Nope but this is a discussion and discuss it we are.
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Not all that impressed with portrait mode...
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Overall it's a cool picture, but the edges around their head's looks pretty funky. You can see the mortar lines of the bricks that the software didn't blur out. I imagine they are aware of these issues and are working on improvements, didn't it say in the release notes that it is still in beta?
You did not. Is it?
And isn't it a bit sad that you would thump your chest about how rich you are (or pretend to be) on an anonymous message board?
Why would anyone drag along those bulky DSLRs when iPhone 7 Plus and S7 Edge exist?Their time is over
Exactly. Just like Steven Spielberg should totally film his next movie with an iPhone 7+. It's even got the 2x optical zoom. How ground breaking!
Congrats you must be a great photographer
With proper editing and control, it could be done.The iPhone 7 Plus with its 2x zoom is just the beginning.The way smartphone cameras are advancing,DSLRs would be ancient history in the next 5 years
It does seem as if you are in a very bright spot, it works much better, which makes sense since it has to use the 56mm lens.
Looks pretty good!
You are literally taking a photo of light and referring to it as a shot that doesn't require light to work.
I think you've had one too many of those "beverages"... the edges of the cup are a total disaster. A $0.99 photo editing app could do a better job. (But not in real-time of course)
Do you have a citation for your factoid? Rather than hurling ad-homs might want to discuss this off-topic thought. I think the dslr market is fine it's the point and shoot market that may be In trouble.
Kudos to you if you can see differences worth $1000 in the images below
IpHONE 7 Plus
DSLR
IpHONE 7 Plus
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iPhone 7 Plus
DSLR
iPhone 7 plus
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Lumi...mera-deemed-years-ahead-of-the-iPhone_id51154
"Gun to head … time to come up with a number. How many years are smartphones behind the best $2,000 DSLRs? Comparing detail resolved, I'll say the iPhone 5S currently sits 8-9 years behind the DLSRs in bright light, while the Nokia trails by less than 6 years — probably nearer to 3. This is even when you allow the DSLRs the luxury of a $1,700 lens, and shooting in raw. In bright light, the Nokia came close to competing with the detail from the best DLSR yet made."
"The curious thing about this list is that everything on it except one — changing lenses — can be fixed with faster processing. The iPhones, Galaxies and LGs have shown it already. And we know that faster processing is inevitable. The physical design of SLRs gave them a huge headstart over phones for both picture quality and usability, but advances in on-board processing are now quickly eroding that lead."
And the above article was written 2 years ago.In 5 years,its all over for DSLRs.Well we might still see em in museums
With innovation like THIS happening,the days of DSLRs are numbered.And if you consider the features to price tradeoff,it makes ZERO sense to get a DSLR
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It all depends on your situation. Cell phone pictures are good for most people and that's where it ends. I fully agree for a casual picture uploaded to Facebook cell phone cameras are good enough, but they won't replace my big old dslr and big lenses any time soon; sports events, car races etc. picture of my cat...sure. Formal events the pros always use the best equipment. Try taking a picture of the Indy 500 and freeze frame a car moving at 150 and tell me how it goes on the Nokia.
I sure can see the difference.
I think the thing people forget with cameras, is it not the camera that gives that nice creamy smooth bokeh we all love. It is the lens. For example, if I shoot a headshot of someone with a 200 mm lens at f2.8 their eyes will be in sharp focus. And by in focus as in you will be able to count eyelashes and likely see blood vessels in the eyes (yes focus can be too sharp). But their ears will be less focused. And by the time you see the grass 6 feet behind them it will be a colored blurred.
Here is an quick example I found online (I have no connection to the photographer). Note this looks to have been shot with a shorter than 200 mm lens and the focus is slightly off on the eyes.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dslr+eyes+sharp+ears+blurred&biw=1920&bih=971&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiByPe6__jPAhUjllQKHXk0ADoQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=kYWogFxNu8_fhM:
There is no doubt the software will get better over time, but I think it will be a while before it catches up to what a good lens and photographer can do.
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Well one has more natural color (IMO) but this is a setup. Take a call phone and dslr to NASCAR and got some great stop action photos. How do you think that will go?
In the second picture (the one with the roses), it looks like the iPhone didn't apply the blur effect to a pretty significant area of the background. Look at the tan area under the two roses on the left.
Portrait mode can still produce some amazing shots for a phone. Just how amazing probably also depends on how you are going to view these pictures. If you view them on your phone, upload them to Facebook, or look at them at at the thumbnail size in this thread, you can't really tell much of a difference. But, at full resolution, noise from the small sensor on the iPhone and the limitations of the software-based blur efffect become much more noticeable. Look around the face in the picture of the man. At several places around the edge of his head, the background is not blurred, likely because the strong backlighting caused the software to have trouble determining where the edges of his face were. When viewing the picture at small size, that defect isn't super noticeable. But, if I made a print of this picture, I would probably be able to tell the difference between that shot and the DSLR. Again, that's not to take anything away from what has been accomplished with the iPhone. But, I don't think you can really argue it's in the same league as a real DSLR...not yet anyway.
What I see happening here, in this thread, is that some pros are apparently worried about the fact that in a relatively short time smartphones will be able to take such good photos that their livelihood will be jeopardized. Where do I see this? Well, for one instance, when someone talks about the expensive place they live in that is supported by their photography skills, while putting down something that even Apple says is a work in progress, I see a worried person.
I personally believe that the photography abilities of smartphones and iPhones in particular will increase exponentially over the next few years. The one thing that will not change is one persons ability to see a photograph and take it properly. This is something that your ordinary amateur will never be able to do. There are those among us who are simply gifted in the ability to take photographs beyond that of the ordinary person. This separates photo shooters from artists with a camera, and what separates a "pitcha" from a "picture".
One place that all smartphones are way behind DLSR's is in the ability to blow the photos up. Smartphone photos look great on iPads or even computer screens, but try to enlarge them above 4 by 5 or 5 by 7 and the noise will quickly show up and prevent that.
The portrait mode on the iPhone 7+ is a significant step forward in the evolution of photography, however, i don't think that any advancement in smartphone photography will have anymore affect on the livelihood of professional photographers than Edward Lands camera had when it came out.
I personally believe that the photography abilities of smartphones and iPhones in particular will increase exponentially over the next few years. The one thing that will not change is one persons ability to see a photograph and take it properly. This is something that your ordinary amateur will never be able to do. There are those among us who are simply gifted in the ability to take photographs beyond that of the ordinary person. This separates photo shooters from artists with a camera, and what separates a "pitcha" from a "picture".
One place that all smartphones are way behind DLSR's is in the ability to blow the photos up. Smartphone photos look great on iPads or even computer screens, but try to enlarge them above 4 by 5 or 5 by 7 and the noise will quickly show up and prevent that.
The portrait mode on the iPhone 7+ is a significant step forward in the evolution of photography, however, i don't think that any advancement in smartphone photography will have anymore affect on the livelihood of professional photographers than Edward Lands camera had when it came out.