand kids. But old people are quirky. I have been looking at the new phone, main interest is in the camera. Havn't had a point and shoot in many years. The reviews all say ... incredible, amazing, terrific, and so on. Eh, to much hype but no substance. You can see examples but they are small can't really discern the quality. Even Outdoor Photographer "review" was a non review.
So does anybody have any 1st hand knowledge or a real review of the camera in the Iphone 11. Any good, just a bunch or marketing or something in between.
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The top four phones with cameras are Samsung, Apple, Google, and Huawei. Pick one, you're not going to be disappointed. There is a lot of convergence in this industry, and very little tech that is "unique" to one vendor. It's like an arms race - it's only a matter of nanoseconds before the other guy puts out a better product, and when you get it, it's a bit of a yawn.
I have a Google Pixel XL - gen one. It has a beautiful when new but awful now OLED screen. But despite it's screen burn-in problems it still takes great pics. With the new IOS 10, I get an excellent Night Sight that lets me take clean (little noise) night images. I can even shoot a starlit sky and other difficult-for-cellphone camera images.
I am not a fan of Apple Phones. I stopped with the 6 because I really hated the limitations, ridiculous mail client, and other things about the phone that just made it frustrating to use. My wife uses an S10 which is excellent in almost every way, and I really like the micro SD capability, but I like the way Android OS is implemented in the Pixel, so when the time comes, I will likely get a Pixel XL.
You'll likely see Apple's billboards showing images taken with the iPhone 11. I hope they will be big enough for ya!
rick_n_wv wrote:
Ok so I have an old phone. An embarrassment to my kids and grand kids. But old people are quirky. I have been looking at the new phone, main interest is in the camera. Havn't had a point and shoot in many years. The reviews all say ... incredible, amazing, terrific, and so on. Eh, to much hype but no substance. You can see examples but they are small can't really discern the quality. Even Outdoor Photographer "review" was a non review.
So does anybody have any 1st hand knowledge or a real review of the camera in the Iphone 11. Any good, just a bunch or marketing or something in between.
Ok so I have an old phone. An embarrassment to my ... (
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I have a cell phone that also dates back to the year of the flood. It is big and clunky and ol' fashioned like its owner.
With that being written, if your current cellphone works, why dump it for a more expensive joint. Why by a cellphone because it has a unique on button that works by breathing on it?
I won't make my cell phone a hard worker. That is because I have one already. Similar to using a bicycle to bring groceries into the refrigerator in the house.
Call me elitist or prejudiced but I don't need a Swiss Army Tool Kit in my life. But if your interested in a real gem of such, here is the Victorinox Big Daddy!
https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Swiss-Army-SwissChamp-XAVT/dp/B000QGF986/ref=asc_df_B000QGF986/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198072135009&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4070028614701359962&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004370&hvtargid=pla-320946784461&psc=1
The new higher-end smartphones are so much more than just one thing or the other. Yes, all of them have very decent cameras for what they are used for. If you don't use your phone for everything, then it's honestly probably not a purchase I would make.
The wife and I bought two Galaxy S9+ when they came out as part of a BOGO free deal, and we use them for every aspect of our life, so they are needed accessories in our life.
I can't speak for iPhone as I stopped using them back with version 4 or so, but if they are like the Samsung phones, you can shoot native RAW and have full control over the exposure triangle (limited to phone capabilities of course). The S9+ takes amazing pictures designed to be viewed on a small screen, but I wouldn't try to put it on a wall.
The thing about phone cameras is that they are uniquely different photography tools. They do not replace or substitute for any other camera type. Instead, they have the potential to add considerable capabilities to your picture taking skills.
It has come to the point that for $1000 you get an incredible camera. Parenthetically, you can talk to people on it. Or navigate! You can spend $5000 on a D5 or 5D Mark IV and it won't do photography the same way.
The trick for us old people (that are quirky) is to embrace the differences, abandon our prejudices and enjoy adding some new capabilities to our photographic habits. Do not abandon what you're good at, add to it.
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