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Who doesn't use all the cameras on their phone? Is there like a specific focal length you never use? Or are you unaware that zooming in the camera app switches lenses?
I rarely use the camera at all.
Yup. Pretty much from the ground up, whoever they designed these devices for, it wasn't me.
Just about the only time I use my camera is to take a picture of the shopping list on a whiteboard on my fridge
Hah yes, but now there are apps for that too so the camera is even less in use.
I honestly think it's mostly in use when I want to sell something online...
Then buy a smartphone that doesn't prioritize the camera
Name one
Motorola razor+ flip
I barely use my camera.
Yeah, the extra camera is the main reason I got a higher end phone to begin with.
Letâs just say that after some shitty times I have learned to put more priority on filling my life with things that I enjoy enough that I want to photograph and video them.
Same. Some events I know I'll need my standalone camera, but for random parties and things that aren't big milestones it's nice to have a good camera to capture the unexpected.
For sure. Iâve been doing photography on the side for a decade, and I have nice full frame pro equipment because of it. (Or did the business start because I wanted nice gear? The world may never know.)
Sure I used the big camera for certain family photos and stuff, but for every day memories itâs phone 100%.
Ok, but at this point you could install android on real camera
Yeah you could do a sweet smart camera these days.
But who is going to carry one of those along with their smart phone? Itâs almost like the two souls be merged into one for general purpose use. ;)
I might've used all of them at one point, but again I'd be fine with just one - after all it's a smartphone, not a dedicated camera. Personally it annoys me that manufacturers have started shoving multiple cameras not just into high end models (for which it's kind of understandable) but also into midrange and even low end ones - whatever I pick, I end up paying for stuff I don't necessarily use. I'd be happy to buy a high end device with just one camera with normal or wide-ish lens - but nobody is selling that.
Personally it annoys me that manufacturers have started shoving multiple cameras
Multiple camera modules is how a phone can take better photos than they could before. Why do you care about the technical details needed to achieve a better quality photo?
Multiple camera modules are what gives you a bit of versatility, but shoving in more and more modules is not what pushes technical progress. What annoys me is that this is part of what contributes to the ever increasing end user price. When was the last time you saw a new phone costing the same as the previous year's model? Again, I'd be fine with a top-specced phone even if it only has one camera.
Side question: how do dedicated cameras improve each year? Hint: it's not by putting more camera modules in.
Phones are cheaper now, it seems to me, other than the flagships which are an exercise in pushing the frontier of what people are willing to pay.
Not really. A mid range phone is now easily $400-500 or more; that used to be the price range for flagships not that long ago.
I just bought a Moto G Stylus 5G 2023, $250 new, I'd consider it a midrange phone (top of Moto's budget line). Entry level would be the G Play which is $100 new. $500 to me would be a premium phone and $1000 is a flagship. My previous phone was a Moto G4 from around 2017. It was around $170 new and was positioned a little bit above where the G Play is now.
shoving in more and more modules is not what pushes technical progress.
How are better photos not pushing technical limits?
Shoving more cores in cpus barely helps either because most algorithms are single threaded. There's nothing else that can be done because of technical limitations. But no one is angry their phone has 8 cores instead of 1.
I personally love the periscope camera in my Pixel. It gives me 5x optical range without having to carry a camera around. The wide angle lens is also great at Thanksgiving/ Christmas/ Birthday dinners when you want to get everyone in the photo. Pinch zoom out and everyone is in the photo.
I think people believe they need to use special settings or apps to activate each of the different cameras. I don't understand why people argue about tech they have obviously never tried.
I move the mobile itself. So I use the front one and whatever one is 1x on the back.