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miro_o in reply to @edscoble
An iPhone has a faster lens and more sophisticated sensor than a GR. It is obviously far smaller but stabilised.

So compacts over phones have...
- Traditional handling
- A reduced depth of field
- They don't start ringing when you're using them :-)
That's all, and the gap is narrowing.

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h2o in reply to @miro_o

More sophistiated sensor? It's a fraction of the GR sensor, and smears detail like a motherfucker. The photo I posted for the last challenge I couldn't have taken with an iPhone for shit. Yes, the cameras in phones are getting better, and yes, a photo taken on a phone is just as valid. But this whole 'small cameras are dead' thing I don't buy. Sure, for some people a phone is all they need. But there's still a difference.

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miro_o in reply to @h2o

More sophistiated sensor?

Yes, smartphone CMOS sensors get all the r&d. This is how they manage to perform better than the sensor size would suggest.

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