What is the difference and/or benefit of a DLSR camera vs. a standard phone camera?
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A camera is designed to capture light. It does this using a sensor which is a bucket to capture the light. With a DSLR, the bucket is massive whereas your phone has a very small thimble.
The light gets put in the bucket through lenses made of glass with an aperture to change the amount. When you’re using a phone, it’s so small that you can’t get as many lenses inside it with enough distance between them to get the quality of a massive lens. It’s harder to get even focus and lighting with smaller lenses.
With bigger lenses, you can see further, clearer and quicker. You cannot, for instance, take good sports photos with a phone. With the big bucket, you get more light in quicker, getting accurate photos far away with great detail.
Oh, and you can change lenses, letting you use specialised lenses for different jobs. I have a lens for people, a lens for motorbike racing and a general purpose lens in my bag, all with different advantages.
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