Potentially silly question, but this is something I've been thinking about recently - I keep seeing people with very expensive cameras, and honestly it appeals to me to the point I'm seriously considering getting one, but I'm wondering if I'd ever use it?
A camera phone is just super continent, it's always with you, all of your photos are in one place, you get some amazing apps for both taking and processing photos, and it actually does some things that a conventional camera couldn't.
But a proper camera, man, the quality of the photos is of course miles better, and in particular having a proper digital zoom would be a massive bonus for me.
I want to start travelling and seeing the world, we've been to a lot of places recently and I've taken a lot of snaps, I don't want to be taking them on my phone (currently iPhone 4, soon to be iPhone 5 when it's released) when I could be getting far better snaps with a proper camera, but similarly I don't want to spend a grand on a 'proper' camera only to never actually want to take it with me anywhere.
What do you think GAF? Are any of you casual photographers who have found a place for both a good camera on a smart phone, and a expensive camera?
A camera phone is just super continent, it's always with you, all of your photos are in one place, you get some amazing apps for both taking and processing photos, and it actually does some things that a conventional camera couldn't.
But a proper camera, man, the quality of the photos is of course miles better, and in particular having a proper digital zoom would be a massive bonus for me.
I want to start travelling and seeing the world, we've been to a lot of places recently and I've taken a lot of snaps, I don't want to be taking them on my phone (currently iPhone 4, soon to be iPhone 5 when it's released) when I could be getting far better snaps with a proper camera, but similarly I don't want to spend a grand on a 'proper' camera only to never actually want to take it with me anywhere.
What do you think GAF? Are any of you casual photographers who have found a place for both a good camera on a smart phone, and a expensive camera?