Smartphone cameras are incredible.

But this processing alsomeans that billions of smartphone photos have a look.

And that look is starting to get old.

Someone taking a group selfie on a smartphone while a person in the group takes a photo of the phone with a camera.

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But this convenience may be losing value as a generation brought up on phone photography discovers digital cameras.

Thanks to TikTok, some models are so popular that you just can’t buy them.

And perhaps more importantly, theylookdifferent from phone photos.

Full frontal view of someone holding a Fujifilm X100V.

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RAW FTW

But there’s a third way.

The only catch is that it takes a little work.

RAW shooting is a popular choice among professional photographers as it offers greater flexibility and detail in post-processing.

Someone editing a photo on their phone with a cup of coffee sitting on the table in the background.

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So maybe there is something to this TikTok craze after all.

Let’s just hope it lasts.