Most of my photos for the last year or two have been made using a smartphone. I'm currently on an iPhone 6s. This weekend I took an old camera out - a 2008 FujiFilm Finepix, all 7.1 Megapixels of it.
That old camera is still pretty sturdy and usable, but the thing is I haven't got round to getting the photos out of it yet. All I need to do is grab the SD card and copy the images over to the laptop, then do the back ups and start editing.
But on the phone I have iCloud and Google Photos. Google's app automatically puts a copy into Google Photos and iCloud makes it easy to pull the original onto my laptop. Backing up to local USB drive isn't as urgent because I already have a copy in Google Land.
Weird how a slight change in workflow affects actual work output. I'm pretty sure the camera images will be fine (watch this space!), but the point is they are still on the SD card.
The usual trope is the best camera is the one you have on you, but at the other end of the process, it's also the one that gets your photos stored away and accessible in software with the least amount of effort.
Phones are capable of making a decent image and you get the convenience managing your images almost with no effort.
Which begs the question, why I am looking at new cameras when most of the time I'm using a phone camera?
Clearly traditional kit wins out on flexibility and quality, but the old iPhone isn't too far behind depending on what sort of images you want to make.
Maybe it's just down to laziness. We are kinda spoilt these days.
That old camera is still pretty sturdy and usable, but the thing is I haven't got round to getting the photos out of it yet. All I need to do is grab the SD card and copy the images over to the laptop, then do the back ups and start editing.
But on the phone I have iCloud and Google Photos. Google's app automatically puts a copy into Google Photos and iCloud makes it easy to pull the original onto my laptop. Backing up to local USB drive isn't as urgent because I already have a copy in Google Land.
Weird how a slight change in workflow affects actual work output. I'm pretty sure the camera images will be fine (watch this space!), but the point is they are still on the SD card.
The usual trope is the best camera is the one you have on you, but at the other end of the process, it's also the one that gets your photos stored away and accessible in software with the least amount of effort.
Phones are capable of making a decent image and you get the convenience managing your images almost with no effort.
Which begs the question, why I am looking at new cameras when most of the time I'm using a phone camera?
Clearly traditional kit wins out on flexibility and quality, but the old iPhone isn't too far behind depending on what sort of images you want to make.
Maybe it's just down to laziness. We are kinda spoilt these days.