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Re:Does Gear Matter? by graphe on Friday January 26, 2024 @11:22AM (#39144396)
The lidar on iPhones makes low light way better than cameras. If you don't do astronomy it will usually be better.

The Samsung NX had wifi and upload to fb.

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Re:Does Gear Matter? by vladvasiliu on Friday January 26, 2024 @11:26AM (#39144449)
> The lidar on iPhones makes low light way better than cameras

How so? My iphone 14 pro looks like a cartoon if I shoot people or animals in low light. Never had any "actual camera" look that bad, and my newest is an 8 year-old micro 4/3 model.

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Re:Does Gear Matter? by graphe on Friday January 26, 2024 @11:31AM (#39144514)
Mine look great, my camera looks even better if I set it up. I'm not going to go technical for most photos though because it isn't fun.
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Re:Does Gear Matter? by Arainach on Saturday January 27, 2024 @03:05PM (#39159283)
Static pictures of a building in low light, phones can do decent. Anything moving and all the AI-assisted long exposures in the world can't help you.

It's important to consider similar generations - yes, the iPhone 14 or Pixel 8 does better in static low light than my 2004-era crop sensor DSLR, but not better than a 2017-era full frame DSLR and dramatically worse than a current-gen mirrorless setup.

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