Iphone to Android

[anon(50597)]

It isn’t about comparing photos between two phones, it’s that most modern smartphones take decent enough pictures. For a lot of us it’s not a contest. I see people post pictures on forums with all kinds of different phones and I have no difficulty enjoying each of them. It’s not like one is blurry and the other isn’t. My Nokia 7.1 takes very good photos.

 

[Ry]

I don't know. I have been tempted by the Pixel cameras, but photography is not important enough to me to make me feel the need to change for that reason. Phone cameras reached a level of excellence several years ago and there is nothing about the SE's camera performance that leaves me unsatisfied. With a more recent phone, I might get a bit more detail or dynamic range etc., but...meh.

That's my point. Photography is not important enough to move from an iPhone SE to the photos of any Pixel. Just because the iPhone SE is good enough for you, doesn't mean the iPhone SE outputs photos as well as any Pixel.

 

[ptkelly]

We've gotten off topic as we started with moving from iPhone to Android. We shifted to photos because for a lot of us cameras on cell phones are not about "Cameras just add to their profits." I enjoy taking photos and for years lugged around a DSLR and then a mirrorless with a bag of lenses, filters, and, well, stuff. I was tagging along with a professional photographer I'd hired for a shoot for a charity and ask the photographers assistant who was toting two gadget bags, a large tripod, and a reflector if he knew the difference in a professional and amateur photographer. He shook his head and I said, "A pro has his own burro." David laughed and said, "And I'm the burro."

For years the Pixel and iPhones delivered that best point-and-shoot snapshots around. A professional or even an adequate amateur could take excellent photos and even children could take decent snapshots. But, what you could do, what you could control was severely limited.

Finally, the tiny incremental changes in the Pixels and the leaps in cost got to me. I looked around and instead of the expect Pixel 4, I got a Huawei P30 Pro. Suddenly, I could take photos again. I could actually take long exposure shots in bright light to get the "smooth water" effect I like in some shots of rapids, waterfalls, and the surf. I have an aperture mode which mimics changing the aperture.

My phone works fine--they all do--and I'm enjoying taking photos again.

 

[belodion]

^ Yes, we did get off-topic, which is why I stopped responding.

 

[ntipp]

I love my honor phone, I could never be an apple lover, them boys just want to rip you off. Glad she is making the switch!

 

[Fisherguy 01]

My wife loves the her new 3A, specially the pics she takes with it.
I put Nova on my 2XL but haven't used it for hers and some apps (texts) are not giving numbered notifications, gotta figure that out or just put Nova on hers as well.