I've been using an iPhone 6 but it took such vivid photos I had to edit and decrease color so they didn't look doctored. Thank goodness, it finally quit on me. I tend to use things until they're totally worn out.

I have a new iPhone 12 and I'm hoping the camera is better. I'll have to wait a couple months to take rose photos.

I have a Nikon DSLR, in a drawer, never used. After I read that a well known floral photographer who has many cameras, American and European, uses her iPhone for most photos (I think an iPhone 5), that was good enough for me and meant I never had to learn all the technicalities about that Nikon. Diane is smarter than I. That's the truth.

I like this photo taken with my old phone because the subject is in focus and the roses behind it are out of focus. I don't know how it did that.

Wonderful idea for a thread, Aaron. I've wondered what kind of cameras Garden Web members use, too.

I have an old Fuji Fine Pix S 700 (it was like a hundred bucks about a decade ago) that I love because it has a regular view finder. I HATE those little screens on the back of the camera that you can't seen in the daylight! And my phone is even harder to see in the daylight. How on earth do people take any kind of picture with those?

I use the camera on my iPhone, which I’m pleased with for the most part, but at times have trouble photographing reds.

I’m using an old entry level DSLR Canon T5i. I love it because Canon creates excellent lens and this model has a touch screen which makes preview/zoom in the photos after I took them a pleasure. Helen

I’m using an IPhone 12, I’m pretty happy with the pics (below). It’s a big improvement over my iPhone 10, though both have trouble with strong red roses.

I did buy a Fuji DSLR that was recommended by a famous food editor, but I never took the trouble to learn it.

I use my iPhone 11 camera to take pictures of my garden. I have never really thought about what others use, so this is a very unique thread!!

Poet’s Wife, Strawberry Hill, Munstead Wood, Honey Dijon

I love my iPhone 10 camera, but there are things that it does well and things that it doesn't do so well. I also love my old Nikon D700. For quick travel photos, you can't beat the iPhone, but I don't know how it compares to other brands of phones.

iPhone 10

DSLR can do this.

or this.

I love my iPhone 10. I think it has amazing optics and settings for what it is. For travel photos it's perfect. The HDR quality is amazing, and it is pretty consistent about its abilities. But it has its limitations. I also love my old Nikon D700 DSLR, probably more for sentimental reasons than for anything else. The newer DSLR's have more capability. I took all of these photos this morning.

The iPhone 10 can do this, which I think is AMAZING for the tiny little lens.

The D700 can do this:

OR this:

The iPhone does this, which is a bit of over-enhancement of the colors and contrast and you can see quite a bit of lens distortion (see how the gravel in the foreground seems to stretch?) and the very deep depth of field (DOF). I don't know if the newer iPhones allow for manual DOF.

The DSLR has a bit more realistic color, and an adjustable DOF. Here I focused on the rear flowers, and adjusted the DOF so the foreground flowers are blurry and the background is a little blurry. I could have set the camera to have more vibrant color and sharper contrast to have a photograph that pops more, like the iPhone, or I could adjust it in Photoshop or even Photos. Also, you can see that the framing is different, because of the wide angle of the iPhone lens.

One more example, what you prefer is just a matter of taste. Again, I could have put on a lense and adjusted the DOF and exposure to create a photo similar to the iPhone's, but it would have taken time and effort, vs. point and shoot. With the iPhone, you can't get the narrow DOF, unless in portrait mode, which has programming specifically for face sizes and doesn't work with small flowers. I could have adjusted the iPhone shot manually to expose the buds better, but I wanted to show the point and shoot capability.

iPhone 10:

DSLR:

Helen could probably expound upon this more. She's such a wonderful photographer.

You are too, noseometer. Those are lovely photos.

I honestly know what maybe half of those words mean lol. I wanted a point and shoot so I opted for a Canon Powershot G7. It's probably not nearly as fancy but I like the small size and will hopefully get halfway decent pictures out of it. I figure if I take lots of pictures I may go fancier with time :p

iPhone 8:

Canon DSLR Rebel T5 (older, not very fancy “big” camera):

My best advice is you can release a lot of potential in any camera if you learn your angles and lighting. DSLRs are going to give you a LOT more to work with and up your photography game, but you can still take gorgeous photos with a phone camera. if you want to take “fancy” iPhone shots, try to do close ups and have something in focus with more flowers blurred in the background to give a lot more dimension vs just a single shot of a flower (which is nice too if you prefer that!) Also, it’s easiest to get nice photos in natural light that isnt in direct sunlight.