Wasn't Samsung's "Super Zoom" phone camera recently debunked because AI was filling in moon details that weren't there?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637401/samsung-fake-moon-photos-ai-galaxy-s...

Thanks John. It looks like the only budget option really is a bulk roll of Fomopan 200 but I don’t have a bulk loader unfortunately…

Nope - my wife has one of the newer iPhones (albeit without the however-many-tens-of-megapixels) and it does take a reasonable photo, as does my tending-towards-FUBAR iPhone 11, but I much. much prefer the output of any of the cameras I have.

What you've also said above, though, is that the convenience factor is what's winning out for the most part, and that badly-taken ILC photos don't win out over computationally-fiddled phone photos. THAT, in my opinion, is the crux of it. People don't want to spend time learning when they can snap and post.

It's probably why Fuji have gained so much traction over the last few years, with people being much happier with the output of a photo SOOC and not 'needing' to tinker with it on a computer for a couple hours to reach a final image that they'd be similarly happy with.

Bumpy McBumpface

Tempting, and I already have one!

Very gratefully received some from Kea, above, but will still be on the lookout for 35mm film.
Expired/boxed/unboxed/B&W/colour/slide - anything is welcome!

Great shot - in my parents' old house, I have a vivid memory of waking up to see the perfect outline of an owl imprinted on the kitchen window. Not sure I'll ever forget that, you could see so many of the groups of feathers and the face shape was beautiful.

Looks like a some bargains to me!

Plenty here, Steve.

https://phillipreeve.net/blog/review-ttartisan-100mm-f-2-8-a-modern-and-affordab...

Cheers Mike - unfortunately that looks like a fair bit of work to get the rear door to a reasonable condition.
The only saving grace would be if the focusing screen looks reasonably clean? Feel free to let me know via PM.