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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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The main thing is, an RX100M3 can zoom (optically) to any arbitrary angle within its range. The vast majority of phones cannot do that, all they can do is switch between cameras and zoom digitally (= cropping).

There are areas of photography where that is important, but I am not sure yours is one of them; for "selfies with your girlfriend or friends or family" you probably want a wide angle similar to the default one on most phone cameras anyway? If that is so, stick with your phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, you got the idea. I know that cameras have much better zooming capabilities, but that's not really a requirement for me.