When do they get courageous and just come out and say they are not making computers anymore? That would be refreshing. **** the iPhone.
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Not confusing,
With my 950 in my pocket, dedicated camera button and being a good photographer I can get some awesome shots with my phone , however if I know I'm going to say Alaska. Europe or the Caribbean, bringing a DLSR with multiple lenses is desirable.... I guess the way I look at it is for planned memories bring the camera, for everyday memories some of which can be amazing ...have the phone charged and on you.
I think its a bit disingenuous of Apl to so highly promote their 12MP camera, people may think a DLSR is not needed when in fact the best pics can be obtained with one in the right hands. The time lapse shots are just silly no one has time to do those...but they make good ad copy.
Iphone is 10 years old and has not changed that much other than having a higher quality camera and new colors
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And yet it still can't take pictures of moving objects, even in great light (shutter lag). Just google "iphone 7 shutter lag" and you'll see the threads about it. It's not a huge issue, and takes great photos otherwise - but it's annoying compared to the instant shutter on the 6S and prior.
How long do i expect to get the final beta of portrait mode? I have seen samples bokeh of Vivo v5+ which seem to blur edges of the subject better. Anyone?
I've taken amazing shots with the iPhone
I've taken horrible shots with the iPhone.
I've taken amazing shots with some Android phones
I've taken horrible shots with some Android phones
I've taken amazing shots with the default camera app
I've taken amazing shots with 3rd party camera apps(like the ads note).
I've taken horrible shots with the iPhone.
I've taken amazing shots with some Android phones
I've taken horrible shots with some Android phones
I've taken amazing shots with the default camera app
I've taken amazing shots with 3rd party camera apps(like the ads note).
Argumentative: Apple's ads are at it's best when they can show the human aspect of appreciation of using the technology or products.
e.g.
FaceTime 'it's finally real' (such CRAP and Apple should've been fined for being so niave and dumb) BUT the point I'm making is Apple showed hearing impaired (a US Soldier, or model portraying this) having a video chat with his wife home and their new born baby, him crying). They really should've focused on this HEAVILY to have that emotional touch. But you get what I'm talking about, I hope.
e.g.
iphone introduction 2007 - STILL gives me and many others goosebumps. nothing new about a portal internet device with real web access (Nokia 7700/7710). Nothing new about an iPod with Touch controls (I think Apple already announced the iPod touch didn't they?? cannot recall but that was evolutionary and expected; iPod gen 4 had touch control interface on the buttons not the screen), and a Phone wwoooow - we all had one before lol. BUT it was not getthing all combined and done by Apple! The preparation was there it was done but so succinctly so expertly ... Jobs invented awe-inspiring presentations if nothing else and that intro confirmed that myth as fact then. Better than 'One more thing'.
Argumentative:
The BEST camera ANYONE can have is the one that:
a) can immediately share the picture to others (known/unknown),
b) can save to a backup medium other than physically connected to the camera,
c) can improve beyond what the manufacturer shipped at point of sale
^ algorhythms in software to fine tune all around or specific camera and picture processing quality!
This has been the case since after the FIRST phone to have a camera and sold: Ericsson T68m/SonyEricsson T68i - add-on camera and since the first 2MP quality phone shipped SE K750i / W800i. The fans created the aftermarket of camera drivers which vastly improved the quality and allowed SE to ship the phone 2yrs beyond initial release due to the global demand in spite of the Nokia heyday.
I have no idea... in our family we have two, plus a compact one. I would assume younger less as they grew up on smartphones. 12MP is not that great yet Apl will sell it as great.
For most tasks it's a great camera for those needy social media shots.
I just spent a weekend shooting northern lights, seeing people turn up with smartphones, cause they buy into these commercials is just sad. Also when the guide was explaining settings for night time shooting, people had no idea of the concepts , welcome to generation point and click , and upload to social medial. The individuals with DSLRs got amazing shots while the smartphone users got blurry green...
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You are 100% right. It's not the gear, it's the photographer capturing the moment. That pic you added, you could have used a disposable camera, no need for an expansive smartphone, let alone a DSLR.
DSLRs just let you capture moments that a smartphone cannot, and vice versa having smartphone handy means you will capture a moment that you would otherwise not due to time to get one out or even carry one around . As they they, the best camera is the one you have with you .
Actually, it really hasn't. What's happened is that cell phone cameras were originally so bad that they didn't even qualify as a camera in most people's opinions, but they eventually they got good enough to be usable at larger-than-thumbnail sizes. It turns out that the number of people who want more than a minimally usable camera is relatively small, so when cell phones exceeded that threshold, most of those users no longer required a point-and-shoot and stopped buying them.
The gap, however, notwithstanding the improvement caused by backside illumination (which disproportionately helps smaller sensors), is approximately as wide as it always was. Software-based depth-of-field effects almost invariably look fake to a trained eye and can't easily be fixed because the hardware can only "see" around one side of close objects at any given time, the lack of a decent optical zoom range seriously limits flexibility, the tiny lens can't be usefully stopped down because it is almost diffraction limited wide open, low-light usability of the non-IS version is only comparable to a turn-of-the-century DSLR or point-and-shoot with a non-IS f/4 lens, and so on.
Yes, when you look at cell phone cameras from ten years ago, they've made a lot of progress. But when I look at a DSLR from nine years ago and compare it with the one I just got, the difference is equally dramatic:
- built-in Wi-Fi and GPS
- live view mode with video recording capability
- dual-pixel autofocus for fast focusing in live view mode (similar to Apple's focus pixels, but without losing pixels)
- ability to refocus pictures after the fact (if I shoot in a mode that burns through twice as much storage per photo)
- usable at ISO 12,800 instead of being horrible above ISO 400
- ability to focus in about 1/11th as much light (a 3.5 EV improvement in AF sensitivity)
- 30 megapixels versus 10
- 7 frames per second still shooting versus 3
- dramatically more capable software in every way
And ten years ago, you were lucky if point-and-shoot cameras had zooms, and even if they did, they were typically on the order of 4x. Today, you can get some with 64x zooms. They've come a really long way, too. In that time, cell phone cameras went from 1x to 2x. Yay.
Good question. I think the beta of Portrait mode is still a while out yet before it's finalized. I still think it has a long way to go with sensitivity of light and distance being slow/particular. Perhaps, this is just a guess, but the WWDC conference in June 2017 we could see a finalized version for iOS 11.
Absolutely. The thing is, I always have my phone with me and it does so much more, in addition to making excellent photographs. I view it as kind of a "swiss army knife" system that supports the kind of photography i engage in.
Go to most any photography forum and the discussions almost always center on gear, and the never ending quest for owning "the best." It's much easier to pull out one's credit card and purchase a "better" piece of gear thinking it will make you a better photographer, than spending the enormous amount of time it takes to learn how to see, read light, engage people, learning how photos stimulate a viewer's imagination to release narrative, study the work of the greats, practice, etc, etc.
Whenever I meet a photographer I can usually size up where they are by asking a simple question: What do you shoot?
If the answer is something like, "I have a Canon 5D mk 4 with a 24-70 zoom," that tells me something.
If the answer is something like, "I make photographs of people I meet and engage in urban environments," that tells me something else.
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It's confusing when this is your claim.
So basically any memories with a phone camera is invalid per your statement.
Apple is not claiming pros must abandon their gears and only use iPhone. Apple's target is the general user. Do they need DSLR?
You can be a photographer, but don't be an elitist.