Apple has scenery photos on their website. But yes, the more the merrier.
I'm more interested in low-light shots, where we'll see its limitations. Still, I'm pretty sure its slightly wider aperture will make it perform noticeably better even there.
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An 8-Megapixel Photo from the iPhone 4S
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I'm more interested in low-light shots, where we'll see its limitations. Still, I'm pretty sure its slightly wider aperture will make it perform noticeably better even there.
I can see the spider next to the 1 in the top right corner of the bill!
Yeah, that's an impressive picture.
What spider?
But the iphone isnt a $200/$300 phone, its a lot more, your paying the cost of the phone as part of your monthly contractual payments (thats why theres a minimum contract peroid, so they can recoup their initial loss), to give you an idea of how much the iphone really costs, in the UK its sold unlocked from an Apple store for £499 (780 USD)
I also want "low" or "dim" lit shots!
The big aperture is good for low light, but it also means that one has to watch the shallow depth of field... as one can see in the provided image. The upper half is out of focus, not blurred due to shaking or such!
I wonder if one can set anything like aperture priority?
The big aperture is good for low light, but it also means that one has to watch the shallow depth of field... as one can see in the provided image. The upper half is out of focus, not blurred due to shaking or such!
I wonder if one can set anything like aperture priority?
My iP4 still takes amazingly good pictures under the right lighting conditions, but I can see the advantage of having more pixels.
Oh, what more do you want? It's got this fantastic camera, iOS 5, the fancy voice-recognition feature, it can download stuff way faster, it's got a super-powered processor... what in the world are you missing out on here? A second screen on the back, perhaps?
I may be in the minority, but an 8MP camera was a huge factor in my decision to purchase. The day after iPhone 4S was announced, I got a Groupon deal for a 12 MP Fuji camera for about 50% off ($70)- I figure that an 8 megapixel, along with everything else the 4S offers, is a pretty good deal for $200. I realize that a point and shoot has it's advantages, but still, in deciding which phone to replace my 3G with, the camera in the 4S definitely played a big role.
Apple has scenery photos on their website. But yes, the more the merrier.
I'm more interested in low-light shots, where we'll see its limitations. Still, I'm pretty sure its slightly wider aperture will make it perform noticeably better even there.
So, yes, the picture does show it performs admirably under low-light situations.
I guess I live in Hawaii, so I'm more concerned about how much difference I can see in scenic shots. I did see the photos on Apple.com. The thing is, they were taken by people who know what they're doing.
I want to see pictures by people who are less than amateur. I want to know if an "idiot" can still take decent pictures with this phone, if you now what I mean. This is not a knock against AppVV.
it's very small... top left corner of the emblem the 1 in the top right corner is in. The spider is just outside of that, and it is a little fuzzy in this picture... but you can see it! Google spider one dollar bill, that should help.
The camera is pretty good and the lens is improved, but the Camera app is still lacking. Until I can have more control over the settings (aperture, shutter speed, white balance), it won't replace my point-and-shoot--which can do all of those things.
Oh, what more do you want? It's got this fantastic camera, iOS 5, the fancy voice-recognition feature, it can download stuff way faster, it's got a super-powered processor... what in the world are you missing out on here? A second screen on the back, perhaps?
try a bigger screen for one thing, more than half a gig of ram for another
And remember, more megapixels doesn't mean a better pictures. That's why Apple had to add one more lens and widen the aperture.
I definitely know 1080p video is NOT equal across the board. I won a Sony Bloggie at a Best Buy event and, in many ways, I prefer the 720p video on my iPhone 4 than the 1080p video on the Bloggie. The Bloggie seems to artificially boost the brightness on the colors while the colors on the iP4 are more true-to-life.
iOS users are all about taking pictures. Instagram proves that. It smashes other photo sharing apps and websites that are cross-platform. So, I'm sure the camera upgrade alone is a reason many are upgrading.
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And NONE of that money goes back to Android developers!
You know...it's PEOPLE LIKE YOU who make these forums so hostile and negative at times.
There's nothing more disgusting than disrespectful attitudes like yours.
nothing's ever special, life always sucks, why does nobody want to be my friend
fantastic photo. I'm very excited
This is a pointless statement. If he's referencing a contract-priced iPhone then he's obviously referencing a contract-priced Android. It's not like they're only sold without two-year contracts...
Don't EVER talk about the Nexus piece-of-sh** in a macrumors FORUM! It always and will never beat the iPhone 4S!
Not really. Apple has now probably the fastest camera on a phone market and it's supposedly have a much improved image processing as well on top of an improved sensor and a better lens. The combined result should be a pretty big leap over the previous generation and could be reason enough for many to upgrade if it means they don't have to carry a separate P&S camera.
Amazing photo coming from a device less than half an inch thin that's also a million other things and lasts the whole day in your pocket. We really are living in the future now.
What reason is there to carry around a point & shoot now? Other than battery concerns/don't care as much if you lose it/break it/etc. For most people, like Apple said, this will be the best camera they've ever owned that is also an iPhone to boot.
Obviously you can't compare this to anything coming out of a D-SLR, but the difference between this and a regular point & shoot is negligible, especially when you consider most people will never be printing up ANY of their photos, and they'll all be uploaded to facebook in crappy resolution anyway.
Here's to the 4S! (I'm still gonna wait for the 5 though, my iPhone 4 is doing me just fine)
What reason is there to carry around a point & shoot now? Other than battery concerns/don't care as much if you lose it/break it/etc. For most people, like Apple said, this will be the best camera they've ever owned that is also an iPhone to boot.
Obviously you can't compare this to anything coming out of a D-SLR, but the difference between this and a regular point & shoot is negligible, especially when you consider most people will never be printing up ANY of their photos, and they'll all be uploaded to facebook in crappy resolution anyway.
Here's to the 4S! (I'm still gonna wait for the 5 though, my iPhone 4 is doing me just fine)
You must seriously have some really bad cameras. There is nothing impressive about the quality of that pic. I'm willing to bet that some of you would actually believe this pic is as good or better than what you would have got from an entry level DSLR.
You wanna show how incredible the camera is? Wait for a third party shoot out of all the current phones.