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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by frosted-flakes on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @09:50AM (#23403313)
I took a photography class in college, and the professor had us down-scale our photos to a super low resolution before submitting them. Both to keep file sizes down, and because he was judging us on our composition skills, not the quality of our cameras.
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by sukilot on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:03AM (#23403423)
Resolution only matters for super duper digital zoom for super large prints. An 18MP phone cam is worse than a 2MP DSLR. Resolution is useless if the lens can't put the right light on each pixel.

For a bad photographer, a good camera makes a huge difference. It has focal length/bokeh, dynamic range, shutter speed, and more to "get" a good shot that a phonecam can't.

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