Camera Lab Test Scores iPhone 6s on Same Level as iPhone 6

[Genkakuzai]

Nope, I don't own G4 myself. But my friend does. And you can google that very easily. But to give u an example, at night with long exposure (manual mode) you can take pictures of stars on G4. And the pics come out amazingly well. Try to do that with iPhone and all u get is a black sky.

Just try googling for G4 camera shots and you will have way more examples than I've mentioned

To be fair, all smartphone cameras are pretty worthless for astrophotography, including the G4. I'd rather use my dSLR for that kind of work. So if that's the only example you can think of I'm guessing there aren't really many scenarios, if any, it can handle that the 6S can't And I thought you actually had a few examples, I'm not going to do the research to support your claims mate ^^

 

[arturmeireles]

The people who says that the Iphone 6S is the best smartphone camera in the market, probably never saw a picture of a Lumia 930 or 1020 and now the new upcoming Lumia 950. Most people are "Wow" with live images. Nokia(Microsoft) has Live Image a.k.a "Rich Capture" for +- 2 years.

 

[dotnet]

The people who says that the Iphone 6S is the best smartphone camera in the market, probably never saw a picture of a Lumia 930 or 1020

Thankfully there are side-by-side comparisons online for the rest of us.

The 930 looks like a decent performer, I could see some people preferring it over the 6S. Its processing goes toward the ultra-smooth, muted contrast end, whereas the 6S produces more pop. Nothing wrong with either I guess, it's probably a matter of preference. I'd be happy with either result from a phone camera.

The 1020 on the other hand is let down by its poor lens. Its corner performance is way behind the 6S and the 930:

Despite its ridiculous pixel count it actually show less detail than the 12MP 6S. Check out the stack of toast on this test chart:

Have a pan-around yourself if you don't believe me.

 

[Genkakuzai]

Thankfully there are side-by-side comparisons online for the rest of us.

The 930 looks like a decent performer, I could see some people preferring it over the 6S. Its processing goes toward the ultra-smooth, muted contrast end, whereas the 6S produces more pop. Nothing wrong with either I guess, it's probably a matter of preference. I'd be happy with either result from a phone camera.

The 1020 on the other hand is let down by its poor lens. Its corner performance is way behind the 6S and the 930:

Despite its ridiculous pixel count it actually show less detail than the 12MP 6S. Check out the stack of toast on this test chart:

Have a pan-around yourself if you don't believe me.

Yeah the megapixel race was abandoned by most sane individuals quite some time ago. My full-frame dSLR "only" has 12 megapixel, yet I am able produce huge prints with it, with better result than you'll find in any smartphone camera. Also, if people would actually compare real life scenarios and the results of those, rather than stare for eternity at numbers they'd probably be better off. Bottom line is that a better photographer will always produce better results, so if people spent even half as much time actually taking photographs and creating images as they do arguing about test numbers online they'd likely be better off. You can produce great photos with any of the top tier smartphone cameras these days.

Also, great point regarding the lens, because that's where the vast majority of smartphone cameras are going to fail when the resolution gets too high. It's a problem with true high resolution full-frame dSLR's, finding lenses that can actually do the ridiculously high resolution sensors justice. You're pretty unlikely to succeed in doing so with a plastic lens (yes, the vast majority of smartphone cameras still have plastic lens elements, with a cover consisting of something harder).

 

[carrrrrlos]

Not impressed with the 6s camera. I prefer the images on the 6 much better - at least for shots with people in them. Landscapes and macros seem the same.

 

[Genkakuzai]

Not impressed with the 6s camera. I prefer the images on the 6 much better - at least for shots with people in them. Landscapes and macros seem the same.

Interesting, I've compared numerous shots with the 6 my mrs has, and I haven't seen a single scenario where the 6 is superior to my 6S Plus.

 

[c0ppo]

To be fair, all smartphone cameras are pretty worthless for astrophotography, including the G4. I'd rather use my dSLR for that kind of work. So if that's the only example you can think of I'm guessing there aren't really many scenarios, if any, it can handle that the 6S can't And I thought you actually had a few examples, I'm not going to do the research to support your claims mate ^^

It's a legitimate answer. And way better night photos as well. But I guess you are just gonna dismiss that one as well, since DSLR is way better vs G4 in that example as well ?

I said 6S has excellent camera. Just not the best. Not even second best. Nokia is way better, G4, and eves S6. That's it from me, eod on my part. Cya

 

[Genkakuzai]

It's a legitimate answer. And way better night photos as well. But I guess you are just gonna dismiss that one as well, since DSLR is way better vs G4 in that example as well ?

I said 6S has excellent camera. Just not the best. Not even second best. Nokia is way better, G4, and eves S6. That's it from me, eod on my part. Cya

It is _A_ answer, however I would hardly classify it as a legitimate one seeing as the G4 is still worthless at astrophotography, i.e. both are, albeit one is slightly less so. If the G4 was great at night shots however, as in low light photography in general, that would be a different matter. But the problem is that from what I've seen the G4 is awful at it too, just like _ANY_ sensor that small. Physics remain a thing and the sensors in smartphones are simply too small to collect enough light when it gets a bit dark outside. Yet again we're back at different levels of awful, not one being bad and one being good.

And I have never claimed the 6S has the best smartphone camera, as far as I'm aware? What I am saying however is that the differences between the top tier smartphone cameras is minuscule at best. People tend to focus on numbers rather than real life scenarios, which is a shame since they could spend that time learning how to take better photos with any camera instead.

If we for instance take a look at DxO scores for sensors, you'll see that Canon sensors test very bad in comparison to all newer Nikon and Sony sensors. Does that mean you can't take equally amazing photos with a Canon camera? Clearly not, considering how many pros swear by their Canons.

It's also fine if you don't have any more concrete examples of real life scenarios that the G4 can handle while other smartphone cameras can't, but it sort of sounded like you had a bunch of examples lined up.

Bottom line: A good photographer can take amazing photos with any newer "high end" smartphone camera. So people should just go with the one they're most comfortable with, be it Android, Windows Phone or iOS. You can't really go wrong at this point.