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Apple Taps UK Engineer for New Optical Image Stabilization System for iOS Device Cameras
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This is great news. More than resolution or anything else the limiting factor for most of my photos is low shutter speed and camera shake.
So, effectively, Apple is only left to develop its own sensor and it is in the camera module business. Easier said than done but there are some technologies out there that might be ripe for Apple to acquire.
Axes do not equal Dimensions. For example my Olympus E-M1 has a very fine 5-axes IBIS system that does not allow (or prevent?!) time-traveling
Change your shooting style. The picture is actually taken when you release the button. So instead of poking at the button put your finger on it, stabilize the camera, then gently lift your finger off the button to take the picture. This can greatly reduce the camera shake.
I hope samsung gets their **** together for the galaxy note 4. I has the 3 and went back to the iphone just for the camera and how clear their lens takes pics. If samsung want to be any sorta competitor to the iPhone, they need an awesome camera. After all, they make most of the parts for the iPhone, why not beat their cam? Just sayin'
probably nothing canon has not invented yet. just miniaturised. lets hope this unit will withstand bangs and phone drops. i foresee problems.
If you think the iPhone takes better pics, sorry to say, the problem was the user. To think of ALL the things the Note 3 does better and to say the camera on the iPhone was THAT MUCH better to make a difference to ignore superior functionality of the Note 3 tells me the Note 3 was not for you.
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Unfortunately, this only works with third-party apps eplicitly allowing for this.
In the stock Camera app of iOS7, holding down the shutter icon activates burst mode, unlike in prev. OS versions.
Note 3 Camera is the same as the S4 camera.
If you go by DXOmark still image scores, the S4 gets an overall 79 pt, vs the iPhone 5s 78 pt. Considering the 13MP vs 8MP sensor advantage of the S4, one would have expected a wider pt. spread.
Because the iPhone 5s has superior video capabilities, it came out on top of the S4 overall, 76 pts to 75 pts.
Looks like there isn't all that much practical difference between the S4, Note 3, and iPhone 5s cameras, certainly not as you portray it.
The LG G2 has a OIS camera already
http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-G2-camera-put-to-the-test-OIS-saves-the-day_id47418
Well then your sensor is the size of a gnat's chuff you have to have a low shutter speed or you'd be taking a lot of black pictures.
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My age is none of your concern. How does bolding something as a joke warrant a question of my age? Why does it bother you so badly that I pointed out my own joke? It's a joke. Relax. then go get a life. see what I did there?
why? for what purpose, specifically?
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doom! doooom! something may not work....doom, i say!
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how old do are you to be hating on some anonymous person's joke on a tech enthusiast rumors website? what have you done thats so funny?
Yeah, really... kind of an obnoxious response to an obvious camera-related joke...
Out of curiosity, looked at their recent posts... as expected, sarcasm, pessimism, confrontation, and rambling seem to be the M.O.
In another line of thought... I'm really happy that Apple is considering the camrea and not just letting it rest. Probably 2nd on my priority list for a "good phone" next to calls/texts.
not at all.
OIS in the camera world is a huge improvement, sometimes up to 5 stops (ex. Nikon VRII).
It's like having lens 32 times bigger.
Couple OIS with actual large lenses (F1.4?), and this is how smartphones will finally match consumer dSLRs.
Resolution above 8 MP isn't going to matter at all. Maybe for electronic zoom like Lumia 1020, but that's it...