The reason I still bring a DSLR on trips is that the image quality is so much better than any phone's camera. And by image quality, I mean things that you really start to notice if you zoom in or want to print something up, like:
-- chromatic aberration
-- pixel noise
-- resolution (and not just pixel count)
You just can't beat a large sensor gathering lots of light for the noise and resolution, and almost any lenses are an improvement over a phone's.
Yes, the best camera is the one you have with you. But while that's good enough for photos that are just throwaways, when you have something you really want to capture at high quality, bring the DSLR (or mirrorless) with you.
-- chromatic aberration -- pixel noise -- resolution (and not just pixel count)
You just can't beat a large sensor gathering lots of light for the noise and resolution, and almost any lenses are an improvement over a phone's.
Yes, the best camera is the one you have with you. But while that's good enough for photos that are just throwaways, when you have something you really want to capture at high quality, bring the DSLR (or mirrorless) with you.