Do you own a camera?

@allknowing (136590)
India
September 24, 2023 4:08am CST
These days with upgrades mobile phones have features that have as many as four cameras. I have yet to understand the benefit of that many cameras and how does one use them and for what purpose Can anyone explain? Can we not manage taking photos with a phone that has one camera. I have feature phones that have no facility for taking photos but I have a nice sony digital 360 camera that produces wonderful results No plans to go for either an upgraded mobile nor buy a new camera. I am contented. What about you.
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@writerjo (2540)
• India
24 Sep 23
@allknowing Mobile phone camera mostly used by Instagram reel creators , some YouTube creators , Selfie lovers , Students. But the Photography lovers always use Digital Cameras for better clarity & multiple features. I don't own a Camera.. Once I was a TIKTOK, TIKI , SNACKVIDEO , LIKEE video creator..I used my mobile phone for creating such videos..
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
24 Sep 23
But all those mass photographs are not even looked at.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
24 Sep 23
@writerjo In the good old days photos was a rarity. One had to go to a studio but now there is a tornado of photos for the asking Guests will come and pose in our garden but never send us photos (lol)
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@writerjo (2540)
• India
24 Sep 23
@allknowing Yes I agree , for their own interest Camera guys capture . Viewers had no such eagerness to watch the photography in galleries as in earlier days. My friend is a photographer, he owned a website from where he sells his stuffs .
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
25 Sep 23
My Samsung Galaxy S9+ takes good pictures with its one camera. I also own a Nikon D3500 digital SLR that takes awesome pictures but rarely use it unless it's a planned photo shoot.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
My camera is happy that I use it every day but now with myLot having issues I have reduced that activity somewhat
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
27 Sep 23
@DWDavis I have an instagram account but I am not active there.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
26 Sep 23
@allknowing I still use my phone camera quite a bit as I have started using Instagram more.
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@yukimori (10145)
• United States
24 Sep 23
I thought it was excessive, too, but it turns out that a single camera module doesn't cover everything that most people want to photograph with their phones. A "normal" camera would have a larger, more versatile lens that would cover more than one of those things, but you can't really put one on a phone without ruining the profile of it. So phone manufacturers listened and started including cameras that cover wide angles for panoramic photos, telephoto for close ups of distant things, macro for extreme close up photos, etc.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
I did not know those extra cameras were for different coverages. So they are different types of lenses kind of Right?
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@yukimori (10145)
• United States
25 Sep 23
@allknowing Yep, each of the cameras has a different lens that lets it capture a different field of view than the others.
@1creekgirl (41447)
• United States
24 Sep 23
We don't have cameras now, just use our cell phones. I read that the reason we look better in person than in photos is because the human eye has many more pixels than anything man made.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
I have noticed that. No matter how focused I am with my camera it is not what I see with my eyes.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
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@1creekgirl (41447)
• United States
25 Sep 23
@allknowing God is a Master Craftsman.
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@sallypup (61172)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Sep 23
I am glad to have a simple camera but no smart phone.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
I too am doing fine without a smart phone.
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@dya80dya (36656)
25 Sep 23
No. I had one, but it's broken.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
You must be using your mobile now for taking photos.
@mayka123 (16605)
• India
24 Sep 23
I have a digital camera that I use when I go off on holidays. Its useful for me because of the memory card where I can take a lot more pics. When I am on holiday I prefer keeping my phone in my purse.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
Nothing like a good camera
@RebeccasFarm (89870)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Sep 23
Not anymore..I had some lovely cameras..now just on my devices. And nowhere to really share photos now.
@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
@RebeccasFarm After countless attemps we can upload but no time for it
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
25 Sep 23
Yes. After myLot restrictions I too have reduced taking photos
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• Arvada, Colorado
25 Sep 23
@allknowing Shame..we will have to work on that.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Sep 23
I am. using. my phone's camera... I. can't even use all it's features... I am. not good at taking pictures nor studying. camera. features of my phone.
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@allknowing (136590)
• India
24 Sep 23
That is the sad part of upgrades. Not just you there will many who must owning more sohisticated gadgets that what you have but they will not know even ten percent of the features that are there after the upgrade. Question comes. Why upgrade?