Q: When is an iPhone better than $10,000 worth of professional camera equipment?

     I was in Hawaii last week for my brother’s wedding. My partner and I stayed in a rented condo with my parents. We’ve traveled to Hawaii together before, and one of our routines is to walk on the beach every morning. One morning, my partner spotted a large sea turtle in the water. It was less than ten feet from shore in very shallow protected water. We probably could have waded right up and patted it on the head.

     My camera bag, filled with equipment with which I could have undoubtedly gotten a perfect photo, was back at the condo.  My partner’s iPhone was in his pocket.  He got a photo of the sea turtle. I did not.

     That is when an iPhone you happen to have with you is better than all the best pro equipment that is five blocks away.