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I realize that alaskan cruising is coming to an end this year. However, I was wondering... If anyone just got their new iPhone 8 and are spending some time in Alaska right now... How good of a job does it do catching wildlife/glacier pictures? I'm trying to decide if I will need to get a camera, in addition to my phone (I'll be getting an 8 or X). I don't need photographer quality pictures, but I also don't want the shutterspeed/lighting to be so bad that I never get a good shot of a whale/bear/etc.

 

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Lisa

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I have my 8 already (It's the X that you preorder in October). I had a 6S in Alaska and hubby had the 7S Plus and his pics were way better than mine. However, I also had an ancient point and shoot and for stuff like catching whales, I personally thought it worked better than my phone. Plus I worried about getting my phone wet (but the new ones are all waterproof so that is nice). The other good thing about a point and shoot is that I could use one hand so I could take pictures as I was walking and didn't have to worry about my phone going overboard--trying to use my husband's bigger phone was bothersome for me. I love having an actual camera, albeit a cheap one and will never completely give it up.

 

My dream would have been to have a great camera in Alaska. I'm fine with ours but it would have been better to have a nice one. If we ever go again, I think I will invest in a nice one and take a class to learn how to use it.

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I like my Sony 50x bridge camera for slower moving animals and glaciers but our best whale shots came from grandson's iphone 6 when the guide said keep looking there and he started shooting video. Then we made stills and zoomed as needed. I missed the whole whale breach.

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I like my Sony 50x bridge camera for slower moving animals and glaciers but our best whale shots came from grandson's iphone 6 when the guide said keep looking there and he started shooting video. Then we made stills and zoomed as needed. I missed the whole whale breach.
Me too! My husband got pictures on his phone but i missed it all.

 

My cell phone glacier pictures are great but nothing like my sony camera.

 

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I might consider the Caribbean without my camera but not Alaska. And you will see LOTS of people with actual cameras. I love being able to zoom in on the details of the glaciers and landscape.

 

We went to the Kroschel Wildlife refuge in Skagway and I got good pictures on my phone bit incredible ones in great detail with my camera.

 

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Do you have photos of this place you could share? We're trying to decide whether to go there when our ship is in Haines.
I just saw this! Oh my yes.... I'm hoping to get them onkine tomorrow.

But it was A BLAST. Steve Kroschel is hysterical! We enjoyed every bit of it. These are from my phone. The ones on my camera came out incredible. 30eb86763e9da6438502d018252db776.jpg2a8f4f3f42ac5709e85aa4210176a833.jpg2464e9a6521e36b4988a9c3b375495bc.jpg

 

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  • 2 weeks later...
I just saw this! Oh my yes.... I'm hoping to get them onkine tomorrow.

But it was A BLAST. Steve Kroschel is hysterical! We enjoyed every bit of it. These are from my phone. The ones on my camera came out incredible. 30eb86763e9da6438502d018252db776.jpg2a8f4f3f42ac5709e85aa4210176a833.jpg2464e9a6521e36b4988a9c3b375495bc.jpg

 

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Thanks so much for posting the pictures. They are really good! I'm glad to hear you had a good time there. It's definitely on our short list. Edited by Cruise_More_Often
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