Computation is ruining cellphone photography

[themumu]

With that said, is cellphone photography a victim of its medium? Or am I just trying to justify dropping two grand on a Z7?

I think you should go ahead and bring a Z7 home. Although I would skip over it in favor of Z7II just for the SD card compatibility. I feel duped having purchased a pair of these odd XQD memory cards for my partner's Z6.

The amount of processing in recent iPhones has been bordering on "too much" as of late, but I have to admit, for some use cases it's actually really really good. I have moved to it full time and it's a compromise I'm willing to take. I think it's a matter of trends to some extent, but also it's a very actively developing field. I'm excited for the future

One issue I have with Z series is the limited selection of Z-mount lenses. Sure, you can get an adapter and all the F-mount lenses are yours, but it feels silly at this point to do that. Kind of like planning to lose a lot of weight and then going out and buying a fancy outfit in your current large size. Like, I'm just gonna have to go and buy it again if when I lose all that weight. My partner only has the (surprisingly good) kit lens, and he's been laboring over the hard question of getting the F-mount macro lens, or waiting until they inevitably re-release the venerable 105mm for the Z.

But that at least is understandable. What I don't understand is how come even in the updated second generation cameras they don't have a GPS module to automatically tag the photo locations. SnapBridge over Bluetooth is a crutch and although it is better than whatever Sony was doing in my field testing 2 years ago, stability of that app still has a lot to be desired. Every once in a while (once a week or more, if you shoot daily) it just won't connect to the camera and you have to fiddle with it, try to re-pair, or even just delete and re-install the app. Horrible user experience. How is that acceptable at this price point in 2021?

 

[motulist]

All these software enhancements of photos are good for many people, and so it's great that they're available AS LONG AS people still have the option available to easily turn it all off. For example ios lets you save both the HDR and non-HDR versions of your photos. As long as that option exists for all the new tricks too then it's all good.

Can someone here with a newer iphone check if settings app gives you the option to save the original unaltered photo along with the portrait mode altered ones?

 

[Slartibart]

No. No victims.

A new world.

With new tools.

Go. Use it.

Create something new with light.