phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:17 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:38 pm

AndyKK wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:57 pm What's your opinions on the Smartphone and that of its camera capabilities?

Nice pics, Andy.

Smartphones have improved dramatically in recent times offering outstanding images. As an example the Samsung Galaxy S20 captures with 108megapixels allowing you to pinch/crop as much as you like without loss of image quality.Add this to its 100X zoom capabilities, and with the doubling of its sensor size improving low light shots incredibly, it's fast approaching the point where smartphones are almost a good substitute for traditional cameras for many people in my opinion.

But although the specs of smartphone technology has improved vastly in recent times, it's is no different to any other form or the craft, I believe. It's the user's ability to compose a shot, understand light, have the intuition or skill to put one's self in the right position where a moment may happen, and experience that will garner great photos.

I often meet people who shoot the streets with smartphones and nothing else with their results far surpassing anything I can produce. However, smartphones don't give me the knobs, dials and clicks I enjoy so much (I'm tactile by nature), or the appreciation of a well crafted camera body, the sense of history when shooting with a camera, how a camera feels in the hands.....and on.

I'm not sure whether it was the great French photographer Cartier-bresson or some other clever chap who said "The best camera to have is the one you have in your hands at that moment."

good points
i would never give up my cameras and replace them with a phone

no aperture controls, no shutter controls, no iso controls, no depth of field, no adjustable flash speed, no adjustable focal points, no interchangeable lenses and on and on

Can you shoot raw on any camera phone?

FYI
people keeping harping about megapixel, its the last important feature of a camera and anything above 18 is a waste, unless ur going to do extensive cropping or make huge prints. Its even less important in a phone camera and ur never going to even make a 11x14 print or larger, but only share the image on fb or forums

as to the phone kfh said has 108megapixels, fucking waste of $$$ and ur going to need so many memory cards cause each photo would take up much space

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:55 am

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:59 am
No 2 - is that Fuji bringing some romance together?

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:28 pm Which Fuji lens or lenses did you go for KFH and how are you liking them compared to your previous set up ?

I picked up an all black first generation X-E1 in Bangkok last week for the equivalent of $130 which I'm going to use as a discreet little street beater with the small primes. Boiling hot here but off out to give it a test run along the beach this afternoon.