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Photographer Austin Mann Shares First Photos Captured With iPhone XS
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I’m more disappointed with the photographer than the camera. Mostly oversharpened and over saturated. Composition is alright, but definitely could have done a better job. Looking forward to some more technical reviews side by side with the X and the competition.
Nice but my DSLR is still my go to for important photos. I would still want to know how it does at night and low light.
How could you not be impressed with those photos? Its Not even really believable what you said, It’s absolutely stunning what a Camera on a smart phone can take for photos today that I could blow up and put on my wall for artwork. That photographer found some amazing detailed Scenery.
Lens flare - it shows up in many of the pics with the Sun in the shot.
It shows up on a line drawn through the center of the pic at the same distance as the Sun is from the optical center of the pic. It will also show up with bright light sources at night.
I'm surprised there isn't a Sun-in-frame flare remover add-on to Red-eye Reduction processing.
It should be pretty easy to implement with all that processor power available now.
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Yes but it saves it in ur photos so much faster now.
With the revolutionary sensor technology, he was able to approach the sea turtle without scaring it into a run as would obviously happen with a traditional camera.
I would say that these are competent and professional quality, but they aren't exceptional, as in iconic. You can see things as technically impressive and even more so if more processing has been applied. These are very good for one camera, one exposure, out of a phone.
Do you earn a decent living being a photographer or do your just call yourself one after buying a camera 10 years ago?
Reason I ask is because everyone with an iPhone is a photographer these days.
What a great gig for a photographer!
Some of the pics aren't very complimentary to the camera - the fish swimming, the shells on the beach and the blue wood all have technical issues as seen on the Flickr site at full-size. Many of the pics show that the camera has promise.
I expect the processing done by the software will get better over time.
Some of the pics aren't very complimentary to the camera - the fish swimming, the shells on the beach and the blue wood all have technical issues as seen on the Flickr site at full-size. Many of the pics show that the camera has promise.
I expect the processing done by the software will get better over time.
ill give it to Apple, as a photographer my £3000 Canon 5D Mark iv doesn't even get the same photos my X does... the X actually takes amazing shots on auto I sometimes rather use phone in good lighting than my DSLR so the new phone will be even better than a great camera.
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I have a 5D mark iv and I do wedding bar mitzvahs and events so yeah im a pro I shot some stuff for London fashion week, read my last post I think its gonna be amazing
Honestly, these photos are more of a reflection of the photographer's skills rather than the iPhone's abilities.
well said spot on
[doublepost=1537224294][/doublepost]taking a good photo means using rule of thirds these photos wasn't shot right but still excited
Precisely why I don't use my iPhone for photography much. Noise isn't a big deal, I can do some NR if I need to. I understand why they do it though. It makes it simple for the end user. Do you know of any third party camera apps that don't apply such heavy NR?
They're already married to the camera bump, so why not put a bigger sensor in there to help with the noise?
No, the camera sensor is now larger.
Thanks. I’m upgrading from a 6S. I was always disappointed it didn’t have OIS. A benefit I can really see. Some of the other improvements I know are there but I didn’t really see/understand. Might be time for some photography classes.
Impressive shots. Waiting for iPhone Xs vs X v Pixel comparisons. Those should be interesting. Maybe even an Xr v Pixel to see which single camera Bokeh photos look better
The portrait/bokeh effect is a joke. Please look at the photo of the yellow can and look at the top of the can. https://www.flickr.com/photos/petapixel/43831801325/in/album-72157699852263981/
All this bokeh effect is doing is detecting people/objects, cutting around them and artificially blurring the background with generally poor results.
Ask yourself why the new XR with a single lens camera still has this bokeh feature when it isnt able to produce proper depth maps like the dual camera models are capable of. It’s because the bokeh effect really isnt using a proper depth map to detect objects.
Also look at the photo with the man wearing sunglasses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/petapixel/44691193082/in/album-72157699852263981/
The reflected image in his sunglasses should be blurred but it’s sharp even though the reflected objects are at distance, as the image processor has simply masked the whole man and blurred the rest.
This effect does a diservice to the legacy of great photography on iphones. Iphones were always a great introduction to the workd of photography for young people or first timers. Now it’s just teaching people not to have respect or understanding for the basic principles of photography and instead leading them towards cheap, lazy gimmicks.
All this bokeh effect is doing is detecting people/objects, cutting around them and artificially blurring the background with generally poor results.
Ask yourself why the new XR with a single lens camera still has this bokeh feature when it isnt able to produce proper depth maps like the dual camera models are capable of. It’s because the bokeh effect really isnt using a proper depth map to detect objects.
Also look at the photo with the man wearing sunglasses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/petapixel/44691193082/in/album-72157699852263981/
The reflected image in his sunglasses should be blurred but it’s sharp even though the reflected objects are at distance, as the image processor has simply masked the whole man and blurred the rest.
This effect does a diservice to the legacy of great photography on iphones. Iphones were always a great introduction to the workd of photography for young people or first timers. Now it’s just teaching people not to have respect or understanding for the basic principles of photography and instead leading them towards cheap, lazy gimmicks.