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I just got back from a four week trip around Madagascar with a Canon DSLR (a pretty basic consumer EOS model but we took some /really/ nice lenses, including a 100-400mm telephoto).

One thing I really enjoyed was the duality of having a DSLR with a good zoom combined with a iPhone XS. No need to swap lenses: the iPhone takes great wide angle, landscape and close-up photos while the DSLR covers the all-important lemurs-in-a-tree.

Surprisingly one of the things I missed most with the DSLR was Live Photos, which are fantastic for wildlife.

My dream DSLR would run Android. I want all of the niceties of modern phone cameras, but with the ability to strap on absurdly good lenses. I'm surprised Canon and Nikon don't seem to have done this yet.

Lemur photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0nOhNuJ3sX/



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