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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by kieckerjan on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:26AM (#23404400)
Exactly! Point in case. My girlfriend has an art background and a crappy phone, I have a good DSLR and little experience. When you look at our holiday pictures, mine are razor sharp but boring as hell, hers are compressed to a pulp but always funny or interesting to look at. We should really swap cameras. :)
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by smileysteve on Thursday June 04, 2020 @12:15PM (#23418494)
Be wary though; your subjects are affected by the type of camera; A phone may be less noticed for a photo, so you get a more candid photo.

The most annoying thing is using a prime lens or low light photos and people see you have a camera and get in a line to pose, and you're like, I... can't zoom out and can't get you all in focus.

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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by fatnoah on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:37AM (#23404556)
This is exactly me and my wife. I'm so frustrated that she doesn't want to learn how to use the SLR. I spend hours agonizing over composition, etc. She just walks up, snaps a pic, and it's perfectly composed but looks like it was watercolors painted with a potato. :(
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by tomc1985 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:21PM (#23405184)
"compressed to a pulp" sounds like a problem with her postprocessing setup, not her camera
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by petepete on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:31AM (#23404489)
I'm very much into photography and I struggle from this whenever I stray outside of my comfort zone, wildlife.
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by beamatronic on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:38AM (#23404572)
Just bring some wildlife with you wherever you go and include it in the photo! Should make for some interesting shots...
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by beamatronic on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:37AM (#23404557)
Is there an online gallery?
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