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movies are something that always
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Nikon D810 body
Nikon 50mm 1.8G lens Nikon D810 and 50mm 1.8G
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The "Roque de los Muchachos Observatory" contains the
telescopes and instruments of about 60 institutions from more
than 20 countries. Located on La Palma, a beautiful and remote,
volcanic island of the Canary Islands, it is home to one of the
world's biggest and most diverse astronomical observatories.

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GEAR: 50mm f1.4, Canon 11-24mm f4, Canon
70-200m f4
Cameras: Nikon D850 Sony A7RIII, Sony
A7RII, Canon R5 Motion-Control: eMotimo Spectrum ST4,
Dynamic Perception Stage Zero slider
Lenses: Zeiss Otus 28mm f1.4, Sigma
14-24mm f2.8, Sigma 14mm F1.8, Sigma Edited in: LRTimelapse, Lightroom,
40mm f1.4, Sigma After Effects and Davinci Resolve

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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory "As Above So Below" by Greg Dombrowski
& Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias: / Secession Studios:

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Tourism La Palma:

https://www.visitlapalma.es/en/

Shot in Summer of 2020 on the Island
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CHOOSING THE BEST

SMARTPHONE CAMERA

FOR YOU

By Ryan Sitzman

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o you think that your hater, but my stance on cellphones has
smartphone will ever softened over the years. In the early
replace your “real” camera 2000s, when basically the only thing that
as your go-to daily shooter? cellphones could do was make calls, I
That notion may seem hated them even more. It just seemed
inconceivable to many photographers like anywhere you went, the world had
but for some of you, the answer is quite suddenly exploded with ding-dongs who
possibly, “It already has!” were constantly talking on their phones,
and the louder and more inane the
I myself have long been a cellphone conversation, the better.
skeptic and was once even a bit of a

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However, as phones became smarter a better camera, instead of upgrading
and smarter, people made fewer and my DSLR. I was quite surprised by my
fewer calls, and I even began to like sudden mental flip-flopping, and I’m
cellphones. They were basically like still not 100% committed to the idea.
small, portable computers, and I had to But I really have been wondering about
admit that they were pretty handy. how I best can take pictures now and
in the future, and I’m starting to think
Cellphone cameras were still garbage that the answer might be in the form
for a long time, though, and that of buying a better smartphone, and
issue persisted until a few years ago. using this combined with my current
I only recently realized how far things DSLR, and not necessarily buying a
had progressed, when I received a
notification that the Sony a7iii was ÚĜüüåųåĹƋƤϱĵåų±ţ
on sale for $200 off its normal price
of $2,000. I had set an alert so that I If you’ve made it this far, following me
would be notified when the price on through my photographic equivalent
that camera went down, since I was of a midlife crisis, then I thank you for
seriously considering buying one. So, indulging me. At the same time, though,
what do you suppose I did when I saw I have a strong suspicion that I’m not
that the price had been reduced by alone in my feelings, and that other
10%? I’ll tell you: I didn’t do anything. people out there might be considering
That’s because I had actually started investing into a better smartphone
pondering whether it might be a camera by either replacing their existing
smarter investment, photographically camera — or at least doing a lot more of
speaking, to invest a cell phone with their photography and videography with
their phones.

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Today we’ll look at three current Have you noticed that any time you see
options that are leaders in the field some variation of the phrase, “This is the
of smartphone cameras, and which best one there is,” it can cut one of two
represent flagship phones from their ways, depending on how you want to
respective manufacturers. However, understand it? On the one hand, it can
the market is quickly changing, and be triumphant, as in, “This represents the
I’m sure that within a year or two, the pinnacle achievement, and it is great for
phones we’ll talk about today will be that reason.” But it can also carry a sense
outdated and will have been surpassed of resignation, as in, “Sorry, man. This is
by newer models. Therefore, we’ll also the best that we can do, but for some
consider a few general principles for
buying a cellphone camera, which ų屟ŅĹ ĜƋűŸ ŸƋĜĬĬ ĹŅƋ ƚŞ ƋŅ ŸĹƚýţŰ
you can then apply to purchasing any
smartphone in the future. In the same way, these three
smartphones and their cameras can
GOOGLE PIXEL 6 PRO, represent both of these meanings but
IPHONE 13 PRO, AND on the whole, I think that they are simply
SAMSUNG GALAXY S22: great phones that also happen to have
THE BEST SMARTPHONE great cameras built in. Each phone has a
CAMERAS YOU CAN BUY few points in its favor and a few against
RIGHT NOW it, but all are extremely capable, and if
you choose to buy one, it will likely be
due to other considerations that are
separate from the camera.

Image: Amjith S Image: Howard Bouchevereau Image: Zana Latif

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To get down to specifics, each of phones also contain a small, portable
these phones have multiple cameras. computer that can fit in your pocket. You
Although the stats differ slightly, they can’t say that about most cameras.
all boast a combination of a “normal”
or medium-range lens, a telephoto Quick side note: I didn’t specify which
lens, and an ultra-wide lens. If you’re pocket these phones can fit inside.
looking to replace or at least replicate Frankly, all these phones feel like
an everyday camera, all three phones massive beasts to me, and I’m quite
can perform well shooting videos or sure they’d not be comfortable to carry
still photos in most daytime situations. in my front pocket all the time, which
Portraits are a cinch, and these phones has been the home to my phone for
have much more extensive manual about a decade now.
controls than their predecessors, which
will allow you to do things like change Obviously, it’s not a news flash that
the shutter speed, blur the background, some phones these days are quite
or adjust the exposure. chunky, but it is something that you
might want to take into consideration
In that sense, any of these three phones when pondering how a new phone
can easily replace most point-and- would fit into your daily life. There are
shoot cameras, and they’d put up stiff also smaller versions of these phones,
competition against many entry-level or phones that are quite similar, but
DSLRs or mirrorless cameras with kit those smaller models often sacrifice
lenses. And let’s not forget that these one or more lenses or other features.

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While you might not be able to In any case, seeing as phones are
comfortably walk around town with a basically small computers, the three
gigantic phone in your front pocket, it smartphones also can immensely speed
might be time to reconsider how you use up your workflow by automatically
your phone. After all, you wouldn’t expect transferring photos and videos to other
devices or services. The iPhone syncs
ƋŅ ĀƋ ± %„X Ņų ĵĜųųŅųĬ域 ϱĵåų± ĜĹ ƼŅƚų seamlessly with iCloud and other
pocket, so maybe a phone that can shoot Apple devices, while the two Android
equivalent pictures doesn’t need to go phones can transfer files automatically
there, either. This is something I’m still to Google Photos.

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The three smartphone cameras each excellent technology for shooting
have areas where they stand out a bit videos, which include “portrait video”
from the others. The Samsung S22, for mode. You can also select focus
example, excels at macro photography, points or change the color and look
and it also has an amazing telephoto of your video during post-processing,
lens that zooms between the equivalent without having to monkey around with
of 13 millimeters all the way up to 230 different settings while you’re shooting
millimeters.
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The Pixel 6 Pro also takes ultra-sharp
macro photos, while its ability to I mentioned before that if you decide to
shoot 4-minute exposures make it an buy one of these three phones—or any
excellent choice for astrophotography. other smartphone—then your decision
will likely not be based solely on the
The iPhone 13 Pro has great lenses but phone’s camera(s). If that’s all that
is more focused on offering technology matters to you, then rest assured: all
to enhance its abilities. This includes three of these phones have awesome
MagSafe, which lets you use MagSafe cameras, and almost any modern cell
accessories—it can also be attached phone will also have a camera that’s
to a tripod in a split second using good enough for about 80 or 90 percent
the magnetic ring on the back. It has of most people’s daily shooting needs.

Image: Howard Bouchevereau

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Image: Amjith S

If you’re already invested in the world too conformist, or simply too expensive.
of Apple, then the iPhone is the obvious Those sentiments are completely
choice. The iPhone 13 Pro starts at understandable, and for those people
$1,000, which is slightly more than the the Pixel or the S22 might be a better
$900 Pixel 6 Pro and a good chunk of choice. At that point, your choice might
change less than the $1,200 Samsung be guided more by other factors such
S22. My three most recent phones as price, availability, and aesthetics.
have all been iPhones and I have been You wouldn’t be the first person to
absolutely content with that decision. choose one phone over another simply
Apple detractors will say that iPhones because it looked sleeker, or because
aren’t as customizable and that’s true, the other one looked dorky for some
but I don’t really want to customize inexplicable reason.
everything on my phone. I also got my
mom set up with an iPhone 6S several Where does that leave us, then?
years ago and she’s had an excellent The tide seems to be changing
experience with hers. Any time either and while many photographers will
of us have a question, an answer is likely use traditional cameras for the
just a quick online search away, since foreseeable future, more and more
thousands of other people probably people—including some pros—will
had the same question. start switching to shooting mostly or
exclusively with cellphones. That trend
However, I also recognize that many will only accelerate as smartphones
people don’t care for Apple products become better and pack more features
for one reason or another, or they might into their portable frames.
just find the Apple universe too stifling,

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At the same time, I think that it’s now streaming music. In the same vein,
misguided to place too much faith in I believe there will always be a place for
technological advances being a perfect “normal” cameras, even if that becomes
ideal that will inevitably supplant older more of a niche pursuit as time goes
ways of doing things. For comparison, we by. Each of us will have to decide what
can look to the resurgence of interest in photography means and looks like for us,
vinyl records over the last few decades, whether that means carrying around a
despite the advent of CDs, MP3, and camera or a smartphone—or both.

Image: Djordje Petrovic

About the Author:

Ryan Sitzman splits his time between the coffee fields of Costa Rica and the

mountains of Colorado. You can find him on one of his several websites.

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by TONY & CHELSEA NORTHRUP

Professional photographers Tony & Chelsea Northrup compare the Samsung
Galaxy S22 Ultra, Google Pixel 6 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max to find the

best smartphone camera for both photography and video!

About the Author:

Chelsea and Tony Northrup are photographers based in Connecticut. They are the creators of the top-
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