Yes, because Apple points a gun at your head and forces you to use all these three things whenever you open the Camera app.![]()
Filter the **** out of this photo or I'll filter your brains all over the walls!!!
Yes, because Apple points a gun at your head and forces you to use all these three things whenever you open the Camera app.![]()
How is this done on current versions of iOS?
Hooray! I was considering getting a new HD video camera. But if the iPhone can now zoom, I'm a happy puppy! 2x-3x isn't much, but it should do fine for my needs.
So yeah...I don't think it works how you're thinking. I think it already starts off using the 2 MP in the center for video mode, and any zoom after that is actually digital zoom.
In this case it won't affect the quality of the image. Read the entire thread as to why since its been stated multiple times.However a word of caution.
Any good HD video camera will 'zoom' to a point with an optical lens, preserving image quality. iOS devices rely on digital zooming which although may increase zoom 2x/3x, will also degrade your image quality proportionally.
definitely a typo or something, ha. i have iphone 5 and it still doesn't zoom & you always were able to refocus during videoing as far as i know.
In this case it won't affect the quality of the image. Read the entire thread as to why since its been stated multiple times.
Digital unless the 5S has some sort of optical zoom as well ... I wonder what the combined zoom could be in a form factor that size?will this be optical or digital zoom?
Finally. But digital zoom on any phone absolutely sucks and I don't even use it on my S III.
Am I the only one who hates the new camera app? Zoomed video? Square photos? Cheesy vintage filters? I may stay on iOS 6.
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Exactly. I'd rather not have the feature at all. A lot of people use it without knowing the harm it causes and then wonder why their photos look so terrible.
I don't get the concept of digital zoom... you'd be better just cropping the image, or moving closer, rather than degrading the quality.
Exactly. I'd rather not have the feature at all. A lot of people use it without knowing the harm it causes and then wonder why their photos look so terrible.
Well that's good news. Thank you for doing the legwork for folks like me. I was going to get a new iPhone, but if the 4S runs everything, I will probably wait for the 6.
Since video is recorded in 1080p at most, there is no degradation of quality because the camera is an 8 MP camera ("2448p"). It's simply incrementally cropping the photo, but not enlarging any pixels that would cause smearing/pixelation. My Fujifilm FinePix X100 has a similar 3x zoom mode which is "magic" in the same way.I don't get the concept of digital zoom... you'd be better just cropping the image, or moving closer, rather than degrading the quality.
This is not your typical digital zoom that enlarges the pixels and hurts quality. This is also why the zoom range is limited.Finally. But digital zoom on any phone absolutely sucks and I don't even use it on my S III.
Their existence really annoys me. They get in the way of my photo taking. I mean, you have to swipe from photo, to 'square', to video, where in iOS 6 you just flip the photo/video switch.
Really, Ask that newspaper in NY that fired it's entire photography staff and told the reporters to user their iPhones for photos on their articles. They'll really enjoy the fact that they can now use video because it can zoom.![]()
I'm pretty sure you're wrong. What you're saying would make sense if video mode used all 8 MP in the first place. But if you notice, when you switch to video mode, the camera is much more zoomed in--that's because video mode on the iPhone (at least the iPhone 4S does this...I actually don't know about the iPhone 5) only uses a fraction of the sensor (I think it's because it's too much information to process trying to take video with all 8 million pixels and downsizing to 1080p).
So yeah...I don't think it works how you're thinking. I think it already starts off using the 2 MP in the center for video mode, and any zoom after that is actually digital zoom.
Do you guys get contract pricing on phones in Canada or pay full price?
If paying full price... I can see waiting. If not, letting your upgrade go unused for over a year isn't fiscally sensible, as you are paying the same whether you take the $450 subsidy or not. I always use my upgrades the very moment they are available, so I can start that clock marching towards another huge subsidy again!! =)
On an image, it's pointless, but on video, it's a lot easier than editing afterwards. I'd still try my hardest to not use it on video.
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What he's saying is that on images, there is zero use for digital zoom. All you're doing is cropping the image beforehand instead of cropping it after, which means you permanently lose the rest of the image. And you could even crop then use some pixel prediction.
i understand that it's equivalent to cropping, but what I said was-a higher resolution would allow you to crop (or zoom) and still have the same resolution as unzoomed pictures....if your camera has those additional pixels available. you're not actually focusing on the image more closely, you're just not losing resolution.