The camera phone was originally for video calls, then someone had to take a picture of themselves, call it a selfie, the narcicist generation was born.
I have a nice DSLR camera that I would love to use for my millions of cat pictures, but the cat I like to take photos of the most is terrified of it. She has no problem with me pointing my phone at her, though.
A Sony RX100 Mark 3. It’s not really a DSLR, but also not a basic point and shoot. Small optical zoom and a flippy screen so I can see myself vlogging taking selfies.
I keep wanting to buy a DSLR, but my phone is generally adequate enough for my photography needs, and with my luck, I’d either not have the camera with me when I need it, or break it because I take it everywhere just in case.
I do keep a “pretty basic digital camera” handy, but I’m in the market for a DSLR or large-body digital. I have a couple of them from years back, but my phone camera has a higher-resolution sensor. I’m going to patent a DSLR body that you can swap out the electronics for a better sensor, once those come available. At least my film SLR didn’t go obsolete in two years.
@PocketBrain pixels aren’t everything. A large form factor sensor like in a DSLR still lets a lot of light in and the DSLR accepts long optical lenses. Those two aspects of a particular DSLR survive a lot longer than two years.
Bought a generation-old Sony mirrorless to toy around with. Eventually decided photography was a skill I wasn’t going to put the time into enough to learn.
Photos for me are either digital records of documentation, or date-time-location stamps. Aesthetic they are not.
Nothing. I was a professional photographer and totally lost interest. If it were not for the wife there would be no family pictures. I just don’t care.
I use a mirrorless Olympus camera and like it better than DSLRs and it’s small enough (although no where near as small as a phone) that it travels with me to events or activities. Olympus camera
@mrburatti Yup. I use a Lumix G5. I like that it will fit in jacket pocket and is small enough that it doesn’t draw attention, but still has a lot of the features of a full-size DSLR. It doesn’t make me a great photographer, but it does make it more fun for me. Taking pictures with a phone or tablet just feels awkward and wierd.
Phone cameras have come a long way, so I end up using my Pixel 2 for everyday stuff, and it has impressed me a few times.
I try to decorate my place with unique items (AKA, things nobody else could just buy), so for walls, that’s mostly pics taken by me on canvas or metal. I co-owned a photography business for six years, and I currently shoot with a Canon 6D and a handful of lenses. I’ll take the gear when I know I’m going somewhere that will have a view/feature that may go “on the wall.”
So I’m probably generally 95/5 phone/DSLR, but as hiking season really gets into swing, that may skew a bit more toward the latter.
I’ve shot so much film in the past, it’ll take me years of pictures with my phone to catch up…
The camera phone was originally for video calls, then someone had to take a picture of themselves, call it a selfie, the narcicist generation was born.
@hchavers
Found pictures which I took of myself using a disposable camera in the early 2000s.
I called them poor quality pictures, but kids these days would call them horrible selfies.
I have a nice DSLR camera that I would love to use for my millions of cat pictures, but the cat I like to take photos of the most is terrified of it. She has no problem with me pointing my phone at her, though.
A Sony RX100 Mark 3. It’s not really a DSLR, but also not a basic point and shoot. Small optical zoom and a flippy screen so I can see myself
vloggingtaking selfies.I keep wanting to buy a DSLR, but my phone is generally adequate enough for my photography needs, and with my luck, I’d either not have the camera with me when I need it, or break it because I take it everywhere just in case.
My answer - phone. I wish the answer were DSLR, but our DSLR doesn’t fit in my pocket.
@RedOak the future will get here someday.
I do keep a “pretty basic digital camera” handy, but I’m in the market for a DSLR or large-body digital. I have a couple of them from years back, but my phone camera has a higher-resolution sensor. I’m going to patent a DSLR body that you can swap out the electronics for a better sensor, once those come available.
At least my film SLR didn’t go obsolete in two years.
@PocketBrain pixels aren’t everything. A large form factor sensor like in a DSLR still lets a lot of light in and the DSLR accepts long optical lenses. Those two aspects of a particular DSLR survive a lot longer than two years.
Bought a generation-old Sony mirrorless to toy around with. Eventually decided photography was a skill I wasn’t going to put the time into enough to learn.
Photos for me are either digital records of documentation, or date-time-location stamps. Aesthetic they are not.
Nothing. I was a professional photographer and totally lost interest. If it were not for the wife there would be no family pictures. I just don’t care.
@cranky1950 I used to work at McDonalds but I still like french fries.
@therealjrn hot grease is addictive
I use a mirrorless Olympus camera and like it better than DSLRs and it’s small enough (although no where near as small as a phone) that it travels with me to events or activities. Olympus camera
@mrburatti Yup. I use a Lumix G5. I like that it will fit in jacket pocket and is small enough that it doesn’t draw attention, but still has a lot of the features of a full-size DSLR. It doesn’t make me a great photographer, but it does make it more fun for me. Taking pictures with a phone or
tablet 
just feels awkward and wierd.
Phone cameras have come a long way, so I end up using my Pixel 2 for everyday stuff, and it has impressed me a few times.
I try to decorate my place with unique items (AKA, things nobody else could just buy), so for walls, that’s mostly pics taken by me on canvas or metal. I co-owned a photography business for six years, and I currently shoot with a Canon 6D and a handful of lenses. I’ll take the gear when I know I’m going somewhere that will have a view/feature that may go “on the wall.”
So I’m probably generally 95/5 phone/DSLR, but as hiking season really gets into swing, that may skew a bit more toward the latter.
The film is getting kind of expensive.
Sony Cybershot digital camera with memory stick duo.
@JT954 i have 2 of those
Sony A6000 boo ya!