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Is it worth getting to a Sony RX100M3 mostly for selfies and pictures of friends and family to replace my phone? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/photography

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Hello everyone,

Kind of fell into this rabbit whole yesterday. I usually take pictures with my phone, which is not great at this (Moto G84), so I was considering getting a compact point and shoot camera to have better pictures.

At the moment, my main use case is to indeed take selfies with my girlfriend, or friends/family. I've read a bit about the topic, and it seems like the consensus is that recent phones (less than 5 years) will take better selfies and general pictures than point and shoot cameras.

Is this true?

I see a Sony RX100M3 second hand at 350€, is it worth it?

Thank you for your help

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Honestly IMO, carrying cameras around is really burdensome and I usually always have my camera when I don’t need it and never have it when I do!

I wish I had just waited and upgraded to a phone with a better camera.

Obviously if you want to make a genuine hobby where you spend hours a week taking pics it’s a different question.

But a phone with an okay camera + borrowing my friends one when I really wanna get some high quality pics (rare) (which is what I do now that I sold my camera) was a much better use of money IMO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you for your insight. The compromise is definitely there. I've had a look several times at my gf's Sony since started this thread, the likelihood of us carrying this around every time we go out is still quite low.