Photographer Austin Mann Shares First Photos Captured With iPhone XS

[rocknblogger]

Let’s just agree to disagree, maybe you’re right, maybe I’m right. In my opinion it was quite jarring seeing the sharp reflection in his sunglasses with such a blurred background in a photo that is intended to mimic a narrow focal point. From my experience taking photos with a narrow focal point, you would not get these sharp reflections of objects. Of course for some people the result may not be so jarring, for me it was.

Zoom in on the sunglasses and you’ll see the reflection is sharp. Scroll down and a second image with fall leaves are also in focus. I’m sorry but you are 100% wrong in regards to your comment about the reflection in the sunglasses. It would actually look stupid and very odd if it was blurred.
https://samuelbphotography.com/mens-portraits

EDIT: Some more examples https://willknight.smugmug.com/Mens-Gallery-Portraits/Sean-K/i-hzv9wdf

 

[Dormammu]

Gorgeous photos.

 

[eyeseeyou]

Of course it will, it's a single function (or dual function if you do video) device. The iPhone is a multi-function device, so it's going to have to compromise.

Also, what kind of DSLR are you getting for less than $1000 with a lens? My dad just dropped around $1300 on an 80D with a lens.

I feel like my rebel t2i with a 50mm produces better quality portrait pics. Also fee like my can g7x II takes better portrait pics than my iPhone X.

Since I’m not a professional photographer and post mostly to social media or take product shots to sell things online the iPhone X is the best tool for me in most situations lol

 

[I7guy]

Hmm... I think it’s a very slippery slope once all these ‘creative’ features start becoming part of the regular camera app.

Providing optical zoom with a separate lens and sensor is a good example of bringing the quality of a larger lensed camera to a smartphone.

HDR is also a good example of intelligently improving the image end-result without adding new information to the picture that wasnt already supplied as light information through the lens, albeit over several exposures.

Even the more extreme filters in the camera app are using established standard light/colour parameters to adjust the original image and achieve the filter result and these parameters are exposed to the user and applied consistently across the image.

Now what we have is the smartphone image processor being set loose with something akin to photoshop’s magic wand and blur tools, adding new image information to the photo inconsistently with lots of artefacts and it’s increasingly clear that adjustments are not based on an accurate depth map, especially if the single lens xr has the feature.

There’s nothing wrong with having creative photo filters and image processors on an iPhone but to make it part of the normal camera app seems like a bad decision. Leave this sort of thing to third party apps.

I like that these things aren't in third party apps. Next give me raw.

 

[Banks73]

Photographer Austin Mann, who often goes hands-on with new iPhone models in exotic locations to test their capabilities in real world situations, has taken a first look at the iPhone XS and shared some images captured with the new device.

Mann took the iPhone XS to Zanzibar to test it out, and shared the images with PetaPixel.

The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are using the same 12-megapixel dual-camera system that was in the iPhone X, with an f/1.8 wide-angle lens and an f/2.4 telephoto lens, both of which feature optical image stabilization, but Apple has made some serious improvements that result in better-than-ever iPhone photos.

Apple has introduced a new image signal processor that integrates with the Neural Engine to introduce Smart HDR, a feature that offers up more detail in the highlights and shadows of images. The image signal processor also offers up more sophisticated bokeh (aka background blurring) to better match the results you can get from high-end DSLRs, and there's a new Depth Control feature.

Depth Control is a new Portrait Mode option that lets you adjust the depth of field after you shoot, an impressive function that allows you to choose just the right amount of blur to bring out the subject of your photo. The Depth Control feature is available for both the front and rear-facing iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max cameras.

A bigger sensor with deeper, larger pixels lets in more light, which leads to better low-light photos, and sensor improvements paired with Smart HDR and no shutter lag result in sharper action shots.

We'll get a better look at what the new cameras are capable of when iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max reviews hit later this week, and customers who pre-ordered the device will also be able to try it out when shipments start arriving this Friday.

The full range of images captured by Mann can be seen in high resolution via a Flickr album, which can be accessed here.

Article Link: Photographer Austin Mann Shares First Photos Captured With iPhone XS

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[5105973]

From what I can see, it appears Apple fixed the propensity to blow out highlights. Good, my photos of my black and white cat will be much improved. Seeing the white parts of her fur glow like she’s radioactive and losing all the detail in the lighter parts of her coat has been driving me nuts for two iPhone generations now.

Finally all that crap is fixed. Now we just need Apple to back off the aggressive noise reduction. And make the camera settings accessible within the camera app—if they haven’t already. I haven’t downloaded iOS 12 yet.

So now the iPhone XSesseseses are beer proof and can take photos of turtles and videos of the waves crashing in stereo. What more do you people want. Jeez.

Once I get my Maximum Excess, I’ll be over in Margaritaville taking pictures of my formerly lost shaker of salt. Speaking of salt, this thread has a bit.

 

[Vanilla35]

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

I'm honestly not even that impressed with those photos. Idk if it's the site/upload but they look like they lack a ton of detail. Maybe bad editing. I'm not a photographer, so idk how the processing effects photos.

 

[dotnet]

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

No camera can do that. It's possible only in post-processing.

 

[coolfactor]

Isn't the camera the same as the X?

Yes, but it's combined with much smarter post-processing and other tricks to achieve better final photos. Watch the keynote for details.

 

[dotnet]

Said the troll posting hate on an apple fan website.
Good luck with your buggy laggy mess of an os called android.
iPhone FTW.

Was your sarcasm detector down for maintenance?

 

[Morgenland]

If sunrises in time-lapse are colourfast, I'm calm. This has never been the case before.

 

[zooby]

They look good but it's nothing that my X can't do either. I'll be holding off till the next iPhones, first time ever.

Please make it your duty to tell me this in every single thread about the XS from now on.

 

[deivydas]

From the samples, that I saw here, I’m shocked that someone was saying that the photos are superb. Not sure does X camera can reach the same quality, but I’m pretty sure that 2017 Google’s flagman is outclassing Xs by big margin. But let’s wait for the full reviews.

 

[HVDynamo]

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

As much as I don't like the price either, the amount of tech that is being crammed into a handheld device is simply astounding. I'm honestly surprised the price isn't higher.
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Yes, likely this is the best smartphone camera, but you could buy a $500 phone and a $500 camera and get better results every time for the same money. Just depends on your expectations and what you want to get out of your photographs.

That's true, but a $500 camera is devoting the entire device to being a camera. It will be way cheaper to make a better camera when you can use all the extra space a stand alone camera gives you to work with. Phones are trying to be swiss army knife devices. It's kind of amazing they do what they do considering how much space is devoted to the camera portion of the device.

 

[Whathappened]

Not impressed

Another hard to impress rich kid. He already saw it all. True mommy’s darling.

 

[Laserducky]

How about low light conditions ? On a good well lit day, any run of the mill smartphone can take a good picture but in low light or other more testing conditions, that what separates the DSLRs from the smartphones.

Personally, I believe the best camera is the one .... that you are carrying with you at the moment : which for most people would be their smartphone.

Cheers !

 

[LowellLvl]

Not impressed

What would impress you, exactly? Take you out back and hit you with a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am ?

 

[Haust]

Photos look better on my S9+ versus iPhone X. Just sayin!

Photos taken on an iPhone do look better when they are copied to a computer. But, the same photo on a phone looks better on the S9+.

I have a lot of Apple products. Just an honest opinion.

 

[caipirina08]

And when will we get rid of the green sun dot?

 

[BvizioN]

Im a photographer for 10 years these really arnt good i can do better with the X

Oh yeah, we trust you.

 

[seriouslyjaded]

Haters gonna hate it seems. Too many "experts" that "know" what they are talking about these days.

I think technology has improved to the point where the subtle improvements of newer generation devices over the older are just lost on the majority. Wider deeper sensors, smart HDR, faster neural engines... "meh" they say even if they can now take pretty good photos facing the sun on a phone.

 

[recoil80]

As usual they're pretty good, but you have to keep in mind they're shot by a professional photographer and maybe only 1 shot out of 10 was good enough to be shared.

 

[LiE_]

If I had been on holiday and taken these on my phone I would be really happy.

A phone is ideal and good at snaps/documentary type photos. When I want the capabilities of a bigger lens and sensor I take out my mirror less.

 

[seriouslyjaded]

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.

Even being in a profession for an extended period doesn't mean you are exceptional or even very good at it, so I always take claims of "expertise" with a pinch of salt.

Personally looking forward to some objective testing by some real experts.

 

[jessemcgoldrick]

I like that these things aren't in third party apps. Next give me raw.

I agree that HDR, dual lens optical zoom, filters are are all great as part of the normal camera and raw format would be great too!

My problem is with features that actually meddle with the image data in a way that has nothing to do with the light received by the sensor and is basically just drawing new information on top of the picture producing the low quality results that we’ve seen.