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2 more test shots (slightly edited inside the photo app).
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really nice.

i was wondering, these seem like been taken really close..
i tend to struggle a bit when trying to understand the minimum length for extreme close up shots..
is there a separate Macro on the native app?
if not, what was the distance in these pictures?

thanks.


Thanx so much. Well, you have to experiment a bit and watch the display very closely until the object gets in focus. The distance was probably. 2,5 inches, if I remember correctly. When the camera is unable to focus I hold my hand in front of the object and focus on it. Then I lock the focus and try keep the iPhone still. Then I slowly remove my hand and snap the picture. Most of the time this "trick" works fine and it often helped me getting small things in focus when touch to focus failed on me.

Since the iPhone 6S (Plus) offers 12 MP, you could also easily crop it to 8MB and get an even better close-up shot.

What I enjoy about the photo quality is the level of detail. There's lots of information in the photo, I was able to get out lots of details in the highlights and shadows with Lightroom. For example: Here's my Lightroom edit of the photo I posted before.

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Thanx so much. Well, you have to experiment a bit and watch the display very closely until the object gets in focus. The distance was probably. 2,5 inches, if I remember correctly. When the camera is unable to focus I hold my hand in front of the object and focus on it. Then I lock the focus and try keep the iPhone still. Then I slowly remove my hand and snap the picture. Most of the time this "trick" works fine and it often helped me getting small things in focus when touch to focus failed on me.

Since the iPhone 6S (Plus) offers 12 MP, you could also easily crop it to 8MB and get an even better close-up shot.

What I enjoy about the photo quality is the level of detail. There's lots of information in the photo, I was able to get out lots of details in the highlights and shadows with Lightroom. For example: Here's my Lightroom edit of the photo I posted before.

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The Camera+ app does macros
 
Because DSLRs shoot 4:3 and most standard print sizes are close to the 4:3 capture. If it shot 16:9 by default and you wanted to print standard size images you would crop off significantly more of the resolution. Believe it or not, but some folks still print ;)
 
Because DSLRs shoot 4:3 and most standard print sizes are close to the 4:3 capture. If it shot 16:9 by default and you wanted to print standard size images you would crop off significantly more of the resolution. Believe it or not, but some folks still print ;)
the most common aspect ratio of FF and APSC DSLRs is 3:2, which matches 35mm film aspect ratio. standard prints of, let's say, 4x6 have a 3:2 aspect ratio as well.

point-and-shoots, Four Thirds & m43, and MF cameras commonly have the 4:3 aspect ratio though.
 
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