The Best Camera Has A Habit

Lee Peterson on iPhone photography.

With an iPhone I have a choice of lenses, it’s blends in more, I have filters I can use in real time and I can edit on the device itself if I want to edit there and then.

I completely agree with this. The iPhone camera is fantastic. For snaps when you’re doing something else, for capturing moments when you’re not thinking about photography, it’s perfect. The best camera is the one you have with you.

When I’m out with friends or doing something and a moment happens, the iPhone gets it. Quick, easy, no fuss. That’s what it’s brilliant at.

But when I actually want to go out and look at the world, nothing replaces a camera. Not for image quality or features. Just for the act of it. Just going out to shoot. Looking at light and streets and people.

The iPhone has a habit of pulling me into other things. Not its fault, just what phones do. A camera just takes photos.

Both have their place. iPhone for life as it happens. Camera for when photography is the point.