It seems like such a long time ago now, but back when I was in high school, a friend of mine tried to get me into photography. It never held my attention, though, mostly because I wasn't really ready to dump money into lenses and what not. Even today, as great cameras can be had for great prices, it's never been something I've given a second thought.
And now it has everything to do with smartphones.
The camera systems outfitted inside devices like the iPhone 7, Galaxy S7, and the Google Pixel are outstanding, given their inherent limitations packed inside a phone. We've come to a point in the smartphone race where we expect a high-end flagship device to have a great camera. Even some mid-range handsets have cameras these days that aren't completely awful.
For someone like me, who isn't a photographer, and who has never carried around a dedicated camera, the improvements made to smartphone cameras are welcomed with open arms.
I was recently watching a roundtable discussion published by The Hollywood Reporter, where Oscar-nominated cinematographers like Bradford Young (Arrival), Linus Sandgren (La La Land), Charlotte Bruus Christensen (Fences, The Girl On The Train), and others talked about their craft, the movie they worked on, and more. Near the end of the conversation, though, the host of the roundtable brings up cell phone cameras, and asks if anyone in the room carries around a dedicated camera more often than not.
These are photographers, so I was actually surprised by some of their responses. Young not only says he uses his iPhone while out and about, but points out that while he has a few different cameras, they all seem "too cumbersome nowadays." He adds that he's taking photos and videos of his kids a lot, so using his phone is just easier. John Toll (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk) says he uses his phone, too, and that he finds he takes even more photos while out just because it's there, all the time, basically ready to go.
Christensen said that she prefers to still use a dedicated camera, while Caleb Deschanel (Rules Don't Apply) referenced the last movie he shot, and how it retired his love for using a dedicated camera in general, and how great it is to go get film processed somewhere else.
All of this to realize that, like most anything else, it comes down to personal preference. For me, even in the moments where I've thought about buying a camera, I've always just fallen back to my phone, realizing that, for 99% of my time, it's more than good enough.
But I'm curious: Do you carry around a dedicated camera with you, on a regular basis? Or do you prefer to use your smartphone, thanks to its ease of use? Let me know!
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