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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by piva00 on Friday December 02, 2022 @07:11AM (#33829508)
The X-T30 is US$ 800-900 and uses the same sensor and processor of the X-Pro3 so they're pretty equivalent on picture quality. Don't stick to the X-Pro3 mention as that's missing the point.

The D5300 is pretty old, I had one in 2013-2014, coming from a D3200.

> - I compared on my 27" screen, no difference, even in low-light scenarios and at different ISOs

This might be the main difference between us, I usually do prints in A3+ sizes and the differences in picture quality between a smartphone and my cameras are very noticeable.

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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by arnaudsm on Friday December 02, 2022 @07:18AM (#33829570)
The point of my comparison was price. You can find better smartphones too.

The A72 and D5500 have the same used price.

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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by piva00 on Friday December 02, 2022 @07:39AM (#33829730)
On the price point I agree with you but then the comparison becomes not so level by comparing semi-conductors technology from 2014 to the ones from 2021, that's 7 years of evolution on sensor technology packed into the phone's sensor, plus all the image processing advances since then.

Again, I understand the price point but it's an oddball comparison. Perhaps a comparison between the A72 and a Fujifilm X-E2 could tell us more but I don't have either devices to directly compare myself :/

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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by arnaudsm on Friday December 02, 2022 @07:59AM (#33829899)
I'd love to see a graph of sharpness/$ for both categories ! I think they're equal until the $400 range, after Mirrorless obviously wins
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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by michaelt on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:28AM (#33830156)
Well, you won't find anyone saying their 2022 smartphone outperforms their 2022 DSLR

Because people who find their 2022 smartphone outperforming their 2015 DSLR don't upgrade to a 2022 DSLR.

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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by altairprime on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:48AM (#33830347)
I sold my DSLR gear in 2015 including my absolute favorite 35/f2 lens, and I have an X100V on backorder in 2022 for its 35mm equivalent f/2 prime lens: seven years of AI missteps and absent bokeh in my preferred framing has finally gotten to me. I know that my phone will take better telephotos, and I know my phone has RAW mode and three lenses and takes amazingly great pictures. So I'm specializing my camera to exactly where I love it most, and will let my phone handle everything else, and I’m content that each has their strengths.
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