iPhone 7 Plus Photography

[Ronnoco]

Decent low-light photo of the Charthouse on PCH in Cardiff-By-the-Sea, California.

 

[jerwin]

actually focal length doesnt matter. its aperture (f stop) that matters for low light.

The Iphone 7 plus has two lenses. One is a 28mm f/1.8, and the other is a 56mm f/2.8. I think we can safely assume that those focal lengths are specified in "full frame equivalent" terns. Otherwise the physics would be ...interesting..

Nine to five Mac quotes a reddit user as saying

Using the EXIF data from the teaser photos courtesy of Sports Illustrator, we can calculate the sizes of both sensors (some of their photos were taken with the telephoto lens). Apple claims a 28mm (in 35mm equivalent) wide angle lens for the main sensor, and 56mm lens for the telephoto (35mm equivalent calculation, again).

The actual focal length of the main camera is 3.99mm, derived from one of the photos EXIF data. A 1/3in sensor has a crop factor of 7.21, and the iPhone 6S’ sensor is 1/3in. The math is below:

iPhone 6S (1/3in sensor) = 4.15mm x 7.21 = 29.92mm for a 35mm equivalent lens.

iPhone 7 Plus main sensor = 3.99mm x (7.21?) = 28.7679mm, very close to Apple’s claimed 28mm.

iPhone 7 Plus telephoto sensor = 6.6mm x (8.6?) = 56.8mm, very close to the claimed 56mm as well. For a 1/3.6in sensor, the crop factor is 8.6.

so, not only does the wide angle lens have a stop and third advantage over the longer lens, the sensor under the telephoto lens is smaller, and therefor less sensitive than the sensor under the wide angle lens. Thus, in low light, the camera software opts for digital zooming.
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Yep, telephoto lenses in general are not well suited to low light photography, so Apple just doesn't use it when the camera software determines that the quality would be worse than just digital zooming with the wide angle lens. Even the $350 telephoto lens I have for my Sony mirrorless camera stinks in low light compared to the kit and wide angle lenses.

You just don't have the right sort of telephoto.

 

[skidu]

More randomness all shot at 56mm/2x

 

[AppleGirlCO]

 

[Richmorr]

My puppy shot with normal camera

 

[The Game 161]

6s plus picture

7 plus

Loving the difference in camera quality already after one picture

 

[bandrews]

One of my heifers this morning. Pretty convincing shallow dof effect for a smartphone.

 

[kanyehameha]

Few more shots just playing around with the depth effect in low light. On vacation and haven't even taken the 5D out of my bag yet, this is just so much fun to shoot on.

wtf these are amazing! Do you have IG or something, I wanna see more pics you've taken with the iPhone.
Also, what did you use to edit the pics?

 

[orbitalpunk]

6s plus picture

7 plus

Loving the difference in camera quality already after one picture

wipe your 6s lens. Its just dirty.

 

[The Game 161]

wipe your 6s lens. Its just dirty.

I wipe it every day so it wasn't dirty

Other way just sold my 6s plus

 

[mrex]

I wipe it every day so it wasn't dirty

Other way just sold my 6s plus

well it isnt doing well either.. something wrong with the lens.

 

[The Game 161]

well it isnt doing well either.. something wrong with the lens.

well it's gone now so not too bothered how it looks now.

 

[myphone]

Red

 

[A MacBook lover]

6s plus picture

7 plus

Loving the difference in camera quality already after one picture

Someone took clartain clear!

 

[DRDR]

telephoto and cropped to 16:9:

 

[ToddH]

Pretty good detail captured by the telephoto on my 7 plus. Not bad from a moving vehicle!!!

 

[chfilm]

I soooooo want the plus by now, just because of this thread. Please keep it coming until mid November when I'll get it

 

[Bagio]

A wee trip round Edinburgh

 

[skidu]

wtf these are amazing! Do you have IG or something, I wanna see more pics you've taken with the iPhone.
Also, what did you use to edit the pics?

https://www.instagram.com/skidu/

98% of them are taken on the iPhone going all the way back to the 4s I think lol, with maybe about 3/4 dslr shots in there.

Mainly use vsco and Lightroom these days, the detail from the DNG files is awesome.

A wee trip round Edinburgh

Great shots! Love the telephoto picture of the horse statue.

 

[NickyColman]

Might as well add a few of mine into the mix.

I'm totally astonished by how good the 7 Plus camera is!

 

[rmcnelly]

iPhone 7 Plus B&W by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

 

[Thares]

Horsey

 

[NickyColman]

@rmcnelly
Very atmospheric!

 

[magbarn]

well it isnt doing well either.. something wrong with the lens.

Yup, my 6s+ only took pics like that when the lens was dirty. Otherwise the other possibility is that the phone developed condensation in the lens. I hope the buyer knew he was getting a phone with issues

 

[orbitalpunk]

I wipe it every day so it wasn't dirty

Other way just sold my 6s plus

ok, but in the future, if its ever foggy like that, the lens is usually dirty from oils. needs cleaner. not just wipe otherwise you are just smearing it.