DocAndersen
- First, you have to figure out, BEFORE, you look at cameras how much you can spend. This is important!
- Consider the following:
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- The type of pictures I take
- The number of pictures I take
- What I take pictures of
- For me this next one is critical – I need a rugged camera
- I like to be able to focus manually
- I prefer everything to be automatically focused
First off, cellphones have amazing cameras now. A lot better than once upon a time! One of the things I have to acknowledge is that the first cameras on cellphones were 1.2 megapixels for the rear-facing the camera and .3 megapixel for the front camera. That reality shaped my opinion. I also entered the new era of decent cellphone cameras with a digital camera already.
A decision for me is always the fact that I am on my cellphone call the time. That makes using the cellphone as my go-to the camera a little harder. As we modify the selection process, we have to consider how much we are on the phone.
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- How many hours a day do you use your phone as a phone.
- Less than ½ hour or less than 30 minutes a day
- Less than 90 minutes a day but more than 30
- More than 90 minutes a day
- Have you ever dropped your phone (shattering the screen)?
- I bought a new cell phone.
- How many hours a day do you use your phone as a phone.
The first one is a driver for me, but may not be a driver for you. Do note, the likelihood of dropping your phone increases the more you focus on pictures on your phone. People that use their phones for cameras most likely fit into the first category of time on the actual phone. Now that is not playing games or using the pheon as a GPS. The time above is time calling, talking and using the Cellphone as a phone. The reason for this is you have to stop the call, minimize the pheon application, open the camera application and shoot the picture. IF it is something that is time sensitive you missed it.
The last one is one that I suspect more and more people are considering. If you buy a new smartphone with a better camera, do you need another camera? You see cell phone prices are getting higher and higher. There are components of the cell phone that continue to increase the price overall. A better camera is something that increases the cost of the phone.
I will continue this for one more day helping you set up a matrix to decide.
I will I could publish tables!
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Question of
I do not own a smart phone today…
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Yes
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No
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Question of
I own a digital camera today,,,
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Yes
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No
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Question of
I store lots of physical pictures today…
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Yes
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No
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I live in an island. My siblings live in different parts of the world and different city. The messaging and call app makes it easy for us to communicate. So I can live without a cam but not without the phone.
I can understand that it is after all what you need to stay connected!
On the other hand, camera companies also continue to improve the quality and sophistication of the cameras they produce. What I don’t know is whether the camera sales have been hit by cellphones so far?
camera sales are way down year over year. As always Albert, you cut to the perfect question.
I actually own a digital camera but I don’t know where it is…
But if I recall you don’t own a cell phone. You are a bit of an outlier! But you see more with your mind’s eye than the rest of us do.
no cel phone for me, I rarely need one and I don’t like people being able to access me all the time
Andy Warhol used to take pictures all the time with his camera. He said it was part of his creative process.
It is always interesting because no two artists, (or people) are the same.
no two people are the same and yet so many of them are identical…
It’s funny, my twins are identical. Yet you couldn’t have two people that were more dissimilar.
I do not know if I’ll ever have a camera. At the moment, my mobile phone is sufficient.
Fair enough! I wonder if I would have one if I didn’t already have one.
Yes I have an iPhone and take pics when I am out but use my other camera at home.
if you are going out to a place that you know you are going to take pictures, do you take your camera with you>=?
Yes I do. I have a Canon PowerShot that I love and it fits perfectly in my purse.
My daughter had a Canon Powershot, she loved it. She just moved to the Nikon DSLR for Christmas and has gone picture crazy!
I have a iPhone 7 and that camera is surprisingly good. I use it when I don’t have my other canon cameras with me.
That is the same boat I am in. if I don’t have a camera I use my iphone.