What is the best camera?
There are at least as many answers as there are photographers, but without getting into a long back and forth discussion such as ...
"well, what type of photography do you want to do?"
"how will the photos be used? printed?(how big?), posted online???"
"what's your experience level?"
"what's your budget?"
"have you tried some camera's out to see if you like their feel, menus etc?"
"do you plan on using software such as Photoshop/Lightroom to process your own photos?"
and so on.
And then some people buy an expensive (to them) camera and become reluctant to take it out...it's too big and heavy, it's too noticable, it might get wet, it might get sand in it, it might get stolen or maybe I'll get robbed...
And so the common cliché response is:
"The one you have with you!"
And it's true to a great extent. If you don't have a camera, you can't take a photo. These days, most people have a cell phone that can take nice photos in most situations. I have an iPhone 15. I am now in the habit of making sure I take a photo with it when I'm dealing with difficult lighting, even when I am primarily shooting with my DLSR. My iPhone takes photos that are generally good enough for posting online. In many difficult lighting circumstances, it does better than a DLSR if you're not willing to use a tripod and spend some time on the computer to process the images.
So that is generally my answer to the question.
"What is the best camera?"
Below are 4 photos taken pretty much at the same time, a landscape orientation and a portrait orientation from both my Canon 6D DLSR and my iPhone 15. All have been processed to some extent using Lightroom.
