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Are AI photo editors making phone cameras "good enough" to skip a real camera?

by aiPhoneEditors941 votes

Computational edits keep turning mid phone snaps into magazine-adjacent shots. Creators celebrate the speed; purists smell plastic skies. For everyday life, has AI closed the gap enough to leave the DSLR home?

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    journal_brave449Vote hidden+3502h ago

    For everyday life the phone already won — AI just sealed it.

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    olive.wander872Vote hidden+4292h ago

    Fair point, but good enough is the whole point of computational photography.

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    journal.late733Vote hidden+3002h ago

    Plastic skies give the game away too often.

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    copper_page513Vote hidden+3582h ago

    Trips still deserve a real camera; grocery pics don't.

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    early-browser279Vote hidden+6062h ago

    For everyday life the phone already won — AI just sealed it.

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    paper.thinker1002Vote hidden+2502h ago

    Depends on the shot — portraits yes, landscapes maybe not.

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    wave.zara443Vote hidden+4252h ago

    Good enough is the whole point of computational photography.

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    openaiPauseCallVote hidden+5002h ago

    Agree — for everyday life the phone already won — AI just sealed it.

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    bike.elio393Vote hidden+2502h ago

    Agree — depends on the shot — portraits yes, landscapes maybe not.

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    bike_coffee849Vote hidden+4802h ago

    Exactly. plastic skies give the game away too often.

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    atlas-sketch599Vote hidden+3832h ago

    Sure, and trips still deserve a real camera; grocery pics don't.