My phone camera is ancient as these things go: it must be three years old at least. Of course, ongoing software updates help, but at some point I’ll be tempted to option-up to a newer version and will be current for about three months. Three weeks? Whatever.
In the meantime, it’s fun to get decent flower close-ups without lugging around a camera that weighs a few pounds – more if I take more than one lens with me.
It will even get decent shots of insects.
I can (sometimes) do better with my big camera, but as they say, the best camera is the one you have with you. More and more, that’s my phone, which lets me entertain myself at a low carrying cost, as it were.
Phones have come a long way, baby. Terrific detail.
Barbara – They have indeed. (And many thanks.)
Nice photos !
Ralph – Many thanks. Sadly, when I crop the bee photo, the bee itself is a bit pixelated. A zoom lens is much better for getting a close-in shot than my phone, where I would have to get right up into the bee’s face.
A friend who has taken numerous trips always lugged around a lot of camera equipment which could be quite bulky. Now she only has to take her cell phone which also takes great photos.
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Tom – Well, as Barbara noted, they’ve come a long way. And there’s no sign of it stopping.
Nicely done
Phones are great for many photos depending on the use to which they will be put.
Despite carrying two “real” cameras, I will sometimes put them aside and pull out my cell. Like I did yesterday for a barn swallow nest in a VERY dark barn.
Jim R – Yeah, I haven’t figured out how to get good bird photos with my phone . . . but I often don’t get them with my big camera either!
Isabel – the cross-over point between camera and phone was about 10 years ago. Before that you bought a phone with a camera. Now you buy a camera that comes in a cell phone package.
Any modern phone can take and send calls, texts, and emails. Now the selling point is how well does it take pictures and videos.
John – And I expect we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. I wonder what’s next? Onboard AI Assistant? Probably.
FYI. Microsoft’s version of AI already comes included with the latest version of MS Outlook, which is loaded on my phone and computers.
However, I turned the AI off because it irritates me and is more of a hindrance than a help.
John – I don’t use Outlook but I’m bumping into AI everywhere else, so I’m not surprised it would be there too. Apparently the AI search overviews work well enough that about 2/3 of people are not clicking through to the sources cited (if cited – sometimes they’re not) and that is dramatically reducing website traffic for content providers who relied on those numbers to justify advertising rates. Big changes (still) coming.