I've been cooped up in the house recently (working from home,Ed
bronchitis, and an ear infection - didn't want to go into my office with
a hacking cough). My wife and daughter were off on a pedicure and hair
salon day, so I went out to, as I'd say in the past, "burn some film", shooting street scenes.
Instead, I planned on burning pixels. Had to choose between my retro
high-end digicam (Nikon Coolpix 995) a newish mid-level pocketable
(Pentax MX-1) or a point and shoot Canon. Decided to bring the Pentax
and my phone, a Moto G Stylus with a decent camera. I picked up a
clip-on circular polarizer for it, I shot at a museum with plexiglass covering everything and wanted to remove the reflections.
I don't know if I'm lacking inspiration, just tired, out of practice or
seen it all before in my 'hood, but I ended up spending the afternoon
taking one picture of an alleyway I've shot before - and I took it with
my phone. It came out of the phone nicely, did a little tweaking with a
photo app on the phone, and it's good *enough*.
I picked up a Pixel 8a a few weeks ago, wanted something newer with supposedly one of the better cameras in the Android 'verse. I compared
the two and, while shooting with gcam on both devices couldn't see $400
worth of difference between the two. As much as I thought I wanted a
smaller phone, I missed the larger screen of my moto. I returned it
after a week.
I miss having a camera as a separate device (and miss having a
viewfinder) but I may give up on carrying a camera for a while and see
what develops. Pun intended.
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I picked up a Pixel 8a a few weeks ago, wanted something newer with supposedly one of the better cameras in the Android 'verse. I compared
the two and, while shooting with gcam on both devices couldn't see $400 worth of difference between the two. As much as I thought I wanted a
smaller phone, I missed the larger screen of my moto. I returned it
after a week.
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I might be a laser-focused kind of guy, but IMO the reason for picking
a Pixel is because you can run GrapheneOS on it... If I was a camera hardcore and wanted a good camera I would just pick a good camera
myself.
I might be a laser-focused kind of guy, but IMO the reason for picking a Pixel is because you can run GrapheneOS onYup. Best thing you can do if you own a Pixel is load GrapheneOS. If you
Yup. Best thing you can do if you own a Pixel is load GrapheneOS. If you have another android device, see if you can load a AOSP clean image
without any bloat or google-ware.
what a lot of people uses. I used to say you are always going to be frustrated with your smartphone, so buy a cheapo and feel frustrated without breaking bank.
piece of junk you have around in order to try it. Running it is a deliberate choice that requires you to purchase specific hardware. I understand the reasons, but it is still a bummer.
Arelor wrote to zharvek <=-
The issue I find with alternative ROMS is they rarely support budget smartphones right, which is what I used to run most of the time and
what a lot of people uses. I used to say you are always going to be frustrated with your smartphone, so buy a cheapo and feel frustrated without breaking bank.
LineageOS had good support - they built ROMs for my Samsung SIII for *years* after the vendors stopped supporting it. The only reason they stopped was that their build Samsung broke, and they asked for a donation to continue. I don't know if they ever received one, I'd moved on by that point.
That is a choice. I looked up the price of a new pixel, wooooo they
make Apple look cheap. ;)
LineageOS had good support - they built ROMs for my Samsung SIII for
*years* after the vendors stopped supporting it. The only reason they
stopped was that their build Samsung broke, and they asked for a
donation to continue. I don't know if they ever received one, I'd moved
on by that point.
Arelor wrote to Tiny <=-
Yeah, the prices for new flagship phones are retarded. I don't think
such tags are justifiable for general users at all.
While not a flagship phone, I bought a Pixel 8a earlier this summer. I wasn't overly impressed with the camera, and while it was faster than
the Moto, It wasn't worth the extra price to me.
Dunno, if somebody is going to do that he may as well get the cheaper Motorola, because a bad picture of your cupcake is as useful as a good picture of your cupcake.
I certainly feel smartphone cameras are not worth the premium prices people are paying. In fact I am amused because so much smartphone marketing is focused on camera quality. You would think they are selling a professional camera to you instead of a smartphone.
I've had the same thought, and have said basically the same thing, and there are usually people who argue that a phone these days is more than just a phone, and that people actually use the 'phone' feature a lot less than they used to.