Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!

[tomh009]

Very nice! This is where a proper camera comes into its own, phone cameras really struggle with night shots.

P.S. You might consider posting JPEG in the future -- the PNG is about 4x the size and will use up your attachment quota that much faster.

The Pixel 4a night mode is pretty good. In some ways it's better than a small point and shoot. Cameras with bigger sensors probably do better. What I find phones can't really do is reasonable zoom (eg birds).

Yes, that's what I was implying. You can't use software to recreate what the sensor is not capturing, only optimize what it does capture. And, yes, my reference point is a DSLR or a compact with a reltively larger sensor (such as a Sony RX100).

Being able to select a lens and being able to control exposure, shutter speed and depth of field is something else that I can't do with a phone camera.

That said, I use my phone camera a lot more than I use my RX100 or the DSLRs. Most of the time it's easily good enough, and it's always in my pocket.