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iPhone 5S May Come Equipped With 12-Megapixel Rear Camera and Improved Night Shooting
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everybody who expected a jesuslike ios7 and 5S finally stealing the thunder?
I hope your Canon has an optical zoom and not a fixed focal length like phones and tablets. Digital zoom is just not the same. So your Canon will have that advantage.
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No evidence claiming the sensor is any bigger, that means that there are more pixles crammed into the same amount of space, which doesn't bode well for higher quality low-light photography, unless they use 4 pixels to make 1 in low light, equating a 3MP image.
iOS 7 better include a camera quality toggle. I never need 8mp pictures, much less 12mp, and the storage space wasted on pixels my phone's display can't even almost show is getting annoying. I now have to export, shrink, then import photos just to have room.
4k screens and other retina type screens pushes the need for this. I realize what you're saying though. More pixels will expose more flaws of the sensor.
Too much ignorance/inexperience in this post to even start replying. Try again after you've had to do even basic photo editing.
Actually, camera improvements have been a staple of EVERY iPhone release starting with the 3GS. Camera improvements are now a given for each new iPhone. It's not news.
Spot. On.
Back 10 years ago with Motorola flip phones, etc. tech never advanced so quickly. Some will say this is for the better and I would agree with biotech and such, but when we're discussing mobile devices that have minor updates on a yearly cycle that push a consumer mentality one must always have the latest and greatest, it's non-sensical. I hardly use my iPhone for half of its capabilities, and I'm a busy guy.
I for one am very excited. I'm a travel blogger and I plan to totally choose the iphone 5s over a bulky DSLR setup for my travel photography. I currently use an iPod touch 5th gen for street photography here in NYC, and it has been a revelation.
I love the size & stealthiness of the Apple devices. The camera is wide and fixed which is perfect for me since I prefer primes and zooming with my feet anyway. The apps and filters available boggle my mind. You can create instant shallow depth of field and bokeh. Plus you can instantly upload and share them after editing them on the spot. It's really great. Revolutionary. Low light on my iPod touch ain't great...but even then I've gotten really artsy cool effects. Instead of obsessing about pixel peeping, I'm obsessing about composition and looking for the shot....which for me, is what great photography is all about.
The iphone 5s with its better camera and low light performance would only get me more excited to take pictures.
I'm psyched for this phone. :-D
I love the size & stealthiness of the Apple devices. The camera is wide and fixed which is perfect for me since I prefer primes and zooming with my feet anyway. The apps and filters available boggle my mind. You can create instant shallow depth of field and bokeh. Plus you can instantly upload and share them after editing them on the spot. It's really great. Revolutionary. Low light on my iPod touch ain't great...but even then I've gotten really artsy cool effects. Instead of obsessing about pixel peeping, I'm obsessing about composition and looking for the shot....which for me, is what great photography is all about.
The iphone 5s with its better camera and low light performance would only get me more excited to take pictures.
I'm psyched for this phone. :-D
Ummm, not sure what physics class you went to. The digital zoom thing is correct, but if the image sensor size is the same with more megapixels, you have a much smaller pixel pitch (IE physical size of the photosite), if the photosites are smaller, they are much more susceptible to gain (noise) which then has to be controlled in software which needs more CPU power.
If they make the lens a little bigger, it'll be great. The iPhone 5 is already a better still and video camera than many point-and-shoots out there.
And to think that those suckers in the past had to develop film!
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Why? My iPhone 4 and iPhone "1" still work...
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BS. I'm not excited for iOS 7 until there's a jailbreak.
And to think that those suckers in the past had to develop film!
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Why? My iPhone 4 and iPhone "1" still work...
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Quick poll:
Who is excited for the iPhone 5S: no one
Who is excited for iOS7: everyone
Guess which group has the biggest chance of disappointment??
BS. I'm not excited for iOS 7 until there's a jailbreak.
That's not true.
There were tonnes of advancements with phones at that time too.
I just believe we're living in a 'low-lying fruit' period with smartphones. Where, we've just recently started getting a leapfrog in our tech - in this case, the advancement of low power, tiny chips.. The evolution of new tech comes rapidly at first, until later, when it'll all stifle out.
In this case, ARM processors are only starting to be the trend. It's a relatively 'new' tech. It's a goldmine of technology, ready to be utilized. Hence why the improvements in ARM processors are reaching 2x, 4x levels, and x86 processors are only reaching 20% improvements year over year.
Eventually, the rate of innovation will fizzle out to its equilibrium levels.
Could not agree more on low light but here's the key to higher res photos (if they are good quality - low light, better speed etc ) you get a ton more options for cropping and adjusting. My wife is an artist (painter) who photographs her landscape subjects to use as studies, and the more she can capture the more she can use via cropping and zooming in. Same for Facebook etc. Sometimes you want to just use a portion of the photo for uploading....
I know tmobile just got the iPhone 5 do you think they will get the next iPhone when it comes out? Or will there be a delay as well?
I think the HTC one ultrapixel camera is overrated... I want apple to include a 12 megapixel camera with a better sensor. Check out the comparison of the One with the S4 below:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_vs_htc_one-review-913p8.php
Even low light conditions, seems like performance isn't as great as the S4
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_vs_htc_one-review-913p10.php
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There is a very logical idea. Optical zoom requires room for the parts that isn't likely to be there. But if they can find ways to make the digital zoom cleaner, for most folks that will be fine
Probably will get it when it comes out. The only reason they got the 5 so late was because they didn't get the deals when the 5 launched and didn't have an lte network out yet.
The jpg compression sets a specific file size and Apple isn't about to change that file size. 12MP will still provide more information (if done properly)
what a waste of space guys.
do u think we have an option to shoot in a smaller size?
these files will be huge
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you must be an inexperienced dslr user if you think you'll put away your gear for an iphone.
do u think we have an option to shoot in a smaller size?
these files will be huge
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you must be an inexperienced dslr user if you think you'll put away your gear for an iphone.
Yeah, ok. MP has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with low light photography. On the other hand, having a larger aperture lens or sensor, or implementing better noise reduction techniques would improve low light shots, but that that would cost a few cents, so Apple probably wont do anything.