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iPhone 13 Pro Max 13 Pro Max vs Nikon DSLR
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It’s great for carrying around. I don’t think it will beat image quality vs my D850 and “some” of my glass. My favorite lens being a Voightlander 58 1.4. My wife and I shoot weddings on weekends. I’m thinking about sneaking some macro photos in the next wedding. From the 13PM 1TB.
Video is good, but the results are misleading. Shooting DSLR/Mirrorless was never about shooting JPEGs at all. The only camera capable of good jpegs is Fuji and Leica. Otherwise every person should know the rule of shooting only RAW and converting to JPEG using our loved Macs/Ipads.
The thing is that JPEG is the end result of all the behind the scenes things going in the camera. To process it you need a CPU. Well CPUs of modern cameras like comparing the brain of cockroach and human - it can only make preview quality JPEGs, because it has no power to edit it.
On dslrs/mirrorless cameras shooting RAW instead of JPEG turned all my previous experience upside down. And no, you don't need to spend more time - even shooting RAW and converting(with no modifications at all) in a batch to JPG using Lightroom will give you +50% boost to the image quality.
The thing is that JPEG is the end result of all the behind the scenes things going in the camera. To process it you need a CPU. Well CPUs of modern cameras like comparing the brain of cockroach and human - it can only make preview quality JPEGs, because it has no power to edit it.
On dslrs/mirrorless cameras shooting RAW instead of JPEG turned all my previous experience upside down. And no, you don't need to spend more time - even shooting RAW and converting(with no modifications at all) in a batch to JPG using Lightroom will give you +50% boost to the image quality.
I can see the iPhone being useful for quick macro shots of the rings, cake, and decorations.
I don't think an iPhone can fully replace a Nikon -- but it is getting close enough that non-professionals have a hard time justifying carrying all that glass around.
The bokeh from my 85mm 1.4G lens cannot be replicated on an iPhone. But the "cream machine" costs more than an iPhone. However, the low-light capabilities of this iPhone shame Nikkor lenses that I spent thousands on.
Bottom line: I sold all my heavy primes about two years ago. I can't imagine a single justification for carrying them around any more. If I was shooting a wedding, or had some other professional gig, then a DSLR is a must. But the consumer and prosumer markets for Nikons is quickly being decimated by the iPhone's capabilities. I don't think in five years, Canon and Nikon will still be on the market. They will be forced to merge (unlikely) or one will go under. There just isn't the demand for the product any longer.
The bokeh from my 85mm 1.4G lens cannot be replicated on an iPhone. But the "cream machine" costs more than an iPhone. However, the low-light capabilities of this iPhone shame Nikkor lenses that I spent thousands on.
Bottom line: I sold all my heavy primes about two years ago. I can't imagine a single justification for carrying them around any more. If I was shooting a wedding, or had some other professional gig, then a DSLR is a must. But the consumer and prosumer markets for Nikons is quickly being decimated by the iPhone's capabilities. I don't think in five years, Canon and Nikon will still be on the market. They will be forced to merge (unlikely) or one will go under. There just isn't the demand for the product any longer.
ALL of the pictures it’s 100% a guessing game 13 ProMAX Vs. The Nikon DSLR, that says it all. You can’t tell which is which unless you are told.
I dont trust a comparison without access to the files for starters
And then its like comparing apple and a orange, a lot of pro and cons depending on who you are as a shooter.
If you want best quality and want to be able to switch glass for diffrent purposes then dslr all the way period.
And then its like comparing apple and a orange, a lot of pro and cons depending on who you are as a shooter.
If you want best quality and want to be able to switch glass for diffrent purposes then dslr all the way period.