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Photographer Tests iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in Iceland, Demos Focus Pixels, Other Camera Improvements
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This is why I love apple. They improve on what they believe is best for the phone and for use end experience. I would say for any phone 12mp is more than what you need and when apple decide to release a 12mp phone that will threatened camera companies
Read by yourself:
http://austinmann.com/trek/iphone-6-plus-camera-review-iceland
Next time, read then post, not the opposite.
So you are doubting the article and the photographer's declaration?
You are accusing the Verge of fraud?
That's how I see his comments. In which case, I'd ask, "to what end"? What, you think Apple paid off some photographer to lie about what camera he used? Or the guy just decided to lie on his own to promote a phone he makes no money off of?
In either case, the risk to credibility is enormous and far exceeds any potential benefit, so I highly doubt it.
I did read, don't assume please. I did not know which link to follow for that info.
First of all it obviously looks like it, and the exif data shows that it was edited in Snapseed. All of his untouched photos are described as such, everything else is edited even if nothing is mentioned.
More accurately it's only in recent years that they have been able to integrate it into the same sensor. Previously phase detection needed a dedicated sensor, located at the bottom of the SLR mirror box (a beam splitter in the mirror being used to redirect light into it).
And actually phase detection has always had a problem with low light. That's why many dSLRs come equipped with a focus assisting LED. Only active autofocus is immune to this problem, though that was basically abandoned after the film era due to problems of its own. (Eg the IR beam it used to judge distance couldn't go through glass, and it could get confused by other IR sources like halogen bulbs)
Right. It's like judging the quality of a car based on how many wheels it has. The problem with spec-obsession is that it encourages purchasing based on often-irrelevant numbers. Like using the clock speed of a processor to judge its performance.
Just to note, a 1080p screen can only display 2.07 megapixels. Think about that. So additional megapixels are nice, but they're hardly the most important quality in a camera.
My friend went to Iceland and photo'd the Aurora on his iPhone 5s and it looked pretty awesome.
Android had this 10 years ago. I had to say it.
Interesting... what was Android's 8 megapixel optically stabilised phone camera that came out in 2004 (three years before the release of the iPhone)? Oh, I see - it was a joke poking fun at the fact that someone always feels the need to post such nonsense... carry on then.
Your belief is irrelevant to the reality of the situation, which is that was taken with an iPhone 6 +.
http://austinmann.com/trek/iphone-6-plus-camera-review-iceland
Even though I have a DSLR, the camera upgrades are always what I look forward to most because of how impractical it is to have with me at all times.
My DSLR is only entry level, but I'm surprised to be seeing some features outdoing my t3i. Things like slow motion video. Mine only does 120 frames per second I believe. It also has more focus points. If this had Raw processing this thing would be a beast.
I'll be coming from an iphone 4, so this will be the quite the camera upgrade.
I do want to see more amateur stuff though before making judgment. When you have someone that professional, they could get a great image out of even a first gen iphone. They know how to best highlight its strengths and hide its weaknesses, like by shooting during an overcast and avoiding contrasty weather. This might show what you could get if you really know what your doing, but I want to see what the average person is more likely to get. In less than ideal conditions.
My DSLR is only entry level, but I'm surprised to be seeing some features outdoing my t3i. Things like slow motion video. Mine only does 120 frames per second I believe. It also has more focus points. If this had Raw processing this thing would be a beast.
I'll be coming from an iphone 4, so this will be the quite the camera upgrade.
I do want to see more amateur stuff though before making judgment. When you have someone that professional, they could get a great image out of even a first gen iphone. They know how to best highlight its strengths and hide its weaknesses, like by shooting during an overcast and avoiding contrasty weather. This might show what you could get if you really know what your doing, but I want to see what the average person is more likely to get. In less than ideal conditions.
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Actually, the lense flare is a dead giveaway that it was taken through a lense with no iris blades. Besides that, if you actually go to the website and look at the photo, it's easy to tell it is not taken with a DSLR. Or if it was, it was a pretty crappy one. There is a ton of digital noise and dithering all throughout the image. Exactly the kind of stuff any experienced photographer should have noticed immediately and realized it was indeed a camera phone shot.
I agree. But I just hope the only reason it got it was because of the inability to get OIS into the smaller form factor, and not because Apple is starting down the road of "size prejudice."
Not any more so than they (and all camera phones really) do now. Adding more pixels to a tiny phone sensor is not always a good thing. It's one reason I'm happy they stuck with 8MP. More pixels in the same size sensor can lead to more noise, especially in low light. I'd rather have fewer, bigger pixels than more smaller ones.
It's also the reason that a phone camera will never truly be able to challenge something like a DSLR or really even a good point and shoot. However, the best camera is the one you have with you and no one can argue that camera phones win in that regard hands down.
Please explain why that photo needs a high end sensor and glass to look like it does. Otherwise you are calling someone a liar with no basis.