iPhone 7 Sample pics are brutal!???

[msavic]

I know Apple mentioned raw support but they didn't specify whether the built in camera app actually supports RAW image capture. I'm hoping that is the case and they didn't just open up the API for raw image capture to 3rd party apps.

Another thing is LightRoom on iOS recently introduced RAW image editing to the app but it requires a creative cloud subscription to access. On contrast, the Android version supports RAW photo editing without a subscription. I am hoping this gets changed in the iOS version as well as I simply do not want to pay for a Creative Cloud subscription when I am more than satisfied with LightRoom 5 on my desktop.

 

[teeshot44]

Let's see, hmm. Pictures of pictures being judged on an un-calibrated PC monitor. Like two people comparing a movie being watched on a 1950's TV with a picture tube to the same movie on a 2016 4K. Pictures are art and seen by someone with their own judgement, eyes and minds as to what is beautiful, satisfactory or accurate. There is not a picture, photo, print, oil, watercolor etc. that can't be found lacking in something by someone.

 

[jabingla2810]

The pictures look fantastic.

I think there is a misconception about low light photography. It's about representing the scene in a true to life way with as little noise as possible, while trying to pull out details and colours. That's the challenge.

It's not about seeing in the dark.

 

[truthiness]

Wow.
So turning up the brightness on my screen is the answer to the lack of any detail in the dark areas ? Granted the pics are not that bad per se, but they are lacking any detail in the shadows and generally lacklustre.
As an advertisement by Apple to the low light performance of the new camera and it's 1.8 aperture the close up pic of a woman where she is so dark to be unrecognizable is a poor choice.

In the one shot of the diner sign, look at the lower right hand corner. You can read the parking sign. That looks like detail to me.

 

[slippery-pete]

It seems like what you don't like is the style of the photos apple used, not the actual potential output of the camera.

This...

 

[Wildkraut]

Hmmm any untouched full res pic links available?

 

[Juan007]

OP keeps exposing his ignorance and has no idea how auto exposure works. Yes genius, if you AE lock on the bright part of the scene, the dark part will be under exposed. In other news, shadows are dark.

If you want both light + dark parts exposed, you need to turn on HDR. Off-topic, but in my experience, HDR is an abomination in the hands of the untrained and 99% of HDR photos look completely ridiculous.

 

[Oridus]

I don't like sample pictures because I don't think they are representative of the pictures I can actually achieve on the device. They are all heavily edited and probably taken by professional photographers.

Seems to me you know little about photo editing then.

 

[ChinkyBob]

Just compare Apples photos with those on the Samsung, Sony, Huawei, HTC etc websites. The 'low light photography' differences in favour of androids leading handsets is clear despite the same challenge they had.
Obviously the Apple camera is strong technically (its an apple tweaked LG camera after all) but its software apparently not ready and the choice of pictures on Apples website advertising Low light performance is poor (close up of woman whose face you can barely see for eg).
Tims pictures of football game look good, but show how much the blacks are exaggerated if you look at the socks of the players in all the pictures. They look artificially painted solid black.
Other than that impressive pics tbh.