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Yes, of course. I'm not saying that SLRs don't have a place. If you're a wedding photographer, you probably shouldn't bring your iPhone to the job.

But the post I replied to took it to the point of absurdity, where people questioned whether these were really "cameras", and you either have the fools amazed by their crummy results, or the pros who see through that ruse. That is nonsense. I've owned a number of SLRs through the years, back to a 35MM Minolta 9xi with a number of lenses. I am amazed at what is possible with smartphones, and constantly surprised at the very good shots they yield.

Further, just to put this into perspective, an iPhone 6 or a recent Lumia, with its tiny little sensor and tiny little lens, has attributes that beat out God like SLRs from just a few years ago. Those cameras were pro quality, best of the best then, but now the devices that beat them aren't worth calling cameras?

http://connect.dpreview.com/post/5533410947/smartphones-versus-dslr-versus-film?page=4

Key Specs

• 41MP 1/1.5" BSI sensor (capable of 34MP and 38MP output images depending on aspect ratio)
• Mechanical shutter
• Zeiss F2.2 27mm equivalent (for 4:3 still images) six-element lens
• Xenon flash
• LED light for video
• Windows Phone 8 OS
• 4.5" AMOLED WXGA (1280x768) display
• 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor
• Front facing 1.2MP camera
• 2 GB RAM, 32 GB internal memory

source: http://connect.dpreview.com/post/6384275680/nokia-lumia-1020-preview

The Snapshot Serengeti project is trying to do something along the lines of NASA Clickworkers: to use groups of amateurs to "identify the thousands of animal photographs collected from 225 motion-activated cameras in the nature preserve":
http://connect.dpreview.com/post/3745415348/sanpshot-serengeti-crowdsourcing-zoology

It's a lot of fun and it feels great to contribute to a noble project. Plus it's surprisingly addictive:
http://www.snapshotserengeti.org/