Just curious on people's thoughts here. (Can't check with the latest myself as I'm often slow to upgrade my phone so not familiar with the latest ones, I had the iPhone 4 for a while and even repaired it then finally got a 7 when the 8 had already been released etc.. still works fine though battery flagging a bit now - am tempted by the iphone 13 models).
For example, I just came across a couple of old compact cameras I've had for a few years in a drawer - my old Canon IXUS 120, which was a replacement for my broken 30, used to take it to festivals etc... as it was so small/easy to fit in a pocket - I guess those sorts of compact cameras have generally been surpassed/made a bit redundant by modern phone cameras for a while now.
But I also have my old Olympus XZ-1, now that was a nice little compact camera back in the day (f1.8 etc..), I bought it before a friends wedding as I didn't fancy taking my DSLR along and though the pics obvs weren't anywhere near as good as a DSLR with good prime lenses it was better than the typical compact. Could do low light without the flash, also put a crude flash disperser on it for nighttime stuff, v.nice little camera.
How would the latest iPhone, Samsung or Google Pixel etc.. phone cameras these days compare with say a good compact like that? Is even that sort of compact becoming a bit redundant? Like would you have to go to micro four thirds or decent bridge cameras to beat phones now and at that point, if you're not using a phone then (budget allowing) you might as well get a modern mirrorless camera of a similar size?
Would be interested in your thoughts.
For example, I just came across a couple of old compact cameras I've had for a few years in a drawer - my old Canon IXUS 120, which was a replacement for my broken 30, used to take it to festivals etc... as it was so small/easy to fit in a pocket - I guess those sorts of compact cameras have generally been surpassed/made a bit redundant by modern phone cameras for a while now.
But I also have my old Olympus XZ-1, now that was a nice little compact camera back in the day (f1.8 etc..), I bought it before a friends wedding as I didn't fancy taking my DSLR along and though the pics obvs weren't anywhere near as good as a DSLR with good prime lenses it was better than the typical compact. Could do low light without the flash, also put a crude flash disperser on it for nighttime stuff, v.nice little camera.
How would the latest iPhone, Samsung or Google Pixel etc.. phone cameras these days compare with say a good compact like that? Is even that sort of compact becoming a bit redundant? Like would you have to go to micro four thirds or decent bridge cameras to beat phones now and at that point, if you're not using a phone then (budget allowing) you might as well get a modern mirrorless camera of a similar size?
Would be interested in your thoughts.