Pros & Cons Of Using A Smartphone For Travel Photography
Asian Photography|April 2022
Everywhere you go, someone is using a smartphone to take photographs of themselves or their surroundings, so it seems to reason that many include them in their hand luggage to use as instruments for preserving holiday memories. Indeed, the advancement of smartphone camera technology has rendered several tiny digital cameras obsolete owing to the spec of the camera these popular devices now include, with some of the major guns, such as the OnePlus, sporting a 48 Mp or 64 Mp camera with a wide, f/1.7 aperture. So, with such strong cameras now embedded in smartphones, do we really need a tiny camera when going on vacation? To help you decide, we've compiled a list of advantages and drawbacks of using a smartphone for travel photos.
Sanchit Mishra
Pros & Cons Of Using A Smartphone For Travel Photography

Pros of Using a Smartphone for Travel Photography

Size & Weight

There's no denying that smartphones are quite light, and even while some have become slightly larger in size, they're still small enough to slip in a purse or jacket pocket. Furthermore, you won't have to tie them to a camera strap, which means you won't be straining on your shoulder/neck all day, and you won't need to have a separate bag to preserve it. You won't be tempted to bring extra lenses, a flashgun, or other equipment with you, which will save room and weight.

More than a camera

Smartphones are wonderful because they can multitask. In addition to taking photographs and making phone calls, you can use the built-in map to plan routes, download applications that inform you where areas of interest are, and use it as a translator if you need to ask a question but don't know how to word it right.

Your phone will be with you anyway

You're probably not going to board the plane without your smartphone, so use it to capture images when you get at your location. Because of the amount of space available surrounding your flying seat, taking shots out the plane window of the intriguing patterns made by the land and water below you with a smartphone will be easy.

Share On Social

If you want to show Grandma your latest family photographs from your summer vacation, uploading them to social networks is one of the simplest methods to do it, and with a smartphone, you have instant access to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social networking sites. This also means you have a backup of your vacation photos.

Backup to cloud

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