Photographer Austin Mann Shares First Photos Captured With iPhone XS

[otternonsense]

Only show your best work.

Doesn’t prove much about this particular phone model’s camera though. Daytime photos were already on this quality level since the iPhone 6s. When I see a promo folder about the XS capabilities, I expect it to address some well known weaknesses too.

Night shots and indoor macros could also qualify as part of someone’s best work, if the iPhone camera could do them justice.

I have to use apps like Hydra on my iPhone 8 and the result is still a noisy blur

 

[I7guy]

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.

It’s not a “joke”, ur means its not perfect and it’s a way to further people’s use of the camera and it’s features. It gives people a big portion of what can be done on an expensive camera with red rings on the lenses.

 

[nezr]

Its the same camera as the X, no?

 

[JPack]

Its the same camera as the X, no?

No, the camera sensor is now larger.

 

[Handsome Bacon]

I have a shiny new 1D X/II and uh...no. Lots of NR here.

 

[brofkand]

I feel like people forget these are on a phone...

No fully aware it's a phone. Just expecting more from a phone that starts at a grand and goes up from there.

 

[Starship67]

Gotta love all these would be photographers on here.

 

[vngannxx]

Looks like they are using a 25mm eq and 52mm eq lenses

 

[macduke]

The iPhone X takes really great pictures! Here's one:



In all seriousness though, when I don't have my Sony a7R III on me, it does a decent job:





Looking forward to trying the XS and the new, advanced HDR capabilities next week!

 

[duervo]

but will the new camera make a Starbucks cappuccino look good on instagram?

I’m waiting for the obligatory pictures of restaurant food that will eventually flood my Twitter and IG feeds.

 

[AngerDanger]

John Smith was just an average guy until being bit by a radioactive Austin. Now, he is Austin Mann!

 

[cmaier]

The originals (not these compressed samples) look very impressive.

 

[Sefstah]

Ok, but seriously. Why can’t we change the camera settings from the camera app yet?
Having to exit the camera app, open settings, find camera then dig through the settings is such a horrible user experience.

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

It's beyond hilarious to see the folks in here expect a phone camera to produce DSLR results and act completely indignant when it doesn't.

The iPhone is generally one of the very (if not the very) top rated phone cameras. We'd love to hear which other phone camera you believe far outperforms it.

And always, those that claim to be photographers have to find every little thing they can nitpick about other photographers work. "I noticed this thing so I'm better!" When you're recognized by national publications for your photography, let us know and we might start paying attention (and most certainly slam your work too).

 

[weez999]

Wow, they look... just. like. all. the. other. ones. on. an. iphone. Especially the last two phones. sorry but my (possibly) untrained eye simply doesn't see anything different in these.

 

[AgentAnonymous]

Looks the same as iPhone 8 Plus/iPhone X

They're much better when the X. The camera in the X was actually one of the weak spots of the phone, which is why the new cameras have an increased pixel size in the sensor.

 

[Glockworkorange]

Can a photo expert tell me why these are great? They don’t “look” exceptional to me, but I’m just a civilian.

These photos are stupid good. The one with the sun setting on the water especially.

I cannot objectively describe why they are better---I am just pretty sure most of us couldn't make pictures look like that irrespective of hardware. Unless perhaps you take just as sick pictures.

 

[jcshas]

Why do I get the feeling that the lens need to be wider? Been feeling that way for years.

Other than that, good pictures, but they've been this good for a couple years already. Not impressed.

I agree. Apple is so fixated on improving the iPhone for portraits but I can’t tell you how often I’ve wished my iPhone was capable of shooting wide. It’s why I usually bring my DSLR with me when I travel.

 

[cmaier]

I agree. Apple is so fixated on improving the iPhone for portraits but I can’t tell you how often I’ve wished my iPhone was capable of shooting wide. It’s why I usually bring my DSLR with me when I travel.

Looking forward to the 4-lens iPhone XI Max with a 21, 35, 50, and 85 lens

 

[brofkand]

I agree. Apple is so fixated on improving the iPhone for portraits but I can’t tell you how often I’ve wished my iPhone was capable of shooting wide. It’s why I usually bring my DSLR with me when I travel.

You can get a clip-on wide lens if that's the only reason why you bring a DSLR. They do degrade image quality a bit, but the good ones are not bad.

 

[MarkB786]

Can a photo expert tell me why these are great? They don’t “look” exceptional to me, but I’m just a civilian.

Agree. The incremental improvements on any smart phone camera these days are not discernible (especially once the photos are enhanced with photoshop).

 

[deadoctopi]

That's been an issue with iPhones forever now, I simply don't understand the need for such heavy NR. A little grain in the picture isn't a bad thing, give me some grains + sharpness over this horrible NR any day! This is why I only shoot RAW when the picture I'm taking really matters for quality and flexibility.

Yeah this is also why I personally can’t stand handheld shots on my iphone X or normal or slightly sub optimal lighting indoors, I don’t know if it’s the OIS or just the post processing the phone does but I end up with very soft/muddy stuff upon a cursory pixel peek. With heavy bright lights and a gimbal or propped up, the phone is crisp and looks closer to shots I enjoyed on my iphone 7. The X? yeah for a while I wish I hadn’t handed over my 7.

 

[mr.steevo]

Honestly, these photos are more of a reflection of the photographer's skills rather than the iPhone's abilities.

Yep.

The flicker link has a shot of a beer can. The blur on the edges of the can look weird.

 

[fumi2014]

These are better.

Former White House Photographer Pete Souza releases the first pictures taken using Apple's new iPhone XS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...es-pictures-taken-using-Apples-iPhone-XS.html

 

[madKIR]

I’m no expert, but welcome the ability to shift the background blur. Looking forward to my early October Max delivery.

which is available now in Focus, Dark Mode and many other apps.