Appreciation post: the old Canon PowerShot SD400 that still takes better close-ups than my phone.

Overheard some kid at a coffee shop last week say their phone camera is just as good as a real camera, but my SD400 from 2005 still catches details on a coin that my iPhone blurs out - anyone else still bust out their old point-and-shoot for specific shots?

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lee_butler20d ago

That little sensor and lens combo just handles natural light differently, phones overprocess everything into a smooth mess. My old Canon G9 has the same advantage for macro shots, it catches texture that modern phone software just blurs away.

grace_hunt8420d ago

Hold on, does that overprocessing include the way phones handle depth of field? Like, I notice my SD400 keeps the whole coin sharp edge to edge, but my phone tries to blur the background (or fake a bokeh) even when I don't want it to. Have you ever tried taking a group shot of small objects (like a pile of seeds or beads) with both cameras? My phone always picks one to focus on and just guesses at the rest.