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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A decent camera. Specifically a LUMIX GX9, it’s about the best compromise between portability, versatility, price and quality that I could find, and it’s really become a part of my daily life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That GX9 looks sexy as hell! Before i felt like phone camera's were good enough as point and shoots, i got an canon ixus 65 point and shoot. carried that sucker everywhere until i killed it filming some cool sand being blown over the beach (straight into the lens mechanism ofc ;-) ). I loved having it everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It’s a fantastic camera, being micro four-thirds it’s pretty small, so it’s great for unobtrusive street stuff, and it’s completely competent enough to work for any other style I’ve tried with it. Also, being a smaller sensor, good lenses are really cheap, and I can carry a whole bunch of them in a small bag without it weighing a stupid amount.

I’d relied on my phone for ages too. It was actually a feature of the newer iOS that convinced me to get it - my phone picks out landscape photos without people from its camera roll, and alternates them as my background/lock screen. It reminded me that I’m actually quite good at the composition side of photography, while making me more aware of the phone’s limitations. While always having a camera in my pocket is handy, I’d forgotten how much I enjoy the tactile part of an actual camera, and since I’ve had the GX9, it’s pushed me to go places and do things just because I have the thing with me.