Wonder how much the iPhone 14 pro is going to make in subscription purposes when people take tons of photos at huge sizes
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Camera Comparison: The New OnePlus 10T vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max
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Every time I see one of these, I'm always blown away by the quality of photos we're able to get from such a small, multi-purpose gadget. Seriously never dreamed photography would have this kind of revolution back when I was in a dark room 20 years ago.
Excuse me while I go back to yelling at clouds.
Excuse me while I go back to yelling at clouds.
Very impressive low light from the 10T, thought not impressed with the daytime photos.
Not just night photos, everything will remain 12MP. 48MP is just so they can get 8k video, all photos will be downscaled to 12MP (which is superior to keeping them at 48MP).
Not just night photos, everything will remain 12MP. 48MP is just so they can get 8k video, all photos will be downscaled to 12MP (which is superior to keeping them at 48MP).
Is a few bucks ~£400 (~$500)? That's nearly half the price of the Pro Max.
The 10t did extremely well especially considering it's about half the price of the iPhone.
Every year in August we get silly comparisons like this one comparing someone's new wannabe flagship phone against an iPhone that will be replaced in ~30 days. I guess writers gotta write, and the iPhone 14 rumor mill played out long ago.
Android-based smartphone company OnePlus today announced the launch of its newest device, the OnePlus 10T, which we were able to check out ahead of time. The OnePlus 10T, priced starting at $649, boasts upgraded camera technology, so we thought we'd pit it against the iPhone 13 Pro Max to see just how it measures up.
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The OnePlus 10T has a triple-lens rear camera system that includes a new wide-angle 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 sensor with optical image stabilization, an updated Nightscape feature, and improved HDR performance. There's also an 8-megapixel ultra wide camera and curiously, a 2-megapixel macro lens. Most triple-lens camera systems include a telephoto lens, but OnePlus has opted for a macro mode instead.
Comparatively, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is outfitted Wide, Ultra Wide, and Telephoto lenses, all of which are 12 megapixels.
To see raw, unedited photos from each camera, make sure to watch our video so you can see how the 50-megapixel lens compares to the 12-megapixel lens. You might think the OnePlus 10T would outperform the iPhone 13 Pro Max because of the higher megapixel count, but in practice, the two phones output images that are similar in quality.
The iPhone 13 Pro Max seems to be better at balancing shadows and highlights, with images from the OnePlus 10T looking more washed out and with less texture. The iPhone 13 Pro Max's A15 chip does a lot of heavy lifting with Smart HDR 4 and Deep Fusion, which go a long way toward preserving texture and detail.
On the OnePlus 10T, there's a Super HDR feature to improve contrast between the foreground and background lighting, and that effect is visible in the images. The 50-megapixel sensor comes in to play for ultra high quality images, which the iPhone doesn't offer, but you may not notice a lot of difference between the iPhone images and the higher-quality 50-megapixel images in the video.
Portrait mode and night mode work well on both smartphones, though the overall look is slightly different because of differences in software algorithms. 4K video capture is also similar, but the iPhone wins out when it comes to stabilization.
As with most modern smartphones, choosing between photos comes down to personal preference because the quality is almost identical, with software playing a large role in how photos turn out. What do you think of the images from the OnePlus 10T? Let us know in the comments.
Article Link: Camera Comparison: The New OnePlus 10T vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max
That said, I was entertained. And the pic comparisons were well expressed. I was surprised how poorly the OnePlus does compared against last year's iPhone.
I am a photographer, and I look forward to the incremental improvements Apple makes each year in these tiny cameras and lenses at such a low price. Yes low price; a prosumer-level photog typically spends the cost of the entire supercomputer-iPhone on just one lens that also is relatively quite huge and heavy.
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It’s always the camera updates that get me but I’m gonna have to sit the 14 out. I got the 13 Pro so it’ll have to be good enough for the next few years. 48MP on an iPhone sounds great though. I know megapixels aren’t everything but that sounds like some high quality (or just sharper) digital zoom is incoming.
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Indeed. ~10 MP is what makes fully usable pix, but capturing more pixels means Apple can do more computer imagery magic plus the more obvious ability to greatly crop/zoom.
48 MP using a tiny relatively cheap lens is a huge, pricey technical challenge that Apple would not invest resources in w/o also gaining some very tangible benefits exploited by the computer processing imagery magic. I really look forward to seeing what this year's camera does. Each new iPhone camera since iP4 has increasingly amazed me.
Now someone needs to fix the truly awful ergonomics of taking pix with an iPhone.
I know cameras are touted as an important feature for cell phones (yes, more than the phone part itself), but do we really have that many people care about such nitty gritty details? Me thinks your typical consumer doesn't ever since we reached double digits for MP.
Ugh, I'm reminded that I missed the $100 off the Google Pixel 6, but I guess waiting till Black Friday will have to do.
Ugh, I'm reminded that I missed the $100 off the Google Pixel 6, but I guess waiting till Black Friday will have to do.
Oh I thought they were still close according to max tech, but again I guess it depends what you want.
I think that's why they did the comparison, if you don't care or have other Apple products that the iPhone talks
to the androids are there for those that want them. The camera is important but too
many things that the android phones don't do imo.
It's much easier and cheaper to make optics if it's small, so smol small. Every major DSLR brand has a cheap 50mm that is optically equal to the pro-series lenses. My 50mm 1.8--the front element is the size of a quarter--is every bit as good, optically, as my 24-70 2.8 or my 70-200 2.8. I never bothered getting an f1.4 because the f1.8 was so good.
The front element on these phone cameras are tiny. It's relatively easy to make an optically perfect lenses that small.
IMO, the problem is the density of the teeny-tiny sensor. Not every photo site will receive enough light. The will be a bit of trickery going on, especially with nighttime photos.
Better software to convert sensor data into good photos would yield greater returns than moar megapixels. Looking at the sample photos tells me the software has come a long way, but still has a ways to go. I am looking forward to the day these tiny phone cameras can hold a candle to DSLRs. Just like how 35mm displaced large format camera, someday these phone cameras will displace traditional cameras.
I see and take your point but what about external lighting that may affect things?
Just seems weird to me.