1. The thing is that with cameras, to realise their potential you have to take charge of them. User intervention is the name of the game. To use a camera on full auto is a cop-out. In other words, it requires effort. So he'd have to be motivated for the scheme to work.
2. The number of megapixels doesn't matter much.
3. Your budget will get him a belting camera / lens. To compete with a phone for convenience, I guess it might need to be fairly compact? If you can get him to see some it should help - two issues are what it's like to hold, and what it's like to look through (or at, if it only has a rear screen).
I have no connection with the company whose page this is, but consider this: https://www.ffordes.com/p/SH-18-022942/fuji/finepix-x100s-silver
He doesn’t need a new camera, he has a g1 that is more than capable. He just needs to learn how to use it.
Yes absolutely, especially if you're happy to buy used.Hi all
Is there a digital camera that is far better than an iPhone? And under about £300-£500
As already mentioned the G1 is capable of much better results than any current phone, you just need to learn how to use it properlyHe has a lumix g1 but it’s not as good as my phone now. Thanks all
1. The thing is that with cameras, to realise their potential you have to take charge of them. User intervention is the name of the game. To use a camera on full auto is a cop-out. In other words, it requires effort. So he'd have to be motivated for the scheme to work.
2. The number of megapixels doesn't matter much.
3. Your budget will get him a belting camera / lens. To compete with a phone for convenience, I guess it might need to be fairly compact? If you can get him to see some it should help - two issues are what it's like to hold, and what it's like to look through (or at, if it only has a rear screen).
I have no connection with the company whose page this is, but consider this: https://www.ffordes.com/p/SH-18-022942/fuji/finepix-x100s-silver
This - the camera in the phone is 90% software - any half decent camera is better in the right hands.Perhaps the issue is more that a phone can somewhat make up for a lack of ability through clever processing to produce a better looking *phone size* image than a better quality conventional camera can when viewed straight out of camera.
As said, if he wants to create great pictures then learning how to use a conventional camera like the G1 is the way to go.
Whilst I agree with the bits about image quality- the 30d is only 13 years old.An average 2019 Android phone can't give a decent A4 print. A 30D from 2 decades ago, can easily do A3 and with some effort a lot more...
By 2029 they might just about get even.... Their best hope is making the whole back of the phone into microcamera array.
Whilst I agree with the bits about image quality- the 30d is only 13 years old.
I don't think the op's coming back. Anyway, I hope she's getting something sorted for her son.
The OP is probably completely perplexed by the discussion, she only wanted a camera recommendation for her son!