Can a mod please put this type of question in a pinned area?

Would it not be helpful if the site owner or a moderator were to put the RAW v JPG (along with Canon v Nikon and a host of other subjects) in a pinned area of the site?

This is a bit old, but essentially the same instructions. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350 You don’t need external drives, flash drives or anything like that. It’s really simple.

Apple have simple migration routine that will connect the two devices and transfer data and programs. Also if you use iCloud the migration is even easier. Information is, I believe, on the Apple web site.

You won’t see much wildlife around cruise terminals.

Jamaica has a deserved reputation for crime. Stay with your tours.

New Orleans is a great city, but it is a city. You won’t need a long lens in town. A wide angle would be better. Stay on the tourist routes and as ever, be aware of your surroundings and be ‘street wise’.

Buy Victoria Lambton’s book (The Lightroom Queen) Lightroom FAQs. It will explain how to use Lightroom, including how to organize storage, in simple and understandable terms. Other how to books are available of course.

Try to remember to have three places to store your images. One on the computer, one on a separate drive and one off site or in the cloud.

So much advice, and so many ill informed opinions.

An iPad is an extremely useful device both for downloading onto and doing on the go post production using Lightroom mobile or Affinity Photo (or a range of other apps).

An iPad Pro is the best option, but even a humble iPad (although probably not a Mini) is more than adequate. As always go for as much memory as you can afford. You can upload to the cloud (iCloud, Dropbox etc) where you have access to internet. Failing that I use a Scandisk iXpand which can plug into an iPad without problem. As a back up I don’t delete anything off my memory cards. I do however delete the uploads from Apple photos as keeping the photos in two separate places on the same device (Photos and Lightroom) is redundant. Having the images on your memory cards, iXpand and Lightroom is good practice. If you can upload to Lightroom in the cloud or Dropbox, so much the better.

Whatever works for you. There’s no ‘best’ solution.

It did indeed!

What you say makes perfect sense.

Thank you and I don't disagree with what you say there. The majority of people have always taken 'snaps'. From as soon as the vest cameras arrived. The majority have always been records of events, friends and family. Many had their heads chopped off, bad composition etc etc. However for a group of supposedly accomplished or striving to be accomplished photographers to express some of the comments here does nothing to spread the enthusiasm to the general public of any age.

...and a last.

Another iPhone image

The following three photos, selected quickly from my catalog are all taken using an iPhone.

An that can be done with a cell phone camera.

It's not just the young who use the cameras in cellphones. I'm 65 and have been taking photos for 55 of those years, studied photography at University and made part of my living as a travel photographer.

A good photo is a good photo no matter what equipment it was shot on.

I use cell phone cameras, DSLRs, film SLRs and have used medium format cameras of various types. All have their place and uses.

A DSLR will never replace a medium format camera - for some uses. Neither would one replace a cell phone camera - in some circumstances.

To say that 'There is no interest in the "artistic side of photography". It is beyond what is important to them. If they even believe there is an artistic side to photographs.' is claptrap.

'I also believe that the younger cellphone camera set is more interested in “see what I’m doing now” pictures and sharing them on social media than they are with the artistic side of photography. To say this is a ridiculous statement.

A cellphone camera is a 'dedicated camera' and current ones are considerably better than DSLRs were a few years ago. The cell phone camera is not designed to replace a DSLR or Medium Format or many other devices. It's an additional device that has brought the capturing of images to many people who would be intimidated by the complexity of single purpose photographic devices.

The attitudes expressed here are a shame on the pastime of photography. Elitist, ignorant and frankly pathetic. You should be ashamed of yourselves.