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Hello,

This is my first post, I was extremely excited to be getting a Canon 750D in the next few days so I started looking at reviews on YouTube and ended up looking at a few videos and now I am disheartened.

I came across a couple of recent video of people testing and comparing the new iPhone 11 Pro to DSLRs and it’s insane.

What’s the point? I mainly wanted to do video with some photography on the side but seeing the quality of the iPhone 11 Pros camera I genuinely feel “what’s the point”

In the video the guy is comparing to the Sony A7 and the other an unspecified $7500 DSLR.

any input would be super and hopefully some reassurance!
 
Its true that iPhones are capable of impressive output. However when you start printing photos or looking at the technical qualities of the photo, then the dSLR will come out ahead - bigger sensors, better optics.
 
andrewc said:
Its true that iPhones are capable of impressive output. However when you start printing photos or looking at the technical qualities of the photo, then the dSLR will come out ahead - bigger sensors, better optics.
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This is what I thought, most if not everything I will be capturing will be simply going onto social media though.
 
Just because you can buy a Tesla doesn’t make you a F1 driver.

the point isn’t about having all the tech at your fingertips, the point is having a tool which create something from inside your head to something tangible.

Sure a phone can do some of that but a DSLR can do all of that. The computer and software side of a phone is only a section of photography, it’s not all of it.
 
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Everyone on this forum could just use their smartphone but they don’t. There is more than just pressing a button. Ergonomics, choosing your setting, changing the lens and editing all make for an enjoyable experience.
 
Thank you for all of your comments, I’m feeling better about my future purchase now!
 
Mintchocs said:
Everyone on this forum could just use their smartphone but they don’t. There is more than just pressing a button. Ergonomics, choosing your setting, changing the lens and editing all make for an enjoyable experience.
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That’s it, years ago I remember half the fun being the editing and playing around!
 
Don't worry - you're just suffering typical buyers remorse. We all (well, I do) suffer from it from time to time. If you want to enjoy the hobby of photography, get a camera. If you want to keep a basic record of your life without feeling any joy or frustration from mastering a piece of complex machinery, get a phone.
 
If you want to learn about the technical side of photography/videography then DSLR is the way to go.

Learning the technical side will mean you can improve and your videos will become technically better than a phone can produce, if you have no interest in the technical side then straight out of camera photos/video the phone wins in my opinion.

Example, my wife has no interest in photography but likes taking pics for social media, she can produce better pics from her phone than she can from my canon in auto mode!

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Please don't be disheartened. It will be a long time till phones take over cameras. Yes it is true that on these YouTube videos the phones looks so much better or the same. But they are ideal shooting conditions, try taking a long exposure with one or try getting correct colour profiles in your raw files, try get real bokeh like a lens does and not that fake cheap looking stuff. Cameras are still so far ahead of phone and you have nothing to worry about. I mean if all your doing is the odd video and just taking snapshots then yeah get a phone. But if you want to shoot raw and completely adjust your files then you need a camera.

There is so much more a camera can do that phones can't and YouTubers never talk about them. Mostly because they are sponsored by the phone companies. As for me I shoot weddings, portraits and so on. A camera is vital to what I do and couldn't be done on a phone
 
Mintchocs said:
Everyone on this forum could just use their smartphone but they don’t. There is more than just pressing a button. Ergonomics, choosing your setting, changing the lens and editing all make for an enjoyable experience.
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It not just about a better feeling. Cameras are so much better than phones when you break it down. You're making sound like a preference thing
 
My Mrs and her friends are always taking pictures and vids with their phones and on a phone or tablet they often look not just nice but stunning but when I look at them on my pc the technical shortcomings are there to be seen, easily.

If "all" you want is a picture or vid to view on a phone or small tablet a good phone will no doubt do fine but I've never seen anything yet that makes me think that phones or tablets can beat a larger format system for technical quality if you go looking for the shortcomings and differences.
 
sirch said:
Technical and artistic control. The phone makes most of the decisions for you and whilst it can produce a wide range of styles, they are not your style.
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And of course, for those wishing to knock up a quick video for friends and family, that's going to produce something better than a DSLR that requires knowledge and ability to use well.
 
Phones can take great pictures and look good on phone screens but as soon as you start viewing on laptop screens and anything bigger the quality of phone (and consumer compact camera) photos start to fall apart. Phones can also look better 'straight out of camera' as they have processing that appeals to the masses, and often you need to edit 'proper' camera photos in software (such as Lightroom and photoshop) to get the best from them.

Also, phone pictures only tend to look great in ideal conditions, anything other than this and image quality starts to fall apart rapidly. There's no doubt that phones can produce great images but don't fall into the trap of believing the "phones can produce DSLR quality pictures" nonsense that you read online. Maybe they will eventually when sensor tech changes, but for now it's simply not true.
 
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