If Go Pro cameras are advertised as "action cameras", I am just wondering if they can be produced to take quality still pictures from fairly close up? Many are not image stabilized while some offer it.
When I am shooting images for publication in the AOS magazine, it is all about lighting, tripod, close up or macro lens. Then the AOS has photographers guidelines as to how images are to be composed. But I do not think that you guys are talking about that here. I think that you are looking at 'grab and go' pictures, correct? Seems to me that you need to research which line of tablets, I pads or cellphones have the best quality lenses for close up work. This is where I would think that all of the emphasis should be. If you get in fairly close on a small 3/8" or 1/2" flower,
can the lens capture an image that close and have it be sharp.
I know that a few Galaxy models and Samsungs might but my I phone 11 has some limitations when it comes to close ups. And even then, when you are doing close up work, we have to old the camera very still. That at 73 gets tougher and tougher for me.
Plus when I am called on the be an Orchid Show photographer, my cellphone camera is along for the ride. She defers to the big SLR for that work. Flash, tripod, backgrounds, make a huge difference.
PLUS I see that Lindsey and Elaine submit some gorgeous images here. Ask what they use. To shoot a flower with a black background really makes all the difference in the world.
