iPhone 14 Pro as a compact camera substitute?
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Cameras, Lenses and Shooting Gearon: September 17, 2022 at 7:01 am
With the new iPhone 14 Pro, I’m starting to wonder if it’s possible to substitute a high-quality compact camera. After what you read here, that seems to be the case:
https://www.austinmann.com/trek/iphone-14-pro-camera-review-scotland
Until now, despite many Mac’s (computers) over the last few years, I never had an iPhone but always Android smartphones, because I had a) got used to the Android user interface and b) the iPhones were honestly too expensive for me compared to the Androids.
The iPhone 14 Pro could change that for the first time.
Oliver
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Re: iPhone 14 Pro as a compact camera substitute?Reply #2 on: September 17, 2022 at 11:38 amHello Chris,
Yes, this is indeed a good and important point that Android users do not necessarily think about at first. Here I have a quite flexible data exchange.
But I remember an iPod many years ago, it was always very unpleasant that you always had to go through iTunes to exchange data. Is that still the case today?
Alternatively, I have also thought about the https://www.oneplus.com/de/10-pro.
Oliver
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Re: iPhone 14 Pro as a compact camera substitute?Reply #9 on: October 5, 2022 at 7:19 amWith the new iPhone 14 Pro, I’m starting to wonder if it’s possible to substitute a high-quality compact camera. After what you read here, that seems to be the case:
https://www.austinmann.com/trek/iphone-14-pro-camera-review-scotland
Until now, despite many Mac’s (computers) over the last few years, I never had an iPhone but always Android smartphones, because I had a) got used to the Android user interface and b) the iPhones were honestly too expensive for me compared to the Androids.
The iPhone 14 Pro could change that for the first time.
Oliver
For years, my compact camera of choice was the excellent Sony RX100 series. My wife used my previous camera, RX100Mk !V, and I used the RX100Mk VII. These are great cameras, except my wife dropped a previous version and it could not be repaired so I had to spend $1,000 to buy a replacement.
These cameras have been sitting unused since we upgraded our iPhones to the 13 Pro. My wife has the iPhone 13 Pro Max and I just upgraded to the iPhone Pro 14. The cameras in these phones combined with the iOS 16 software is insanely good. So good in fact, that I just sold our Sony RX100 cameras to MPB.com so that they could find a worthy home for them.
Another plus is that the iPhone is very sturdy and water resistant. As I explained, this is not the case with compact cameras, or any camera for that matter.
I used to take my Sony RX100 as a back up for my Leica M10 for travel. Earlier this year, I spent 3-1/2 weeks vacationing in Europe. I took my Leica M11 with APO Summicron 35mm and my iPhone 13 Pro. The iPhone was great for snap shots, recording GPS data and for the ultra wide and tele lens capabilities. Looking at the resulting images, I didn’t miss my Sony RX100. Attached are a few shots taken with my iPhone 13 Pro.
My advice, ditch the compact camera and embrace the iPhone Pro. It’s awesome!
Regards,
Bud JamesPlease check out my fine art and travel photography at http://www.budjames.photography.
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