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Canon Rebel T7i (and beyond) vs Samsung Galaxy S8+ (and beyond) for social media
Hey all, I been trying to figure out in this social media day and age whether it’s worth my time to upgrade from a smartphone to a DSLR for photoshooting and video recording. I consider the T7i because it was the most “budget” friendly with substance camera to buy as a beginner/intermediate (learned the basics of photography in college part of design program).
Still it’s a $700 jump from my daily driver phone and I wasn’t sure if it was worth it as someone who will mainly use it for social media (YouTube, Instagram, etc). Because while I will, until I can afford a larger scale crew, be using it mainly to record videos and take intermediate (to hopefully pro) photography nature and fashion, I read counterarguments that unless I’m a big super (or aspiring) professional, I would be fine using a smartphone. Granted this argument a lot of times stemmed in the realm of iPhones, but I’ll never be buying one of those but it’s still in the space of smartphones nonetheless.
Also I was hoping as a side gig to perhaps even sell some of my photos on stock websites. And I do expect to get more work in the fashion in industry and I do graphic design for a living (among other ventures) so I thought it was a good idea to buy a DSLR but now I’m unsure.
Also I haven’t gotten any negative feedback from the few viewers who viewed my videos but editing phone videos, especially in portrait mode (I’ve switched to premiere pro) can sometimes be annoying but not altogether a nightmare (hopefully).
Anyone with thoughts of which route to take. Any advice is well appreciated.
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Nothing compares to the depth of field I can get with a DSLR. I know phones have come a long way, but that’s a $1000 device wearing 17 hats whereas a DSLR is 1 $1000 device doing 1 task really well.
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I know you already mentioned the iPhone argument but as an iPhone user, I don’t think I will invest in a DSLR just for social media. It all depends on your future plans. If you think you can get your money’s worth in the long run, go for it.
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It’s not the camera you need, but the lens that goes with the camera.
A good quality lens gets you the optical clarity, focus, depth of field and light onto the CMOS that you will never get from a camera phone.
Consider starting with a basic dSLR but spend the extra cash on a good fixed focal length lens. Canon Ef-50, 1.8 is a nice one to start with. About $100. The depth of field will be unmatched to anything you’ve ever taken with a phone camera.
Invest in the glass
:Roll safe:
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Funny thing, we often get just as good or better images/video from a smartphone than a DSLR or video camera BUT people don’t really take you seriously if you show up to shoot with just a smartphone. So we use both and no-one knows where the footage actually came from.
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