A dSLR is going to beat out a camera phone in image quality under nearly every situation. This test was horribly carried out. Falling back on the fact that each camera was used "right out of the box" just doesn't work. If the white balance on the 400D was set properly the colors would have been much more accurate. I think the point of the article was to illustrate that the camera phones have come a long way, but in the hand of a competent photographer the dSLR is going to take a better picture EVERY time. Not everyone is going to want a dSLR, but you're a fool if you think the camera phone is going to take a better picture.
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A dSLR is going to beat out a camera phone in image quality under nearly every situation. This test was horribly carried out. Falling back on the fact that each camera was used "right out of the box" just doesn't work. If the white balance on the 400D was set properly the colors would have been much more accurate. I think the point of the article was to illustrate that the camera phones have come a long way, but in the hand of a competent photographer the dSLR is going to take a better picture EVERY time. Not everyone is going to want a dSLR, but you're a fool if you think the camera phone is going to take a better picture.