Monday, 20th January, 2025

I did sit and play DS last night with the kittens. They slept on me for about 2 hours so I couldn’t move anyway 😅.

The wedding photos from a family member taken on their iPhone have been haunting me. They’re like the ideal memories of the day: they look great, no lighting issues, no noticeable noise, nice colours, plus everyone is looking and smiling, good groups, and there are only about 10.

Now my photos I took on the XE4 with the 23mm f/1.4…I’ve deleted the obvious junk but it’s still 100 or something, lots of groups but no one is looking (which I do like, not always a big fan of the staged group smiling ones but equally I like them too or want them for “Granny”.) I mostly ended up with B&W as I don’t like my colour profiles on the camera. More suited to outdoors or bright light. Also helped avoid high iso noise on colour. They’re now on the computer and everyone is asking if I can share them. Do I edited them all in Lightroom, do I send them the files, do I add to iCloud family sharing group we have, do I make a website,….

This is also aside from the fact I had to carry it around, pay attention to where I left it, pack another bag with two lenses (could’ve taken more but decided against it). Remembering to charge it. Etc.

So I’ve started wondering, what if I sold my cameras and just used an iPhone for digital photos? I’d keep my Leica M2 for film and manual photography.

It feels wrong but offers a lot of convenience