Potential First Released Photo Taken by an iPhone 5

d4rkc4sm · Sep 7, 2011

iPad 3 said:
This may be a big surprise to many but contrary to what camera manufacters like consumers to beleive MegaPixels DO NOT relate the the quality of an image, mearly its size, megapixel simple means "1000 pixels", it tells nothing of the actual quality of the image. While this is well known to people into photography its still widely beleived by consumers.

See:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm
http://cyberphotographer.com/megapixelmyth/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=me...s=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

mega pixels means millions of pixels

mouse. · Sep 7, 2011

kemo said:
I see the reflection of iPhone 5 on the left side of the plate!

I believe you are looking at a shadow from the large yellow roll there...

applefan289 · Sep 7, 2011

MorrisStanton said:
If this is a reflection of the camera, and not some nice nice sushi, it appears to have rounded edges (the 4 does not) . . .

This "reflection" is also on the bottom side of the plate.

deellow · Sep 7, 2011

TallManNY said:
Very interesting. I find myself taking plenty of pictures with my iPhone 4, so a real upgrade in quality would be meaningful for me. However, extra megabits isn't really going to help that much. I want low light capability and better lens. Often I only email around a smaller than fullsized picture anyway. I hope Apple keeps focused on the quality of the picture and doesn't get into the stupid megabits war.

+1 This. Megapixels mean NOTHING. To the lay person they make all the difference, but to people who understand cameras, megapixel counts are ridiculous.

iPad 3 · Sep 7, 2011

d4rkc4sm said:
mega pixels means millions of pixels

Thanks, corrected.

deellow · Sep 7, 2011

ipad 3 said:
this may be a big surprise to many but contrary to what camera manufacters like consumers to beleive megapixels do not relate the the quality of an image, mearly its size, megapixel simple means "1,000,000 pixels", it tells nothing of the actual quality of the image. While this is well known to people into photography its still widely beleived by consumers. In many cases increased megapixels can decrease the quality of an image(!) if the mp count is greater than the capabilities of the cameras sensor.

See:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm
http://cyberphotographer.com/megapixelmyth/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=me...s=org.mozilla:en-gb:official&client=firefox-a

+1

mungler · Sep 7, 2011

calling shenanigans...

i think the EXIF data has been faked here.

real iphone 4 image:

http://d.pr/wjxu
http://d.pr/B6Uj
http://d.pr/2P0s
http://d.pr/FaRq

supposed iphone 5 image:

http://d.pr/sLeG
http://d.pr/avvK
http://d.pr/Znbj
http://d.pr/umir

Lotso · Sep 7, 2011

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5)

Unless of course, you like to crop your pictures. Then Megapixels become more important.

tigres · Sep 7, 2011

notabadname said:
Where's this restaurant, this looks delicious?

That is some nasty looking sushi, get out more...

JK

nwcs · Sep 7, 2011

alent1234 said:
here is to hoping you can take RAW photos on the new iphone

While photographers like myself would love that I can't see Apple doing that. The vast vast majority of users wouldn't know what that means and would likely never use it.

bigcat318 · Sep 7, 2011

Appears it may have the same issue of a green spot in the middle of the photo, just like my iPhone 4.

WildCowboy · Sep 7, 2011

4np said:
However, the GPS location points to China?

You're missing the directionals on latitude and longitude, so you're getting China instead of Cupertino.

Peace said:
I don't know where people got that GPS data but my Photoshop RAW data shows this :

</exif:SubjectArea>
<exif:SensingMethod>2</exif:SensingMethod>
<exif:ExposureMode>0</exif:ExposureMode>
<exif:WhiteBalance>0</exif:WhiteBalance>
<exif:SceneCaptureType>0</exif:SceneCaptureType>
<exif:Sharpness>0</exif:Sharpness>
<exif:GPSLatitude>37,19.93N</exif:GPSLatitude>
<exif:GPSLongitude>122,1.82W</exif:GPSLongitude>
<exif:GPSAltitudeRef>0</exif:GPSAltitudeRef>
<exif:GPSAltitude>11847/160</exif:GPSAltitude>
<exif:GPSTimeStamp>2011-07-22T18:53:12Z</exif:GPSTimeStamp>
</rdfescription>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>

That puts it in Caloocan City, Philippines

37º 19.93' N, 122º 1.82' W is Cupertino, not the Phillippines.

But yes, EXIF data can certainly be manipulated, so take this for what it is.

Dmac77 · Sep 7, 2011

This just made the craving for sushi that I've had for the past week so much stronger.

On another note, do people seriously care about the camera on their phone so much? The camera on the iPhone 4 is good enough for everyday snapshots, and if I really want to take a photograph I just pull out my DSLR.

Peace · Sep 7, 2011

WildCowboy said:
You're missing the directionals on latitude and longitude, so you're getting China instead of Cupertino.

37º 19.93' N, 122º 1.82' W is Cupertino, not the Phillippines.

But yes, EXIF data can certainly be manipulated, so take this for what it is.

I'm lost.

Why does google maps point it to the Philippines ?

OXO · Sep 7, 2011

Look carefully

If you look carefully at the reflection on the plate at the 9 o'clock position, you can just make out the reflection of Gray Powell

DrJohnnyN · Sep 7, 2011

PBG4 Dude · Sep 7, 2011

Stella said:
Doesn't look very impressive - blurd. Hopefully not a representation of the best photo it can take.

Have to agree, the picture is a bit blurry.

appleguy123 · Sep 7, 2011

RebelScum said:
I bet if you enhanced this photo you could see a faint reflection of the photographer in the plate.

Where's Caruso when you need him?

CSI isn't real life.

tweaks · Sep 7, 2011

This looks like the tables that are in Caffe Macs. Yup.. sure does....

AppleZilla · Sep 7, 2011

Apple rumors rarely make me hungry.

Sushi, tomorrow for sure.

HelveticaNeue · Sep 7, 2011

Can't someone here do that thing from The Dark Knight, using an iPhone 4 mounted on a track, snapping photos of various dinner plates, then having the computer analyze a reflection that looks similar which will give us the reflection dispersal pattern from which we can reconstruct the image of the iPhone that took this photo from the reflections scattered around the dinner plate?

It would totally work!

WildCowboy · Sep 7, 2011

Here is the photo on Flickr...posted by Apple engineer Anton D'Auria. Seems to actually be him.

cvaldes · Sep 7, 2011

Dmac77 said:
On another note, do people seriously care about the camera on their phone so much? The camera on the iPhone 4 is good enough for everyday snapshots, and if I really want to take a photograph I just pull out my DSLR.

Most people don't own DSLRs. Many people who have DSLRs don't carry around them around 24x7 whereas most people who own cellphones have them within a few steps away.

Also, a better quality camera is helpful in low-light situations, particularly when shooting video where the effective shutter speed is 1/60 second.

applefan289 · Sep 7, 2011

Taken using an iPhone 4...not surprised.

kyjaotkb · Sep 7, 2011

nwcs said:
The vast vast majority of users wouldn't know what that means and would likely never use it.

i think this user was also subtly referring to RAW... fish.

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