markwilliam1

I do my fair share of traveling and am guessing it’s 90% Smart Phones vs. DSLR’s, Mirrorless, etc. from my observations. Sometimes I feel a little out of place lugging a tripod and everyone else has a phone in their hands for the same shot Lol! I’m pushing 70 and am amazed at this change! All my friends under 60 have only Smart Phones. One day I think they will figure out a way to increase the focal length using AI. Can’t wait!

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I wouldn't care what others are using, I'll use what I want to use at the time.
(I have a year on you.)

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

I didn't purchase my iPhone for the camera feature but I do use it on occasion when I don't have access to my DSLR. Improvements to cell phone cameras are what every smart phone manufacturer promotes in their advertising and what every manufacturer considers the most important upgrade for their next new phone release. They also add in and upgrade software to improve post processing. They are trying to create, in that little box, what we have in our DSLR's and mirrorless cameras and the kids today think it's new innovation and that they are experiencing something that previous generations have no idea about.

Personally, I think they are missing out on the real experience of photography, never having the fun of developing their own film, printing their photos, learning about lenses, depth of field, etc and, most importantly, having to use their minds to decide what lenses and exposure triangle values are necessary to achieve the "perfect" photo. No, they just stick their arms out, take selfies and call themselves creators.

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ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

I enjoy and prefer the user experience of my DSLRs.

Tote1940 Loc: Dallas

I guess it is like listening to music vs playing an instrument
Unfortunately never learned to play any but do photography both ways, cell phone and cameras, in past darkroom up to Cibachrome printing, now scan and photoshop

tramsey Loc: Texas

Smart phones are nipping at dslrs and mirrorless cameras continuity. Smart phones have the advantage of being pocketable, convenient, it can share photos easier and are able to take fairly decent photos. I have my phone with me all the time so I have a camera with me all the time. I have one that's a couple of years old Samsung S10. Sometimes I have my 850 but it is not pocketable or convenient but it takes better pictures than my smart phone.
A long time ago my grand daughter wanted a camera. She was ten or eleven. I bought her a smart phone. She was really excited. A couple of years later she wanted a real camera. I bought her a Nikon d3100 and some books. Then I had the fun of teaching her a little about photography. Whenever I saw her she had her camera with her in a carrier that she had made. She was about fifteen or so. More years went by. Every once in a while a would see a photo of hers in a the Dallas Magazine and Cowboys and Indians. She has graduated from college, owns an art studio in Dallas and doing very well. The other day she showed me her new camera, a Z9 and started telling me what it can do with the same excitement she had with that 3100, big smiles and jumping around on her toes. She still uses the same smart phone I bought her ten years ago. She says, "It's a phone grandpa not a real camera." She has found the excitement of photography.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

I only know one person in my circle of acquaintances and family that does not own a smartphone and some, like myself are way over 60.

Regarding increased focal lengths my Galaxy S22 Ultra solved that that problem as did the S21 Ultra before it.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

A photographer brings their camera.

Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx

For a few years now I have been covering events and street photography with my D7200 and an 18-140mm lens. Sometimes I would get stares, some people seemed nervous when a camera is on them, so I started using my iphone 12 pro max and now 14 pro max more and more. People tend to ignore you when you have your cell phone out taking shots or shooting video because everyone has their smartphones out.

As far as quality goes, the new smartphone cameras produce totally usable images, but unless there is a major breakthrough in Quantum Mechanics, the small little plastic lenses and tiny sensors will not achieve what a big piece of glass in front of a big sensor can capture.

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Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

I prefer to use the viewfinder vs the LCD screen on my cameras. That is one reason I take very few photos with my cellphone.

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jcboy3

I have an iPhone 12, and it has three lenses, I can control focus and exposure, I can control depth of field effects, I can use light and flash. Every photo has geo-tagging. And I can print, and I can apply innumerable effects. And I can share or upload my photo to any number of web sites.

It doesn't take film. Thank goodness. I shot film for decades; I won't touch it anymore. The only advantage to film over digital was when I was out in the wilderness, my batteries were dead, and I got a couple of shots. Partly cloudy 8 rule. One of which was good enough that I had a large print made from it. But I since digitized all of my slides and negatives, and I did some post processing to that photo that made it even better and the new version is hanging from my wall. Yay digital!