My iPhone 5 has Made me Lazy

I love photography. I'm not very good at it but I appreciate it as an art-form and I try to take decent pictures. A few years back I invested in an entry-level DLSR Canon camera and a few lens. I traveled and took it with me everywhere. I took great pictures that I was happy with.

Sunset over Vatican City.

Then I got an iPhone 5 and I got lazy. Now I regret it.  

As Jacques Attali has mentioned in his post today on LinkedIn the industry is changing due to mobile phones.

"Today there is another crisis brewing in photography: why buy a sophisticated camera, unless it is needed for professional reasons, when mobile phones deliver superb specifications, and can immediately send photos on sites like Instagram. This newcomer, which was created a little over two years ago, acquired by Facebook for nearly $1 billion, already has more than 100 million users (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn took respectively 4, 5 and 8 years to reach this size).

"https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130829065932-145305751-photographing-again-and-again?trk=tod-home-art-medium_1

But why do I regret it? Because I got lazy and used my iPhone to take all my pictures from my summer vacations in France. Although I had a few ok pictures I was mostly disappointed with my pictures. 

• For many smartphones the actual resolution is much less than what they tell you eg 8M pixels, due to the optical limitations of tiny lenses and not due to the sensors. 
• DSLRs are much more effective for use in low light conditions (plus you can use a flash)
• You have more precise control over how you want your image to look. DSLRs give you much greater control over depth of field, where you set your focus point, and how to expose your image, making it easier to achieve the type of image you may have in your head.
• The images, especially if you shoot RAW have a much greater amount of information in them and are much easier to make adjustments to and fix than a small .jpeg off your iPhone.

So next time that I travel I will not be so lazy and I shall pull out my DLSR!