nht said: Pretty much any modern digital camera (excluding the really cheap ones) can take really good pictures in good light in the focal range of its lens.
Which is what these photos are.
Bingo. The iPhone is a perfectly serviceable camera within the limits of its capability, and the benefits of size, weight, and convenience may make it preferable to a full-size camera in certain circumstances. An SLR is still a much more versatile tool though.
A good SLR will also capture a higher quality image, both optically and electronically, but the benefit of "better" than "quite good" is a value judgement.
You only need to step up when you need more zoom or in poor lighting.
Tiny sensors are notoriously noisy too. It's usually not an issue, but can be a problem when enlarging, or as you say, when the light is less than ideal.
If the final result is basically indistinguishable from a dedicated camera photo, it doesn't really matter which device it was taken on.
Personally I find camera phones finicky in my hands and prefer to have a electronic viewfinder to isolate me from what's going on around me and better compose the shot.
I have been using micro four thirds since gen 1 for many of the reasons she has stated (size, weight etc) so I fully understand her desire to avoid bulk and have a decent phone camera always on hand. Of course, I can quickly change lenses on my camera which is an advantage but there are times when a phone camera can do a great job.
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A good SLR will also capture a higher quality image, both optically and electronically, but the benefit of "better" than "quite good" is a value judgement.
Tiny sensors are notoriously noisy too. It's usually not an issue, but can be a problem when enlarging, or as you say, when the light is less than ideal.
Personally I find camera phones finicky in my hands and prefer to have a electronic viewfinder to isolate me from what's going on around me and better compose the shot.
I have been using micro four thirds since gen 1 for many of the reasons she has stated (size, weight etc) so I fully understand her desire to avoid bulk and have a decent phone camera always on hand. Of course, I can quickly change lenses on my camera which is an advantage but there are times when a phone camera can do a great job.