Do you think we will really see a big difference in day time photos? I know evening ones should look great but will this new camera have the wow factor?
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How big an improvement will the 8mp Iphone 5S be over the 8mp 5?
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Thats what I want to know as well. I keep hearing so much about low light but everyday picture taking during the day, how is that improved? Its probably the same as the 5.
In addition to much better performance in dim areas and time when the flash is used, there should be less noise and more detail in highlights and shadow.
By my calculations, the 5S's camera will perform 37.2% better than the camera in the iPhone 5.
just kidding
The 5S has a larger sensor and a faster lens. Combined with a faster processor that will do cool new (for iOS) stuff, I'd say that the 5S camera will be a lot better. It should outperform the 5 in low light situations easily and probably get you cleaner shots in daytime as well (as faster lenses can don't require as high an ISO, plus you can go up a few stops with the same lighting).
Then add in all the cool new burst stuff ... the 5S camera will take better pics and be more fun as well. And you'll be less likely to miss a shot as well.
just kidding
The 5S has a larger sensor and a faster lens. Combined with a faster processor that will do cool new (for iOS) stuff, I'd say that the 5S camera will be a lot better. It should outperform the 5 in low light situations easily and probably get you cleaner shots in daytime as well (as faster lenses can don't require as high an ISO, plus you can go up a few stops with the same lighting).
Then add in all the cool new burst stuff ... the 5S camera will take better pics and be more fun as well. And you'll be less likely to miss a shot as well.
There should be no difference in daytime photos. The iPhone's camera is really bad in low light though so the new one will be around 6 times better in those situations, between the image stabilization and higher aperture. Not to mention the new flash
It'll be a huge upgrade. Watch the keynote for great examples how. In the meantime, here's a cut-n-paste from a post I made in another thread:
The aperture is larger, the optics are better. The hardware supporting the camera is greatly improved. Those 8 megapixels? On the 5S, those 8 megapixels are 15% larger than the same 8 megapixels on the 5 which, among other things, helps yield 33% better low-light improvement over the 5 .. and the 5 already had significantly better low-light performance than the 4S.
Upgrades the 5S camera has over the camera in the 5 that I can think of off the top of my head (let alone the 4S -- the camera has improved every year):
- Larger aperture for the lens (this lets more light in: this is A Good Thing)
- 15% larger sensor/pixel size (this gives higher quality color, less noise in the photo, overall a measurably better quality photo - outdoor or in)
- 33% better low light performance
- The dual LED system that measures the 'temperature' of the ambient light creates a flash 'color' that matches the ambient light creates greatly improved, more natural looking flash photos.
- Because of the better hardware on the 5S, you can run the camera in 'burst mode' which will shoot 10 full sized photos per second as long as you hold the button down.
- You can film HD video at 120 fps (4x normal) if you'd like, to get slow mo effects.
- When you take a photo, the camera system actually takes several photos back-to-back in rapid succession, analyzes each one, and uses the 'best' one. This all happens so fast as to appear to be instant.
- When you take a photo in a low-light situation, the camera system actually takes several photos back-to-back in rapid succession, analyzes each one, and will composite the 'finished' photo based on the best parts of each. This helps mitigate 'blurring' of subjects that is so common in low light photos. This all happens so fast as to be appear to be instant.
The improvements to the camera system on the 5S are significant.
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Probably a little, especially if a subject is moving. But most photos I take aren't outdoors, especially with a phone camera. Most cameras made today take pretty decent outdoor full sun shots. Indoors is where people make the money.
I'm very curious to see real-world, side-by-side comparisons of the 5 (and 5c, of course) and 5s cameras. I don't think it's going to be quite as big of a difference as it's made out to be. Going up to f2.2 on the 5s from the f2.4 of the iPhone 5 is not a big leap, I believe it's a quarter stop. The new sensor is also going to play into this and help pick up more light, but even at that, I just don't think it's going to be quite as giant a step as Apple is leading us to believe. We'll see, of course.
Huge.
Usually smartphone fans can only understand spec sheet stuff that isn't easy for non-engineers/photographers to explain so they dismiss the huge amount of improvements even if the difference is there, just because they can't understand it or others can't explain it to them.
Less noise in lower light situation? If that's true i'm sold.
Larger sensor with less crowded and larger pixels will equal better lower light images.
Hopefully they will have sorted the purple glare out from the 5 that ive got on quite a few photo's!
I have a 2 yr old and 95% of my pic taken with the ip5 looks like the burry one on the left, the 5s will be a big improvement for me.
No doubt the 5s delivers visibly improved pics...
....BUT
I just hate those fake comparison pictures. They take a super bad photo of the 5 and compare it with a well exposed 5s pic.
Next year the 5s pics will be blurry in comparison to the far superior iPhone 6 pics.
....BUT
I just hate those fake comparison pictures. They take a super bad photo of the 5 and compare it with a well exposed 5s pic.
Next year the 5s pics will be blurry in comparison to the far superior iPhone 6 pics.
After we see some reviews of the iphone 5s we would be able to tell only from the presentation that apple made is impossible to tell
only from the presentation that apple made is impossible to tell