DSLRs passé, smartphones do the job better

• 67% travellers prefer smartphone photography over DSLR
• 84% travellers said they prefer smartphone photography since its nimble, portable and easier to use
• 80% travellers prefer smartphones since they enable social sharing of holiday experiences

On the HolidayIQ app for photo review submitted, 56 per cent are submitted via a smartphone and 44 per cent via desktop. Relatively everyone with a smartphone can produce a shot what, only a few years ago, would have been considered a professional quality photograph.

This sheer increase in the number of smartphones, camera quality and photo editing apps has made the smartphone an integral part of a holiday. HolidayIQ, travel community, recently concluded survey amongst its 12 million-strong traveller community has ended this battle between smartphones and point-and-shoots,

with a large number of travellers who argue that photo quality of a smartphone camera could come close to matching that of a DSLR. More than 67% of HolidayIQ travellers said they prefer smartphones for capturing travel photos, 16% travellers used both smartphones and DSLRs, 11 per cent are DSLR purists, while 3% used a digital point-and-shoot camera.