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I Reviewed Late-2000s Digital Cameras. Allow Me to Remind You Why We All Switched to iPhones.
finally, a "what to buy" article that says "don't buy"
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/iphone-camera-vs-old-school-point-and-shoot/
Replying to @Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
Phone cameras are bullshit because you need to buy an app to get all the features a regular camera would have built in. You need an app for long exposure, aperture settings, time lapses, raw data
Replying to @shweddy@lemmy.world
the iPhone has all of that built-in, except actual aperture settings which i'll grant you. it's also much cheaper to buy an app once than a digital camera
edit: why does basically the same comment about Android have infinity more upvotes lol
Replying to @Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
Probably because upvoters know that iPhone actually can’t do long exposures (it fakes them by adding blur) and it’s time lapse photography is very limited (need a paid app for that, the default one limits the video to 40 seconds no matter how long you film), which in addition to being being unable to modify aperature settings directly (as you mention) is pretty much everything OP was asking for…