The honest answer: the phone shoots more of a given day than the camera does, purely because it's already out. The camera earns its weight for the handful of shots each trip that actually matter — golden hour, a proper landscape, anything intended for print.
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Phone or Camera: What Actually Gets Used on a Trip
An honest breakdown of what's shot on a phone versus a 'real' camera, and why.
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