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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ruined photography?

Professionals or hobbyists can still use a proper camera but the old maxim "sometimes the best camera is the one you have with you" often applies and cellphones do fairly well in that regard

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think is more about how the smartphone and apps like instagram uses a bunch of filters and things like that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That part I can agree with. Plus the "AI editing" bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The auto editing bullshit that you don't even know that is active

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate that people have taken to filming/taking pictures vertically

We were so close to everyone knowing not to do that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

They changed literally to mean figuratively because the internet wouldn't stop doing it.

This timeline is fucked in so many ways.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

And some phones have some excellent cameras. I've taken some pretty decent shots with my phone camera, like this one of a squirrel eating pizza. Without carrying around a camera literally all the time, I never would have caught that shot.

Same with many of the abuses that we've seen caught on camera recently. There are some problems with videos that lack context, but authorities can't just act with impunity in their face and expect to not have a camera in their face.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah. I am a new-ish hobby photographer and at the moment I have a 50mm lens for my Canon R10 (I will buy a bigger lens soon). The camera with its current lens doesn't zoom well but my smartphone could sometimes take a better photo zoomed in depending on how I play with the settings, angle and lighting.