Carrying a point-and-shoot camera

- Hi, I'm Ben Long and if you've watched my…iPhone 5S photography course,…you know that I take the camera…in this phone pretty seriously.…It is a great photographic tool.…This week on the Practicing Photographer though,…we're going to look at the point and shoot camera.…If this is such a great camera…and I've always got it with me,…why are point and shoots still relevant at all?…Well, depending on your photographic needs they may not be.…Now, I have I don't know how many SLR's…and mirror-less cameras and what not.…I have a lot of nice, big high end cameras that…I really enjoy and that are also excellent photographic…tools but there are times when they are just too big…and the smaller size of a point and shoot…is really valuable,…but then there is my phone.…

The thing is, for certain applications,…a point and shoot is still better than a phone…for a number of different reasons.…Point and shoot cameras typically have larger sensors…than a cell phone camera does.…The larger sensor means you're going to have…a better signal to noise ratio.…