The phone cameras are good. Regular cameras have gotten even better. Even budget lenses have become pretty darn good.

Even though the various photography professions are in crisis, this is a great time to get into photography as a creative art form.

@baldur I almost bought the same camera last January: I wanted a "light and all day with me" camera. :)
Your review is tempting me again. ^^'

@NicolasConstant 🙂 Yeah, I have no regrets.

Honestly, there are so many good camera options available right now. Even phone cameras hold their own.

@baldur I got the same camera half a year ago. Which lenses did you get and how are you getting on with them?

@TorbjornLunde I got the 35mm f2 and the 50mm f2. I also have a couple of old manual lenses I use with an adapter which are a holdover from when I was actually using screw-mount film bodies 20 years ago. But those are a bit too clunky to be fun TBH.

The f2s are both great, seem to handle everything I throw at them. The 35mm is obviously a tad more versatile, though. I'm planning eventually to get the 23mm f2 for wider shots.

@baldur Interesting! I got the 23mm f2 myself. In my previous system I had a 50mm fullframe equivalent. I convinced myself that I needed a 35mm ff.eqv.

And it certainly is flexible (and produces good results)! But I really miss having a slightly narrower FOV. The 50mm (35mm APS-C) FOV tended to get me really beautifully composed shots. So I am considering getting that one down the line (when I can afford it).

But at the same time it seems to close to the 23mm, you know?

@TorbjornLunde

Yeah. I hear you. My interest in the 23mm is mostly driven by a desire to take wider (but not too wide) landscape photos when I'm visiting back home in Iceland.

So, I'll probably get a better sense whether 23mm actually makes sense for me when I go back this July. I might decide against it if the 35mm does the job well enough.

Might make sense, like you say, to get a completely different type of lens instead.

@baldur Interestingly I only had a 50mm (full frame) for years and it really pushed me to consider perspective/"crops" of landscapes I wouldn't have otherwise.

I'm quite happy with this one actually: https://www.flickr.com/photos/torbjornlunde/6270150747/in/album-72157608385778915/

Don't think I would have thought to taken it if I had other focal length options.

@baldur Incidentally I am considering getting the 50mm f2 instead of the 35mm f2.

Since you have both which do you use for what? Do you always have both with you or do you decide on one when you leave the house?

@TorbjornLunde Yeah, I was trying not to be hard on camera phones but I had the same experience. The years where I only had my phone were years where I wasn't taking pictures.