Apple Highlights Photos Shot With Portrait Mode and Depth Control on iPhone XS

[patent10021]

This kid looks like he’s a missing kid on a milk bottle. What was the photographer thinking?

 

[notabadname]

I have a Nikon D810 that does this. Yes, it’s hard to beat true bokeh. But there is a lot of truth to “The best Camera is the one you have with you”. I always have my phone, and some of my most priceless images are because I had my phone handy. The quality I get with my Xs is awesome - and honestly competes with the quality of expensive camera gear of not so long ago when used properly. It is truly amazing to have such capability in a device that is less than 8 mm thick and can sit at the bottom of the pool for a half hour.

 

[ChrisChaval]

those smartphone cameras really have come a long way

but

you can blur all you want, that bokeh still does not convince me and combining the lens characteristics of a lens combination with an equivalent focal length of 26 / 52 mm with a forced background blur gives me the creeps

it just does not look right to me, kind of artificial

A 28 mm is clearly wide angle and does not blur anything but tends to visually bend objects and even a nifty fifty ain't your classic portrait glass with that much blurring, even going for it at f1.8

so why overdo it

I take a lot of pictures with my iPhone and I like them a lot, but for portraits I prefer my 85mm f1.8

 

[citysnaps]

those smartphone cameras really have come a long way

but

you can blur all you want, that bokeh still does not convince me and combining the lens characteristics of a lens combination with an equivalent focal length of 26 / 52 mm with a forced background blur gives me the creeps

it just does not look right to me, kind of artificial

A 28 mm is clearly wide angle and does not blur anything but tends to visually bend objects and even a nifty fifty ain't your classic portrait glass with that much blurring, even going for it at f1.8

so why overdo it

I take a lot of pictures with my iPhone and I like them a lot, but for portraits I prefer my 85mm f1.8

And that's OK, considering Apple's iPhone customer base, who are casual photographers and not professional/semi-professional portraitists. Rather, many are just happy snappers taking photos of their family, pets, vacation travels, etc.

With that in mind, and as a photographer who has shot a ton of portraits, I think Apple has done an outstanding job creating effects that let people explore creative photography with a camera that fits in a pocket.

"A 28 mm is clearly wide angle and does not blur anything but tends to visually bend objects and even a nifty fifty ain't your classic portrait glass with that much blurring, even going for it at f1.8"

And the average iPhone shooter would not care in the slightest, know what you're talking about, or even know what bokeh means.

As an aside, I do take some exception to the notion of a classic portrait lens. It can be anything that works for you and your objectives. A lot of my portraits, where environmental context was important, were shot with a 35mm f/1.4. Hardly your classic portrait lens. It's all about how close you want/need to be to your subject, the amount of environmental context desired, and being mindful of perspective distortion that's a function of subject closeness.

 

[ChrisChaval]

All true

But I still do not like these portrait pictures, neither those shared in the XR thread above

They hurt my eyes and kill my brain

It is perfectly fine with me though if that works for other people

 

[iMEric984]

You seem very uptight sir, maybe a bit of a lie down might help.. no one is criticising your family, don't take it so personal...
[doublepost=1540449037][/doublepost][doublepost=1540416068][/doublepost]
Maybe true, but iPhone still has some of the best cameras even of the best.

Thanks for agreeing with me...[/QUOTE]

No need to lie down. I’m good thanks! But thanks for the suggestion!