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A comment on Nikon's 300mm F/2. Parent comment

Re:Nikon's 300mm F/2 by jacobush on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:19PM (#22879583)
But composition is step #0. :-) I have taken some of my best shots on my iPhone 7. But there's no joy, maybe because of shutter lag. And also the good image to bad image ratio for me is horrible. Maybe 2000 deliberate shots per year and a handful keepers.
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Re:Nikon's 300mm F/2 by ashtonkem on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:22PM (#22879626)
I think that single purpose devices create more deliberate and mindful behavior. Thus even if the nominal task is completed successfully, the result just doesn’t feel right.

Example: I can and have read books on my iPhone, but I find the result subpar compared to reading on Kindle or dead tree. Even though I technically completed my task, the experience of completing it wasn’t what I would’ve had on a single purpose device.

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