Hello everyone,

Kind of fell into this rabbit whole yesterday. I usually take pictures with my phone, which is not great at this (Moto G84), so I was considering getting a compact point and shoot camera to have better pictures.

At the moment, my main use case is to indeed take selfies with my girlfriend, or friends/family. I’ve read a bit about the topic, and it seems like the consensus is that recent phones (less than 5 years) will take better selfies and general pictures than point and shoot cameras.

Is this true?

I see a Sony RX100M3 second hand at 350€, is it worth it?

Thank you for your help

  • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    1 天前

    If you’re taking selfies exclusively and only want to share them to other people’s phones, definitely not. You won’t be able to enjoy the quality of your new camera on a screen this small and you’ll also need the extreme wide angle that phones usually have. Buy a new phone, it is more than sufficient for that application. Also, if you’re living in the EU, starting February 18th, 2027, batteries will be replaceable again, so you should wait for that, if you can.

    If you want to enter the hobby or the profession of photography, the answer would be different. But if it is, again, just for phones, phone cameras are perfectly sufficient for that.

    • Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      1 天前

      Also, if you’re living in the EU, starting February 18th, 2027, batteries will be replaceable again, so you should wait for that, if you can.

      Good point, looking forward to it!

      My use case would be to potentially also print some of those, I guess in that case a camera is more suited, right?