I always thought my old phone camera was good enough for the moon until I borrowed my friend's DSLR

For months, I'd just hold my phone up to my little backyard telescope and snap away. The pictures looked okay on the screen, a white blob with some gray smudges. Then my buddy let me use his Canon T7 with a proper adapter for a night. The difference was NOT subtle. With the phone, I got a bright, fuzzy circle. With the DSLR, I could actually see craters, like Tycho and Copernicus, with sharp edges and shadows inside them. I could even make out some of the rays from the big impacts. It was like looking at a map instead of a painting of a map. The camera just pulled in so much more detail and handled the bright light way better. Has anyone else made a jump like that and been totally blown away by what you were missing?

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grantt1117d ago

It's funny how we get used to the low quality version of things. I had the same thing happen with audio. I listened to cheap earbuds for years, then a friend had me try his good headphones. I heard instruments in my favorite songs I never knew were there, like a quiet shaker way off in the background. You don't know the detail you're missing until you see or hear the real thing.

kimg5717d ago

I get what @grantt11 is saying, but honestly I wonder if it's worth the money. My old phone takes pictures that look fine to me and I can hear the song just fine on my cheap headphones. It seems like once you know the detail is there, you just start missing it and spending more cash. Is the upgrade really that big of a deal for everyday stuff?

noahlane17d ago

Yeah, I read an article about how phone sensors just can't handle that kind of light, it's wild.