In my iPhone days, I’d carry an Olloclip with me everywhere to take macro shots. For the photography enthusiast who cares little about the smartphone experience, the CM1 might be the best Android phone out there. What’s more, the manual controls and the rotating ring around the lens mean it’s pretty easy to achieve awesome photos. Having a 1-inch camera sensor means you get fantastic images. It may have been announced some time ago, but the Panasonic CM1 has wowed me in my short time with it. Panasonic’s CM1 may be thicker than your average phone, but it’s easily pocketable, not too uncomfortable to hold and has an epic 20MP camera with 1-inch sensor, a 6-element Leica lens, manual controls and a maximum aperture of f/2.8. Despite the rise of quality lenses and sensors, using a smartphone still isn’t quite as good a ‘proper’ camera. In other words, the camera on your smartphone, in your pocket, is better than the DSLR you’ve got sat on a shelf at home. Often when referring to your smartphone, it is said that “the best camera is the one you have with you”.

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