General photography questions

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It depends on your ability. The Sony still has a fairly small sensor compared to a proper DSLR of similar money. But the smart phone will take great snaps for your insta if you like filters etc.

personally I’d spend the money on a dslr
 
motorbiking said:
It depends on your ability. The Sony still has a fairly small sensor compared to a proper DSLR of similar money. But the smart phone will take great snaps for your insta if you like filters etc. personally I’d spend the money on a dslr
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This camera allows for the "auto" setting which is just point and click and have decent pictures - wouldn't know how to use DLS properly
 
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If you’ve already spent your money does it matter?

I have a decent dslr (canon 5d mk4) and L series lenses but 9/10 I use my smart phone for snaps.

You are always going to have your phone on you, where as cameras take up space.
 
motorbiking said:
If you’ve already spent your money does it matter? I have a decent dslr (canon 5d mk4) and L series lenses but 9/10 I use my smart phone for snaps.
You are always going to have your phone on you, where as cameras take up space.
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Having a high end smart phone would be a bonus
 
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The zoom is going to be a bit better on the Sony but apart from that it’s just a bridge camera between phone and DSLR. There isn’t much of a market for that.
 
I got rid of my canon DSLR and pricey lenses because I just didn't use it enough to warrant the ammount of cash invested in it, and we needed anew boiler.

I think camera phones have come so far the days of the point and shoot are essentially obsolete.

Now it's the hybrid (bridge) and DSLR.

You'll never beat the DSLR for photo image quality, but it takes practice and is time consuming, and very expensive.
 
Like sxturbo, I got rid of my kit when it's value started creeping close to that of my house. I still cannot believe that I was within seconds of buying a £5k lens . . . .

These days I get all my kicks out of a smartphone & a £150 Ltl Acorn Wildlife cam.
 
I'm using a dearer Huawei that upset the USA as in several areas it beats an Iphone especially in the photo and video area and is said to match a dslr. So does it. Not really but under good conditions it can be hard to tell and it's very convenient. The other point is that when the images are reduced to suitable sizes for a pc screen and maybe quickly processed a bit it's even harder to tell. The images are from a relatively small sensor with loads of pixels plus clever software. I'd say that the images are better than many bridge cameras of say 20 years ago and may still be better than some on the market today. Flash is likely to be used at light levels where noise could be a problem.

I use micro 4/3 stuff. Hobby, visit places and take photo's etc. Olympus. The reason for that is lens quality. I started with an EP-1 to try the format out and was gob smacked by the quality of the kit lens. All of their cheaper lenses tend to be like that. Pixel peeping is not a problem. In fact sections can be cut out and used directly for web photo's. Later an EP-3 which is better in several respects mainly the sensor and built in flash. Then the DSLR's. EM5 first and the the EM1. ;) Introduction to the world of cameras. The EM1 is better in some respects but the EM5 can be used at much higher ISO's. I went m4/3 as it brings the size and weight of the kit down. Maybe I should have upgraded to the new EM1 when it came out ;) best time to do that sort of thing. The format has one problem but only in some respects. Macro and insects. Their macro lens needs to be too close. However a solution

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48994619@N08/albums/72157647547098146

It still has some drawbacks. The 75-300mm lens once again is a pretty good one. I use one Panasonic lens on them, extreme wide angle zoom but only because it's smaller and lighter than the Oly one. Quality is adequate for what it's used for but isn't up to the Oly one. Cheaper too.

Perhaps some dslr's do offer better noise performance. Nikon particularly but I understand Canon have caught up with that now. 4/3 though gives less weight and size for the same equivalent focal length range.
 
It's not possible to say really without using them. Sony make good sensors and the one in your camera is going to be larger than any likely to be used in a phone. That usually means that the larger sensor can cope with a larger range of lighting conditions.

Other than buying and finding out there is no way of being sure. I did use a Nikon 1 series camera for a while which other than that the lenses can be changed is similar to your Sony and as it has a crap sensor in it the Huawie will take better photo's than that can but as I said it will use the flash to help. The Nikon 1 series was "so good" they didn't make it for very long. It was also a con. The more expensive camera had more pixels but worse sensor performance. The lenses were barely adequate.

Bear in mind though that I take photography pretty seriously and over several years will spend money on kit ;) when I can afford it.

Your best bet really even on your existing camera is look for review sites that show pictures straight from the camera in various conditions and also full sized and have a good look at them. Then the same with what ever phone you might like to buy. This is one on the phone I bought

https://www.dxomark.com/huawei-mate-20-pro-camera-review-triple-cam-juggernaut/

The distorted face they show in a crop is pretty normal for small sensor cameras. ;) Don't worry about it as it wont be visible when the whole image is reduced to viewing sizes.

In other words spend some time looking for reviews like this that show the full image out of the camera and state they haven't done any work touching them up and in different conditions. Dxomark are an indication of what conditions can make a difference. There are a number of them around so it's just a case of finding them. The one on my phone was found in 30secs. There will be others.
 
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