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Dual Camera iPhone 7 Plus Could Offer 'DSLR-Like' Quality, 3D Depth Mapping

DevNull0 said:
So if its for a product you don't have any interest in, it's a wasted effort? Lots of people will buy a 7+ and enjoy this feature. If you're not one of them, that's your problem, not Apple's or the 7+ users.

By your logic, it's wasted effort for Apple to make a phone at all because it won't run OSX. Or it's wasted effort for a Ferrari to have a powerful engine because it won't be on a Ford Focus.

Here's a hint, there are more people on this planet that you, and more usage cases than yours.
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Sorry, I guess I should have been more specific, I don't believe it will be in any variation of the upcoming iPhone. And you're analogies make no sense, as I was speaking about the post, not Apple.
 
DevNull0 said:
The best part is when the idiots who fall for that PR see my pictures (shot with a D90 from 2008) and ask me where I got them printed because they came out so much sharper than their iPhone prints.

But then you have people in the photo forum here who insist their iPhone is as good as an SLR and show side-by-side pics under ideal lighting to prove it. When you suggest they try shooting in dimmer light or compare crops so you can really see sharpness at print resolution, they never seem to notice those posts.
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just wait some hours and you'll have them here too
 
If you want to take great photos buy a great camera. If you want to enjoy dodgy old selfies and grainy landscapes and holiday snapshots use a camera phone. Simple.

Photography is painting with light and to do this you need great optics. A iPhone camera may improve on each release but I don't believe any one upgrades their phone because of a megapixel or two.
 
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Sounds good, but I won't be switching to a plus model until it has a better body to screen size ratio. Unfortunately, I'm guessing that's unlikely. It seems they are more concerned with being as thin as possible vs getting a big screen experience in a smaller frame.
 
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So the 5.5" Plus will have the super camera, the regular 4.7" will have the standard camera and the "new" 4" phone will have.... no camera?

I guess it does make sense to differentiate the phones on something other than size and memory. Still.....
 
This 3D Depth Mapping has a lot of use on the front camera. Do this right and it enables open air hand movement recognition to the phone. Operating your iPhone by just waving your hand in front of your phone is a real possibility here.
 
Seene app already does facial 3D mapping on iOS using the normal camera, and results are creepy but incredibly detailed and accurate.
 
Anybody remember an app that let you take a picture and 3D-ize it, with an interface similiar to this ...? Thanks!
 

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DevNull0 said:
The best part is when the idiots who fall for that PR see my pictures (shot with a D90 from 2008) and ask me where I got them printed because they came out so much sharper than their iPhone prints.

But then you have people in the photo forum here who insist their iPhone is as good as an SLR and show side-by-side pics under ideal lighting to prove it. When you suggest they try shooting in dimmer light or compare crops so you can really see sharpness at print resolution, they never seem to notice those posts.
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As a photographer, I've found the strength of a photograph and its ability to connect with a viewer has very little to do with the camera that captured the image. Indeed, I have photos from my iPhone that are just as compelling as those from my other so-called "real" cameras.

Good photographs come from a photographer's eye, imagination, life experiences, etc, and ability to compose what's in front of the lens, ultimately creating an image that releases narrative and stirs a viewer's mind.
 
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Bring it on, lets see how it tests out. Apple is darn careful with their phone camera performance (and one of the main reasons I've updated over the years), so I'd expect it to be good if they actually go with this.
 
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Anybody remember an app that let you take a picture and 3D-ize it, with an interface similiar to this ...? Thanks!
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There is a San Francisco start-up called Occipital (https://occipital.com) that has an iPad attached with an IR sensor array for just this. I did some public beta testing and played around with their API. They work they have is pretty impress where you can move the sensor around as the camera takes images and the motion sensor maps everything in a 3D space. If Apple goes, this way, I can see Occipital picked up quick on the Android side for a "me too" response to depth processing in camera use.
 
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I think people should stay away from phrases like "DSLR like quality" because thats not going to happen simply because the sensor is so much smaller and the optics are so much smaller too. Noise will be higher and so resolution achievable lower simply due to refraction and photon noise.

Having said that I totally believe that the quality will be very high as it is already today very good.
 
Paul6s said:
Dude it's not that big. As a 6+ user I'm telling you it's not that big of a phone. I have regular size hands
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I agree. It looks impressive and big when you first open it. However, it quickly feels normal. I do some things with it one handed. I'm not saying a regular 6 or 6S is bad. I had a 6 last year and moved to 6S Plus this year to have it feel that much more different and new to me.

I believe numbers in this range have been stated... holidays in 2014 approx. 15 percent of people bought phablets. This year, it was reportedly in the mid-30s percentage buying phablets. We are becoming more comfortable buying larger phones.

There was a time when our phones were an afterthought. We wanted them to disappear, hide away, even if we were using it, be as small as possible. That time is over. People choose phones from small to large, and we don't judge anyone for the choice. More and more are going larger for the screen experience though, and that is obviously opening up some technical capabilities like this camera that would not be possible otherwise.
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RedOrchestra said:
So you can contribute to Apple's higher profit margins realized on the plus phones.
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Despite what I said above, this is a great point too. Apple would prefer we buy the phone that costs $100 more at each price point. The rumor earlier today stated that the dual lens system might not even be standard on the Plus, but an option. In that case, I'm guessing they would get an additional $100 on top of the Plus for each capacity offered. :)
 
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