As the XR’s camera system was designed, the photos of people really pop. The rest are just nice shots but don’t seem technically special.
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Shot on iPhone XR: Real-World Photos and Portraits With Depth Control From New York City
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These are all young pretty women....how does it do with the typical Walmart Shopper???
I wonder if an app like Halide would be able to fix this. Has anyone tried a 3rd party camera app for depth of field on objects?
Wow... these are way too HDR-esed. Pretty unnatural in my opinion.
I agree. I’ll be pretty upset if they don’t allow the wide-angle portrait on the XS.
Very impressive. I like all the photos except those with the fake shallow DoF. The technology really shows that it's in in its infancy. I look forward to the day it's mature and can mimic true shallow DoF. Maybe Apple can implement a tilting lens, no need to fake shallow DoF.
Not gonna lie, I'm not impressed...
These shots all look so dull... But this brings me to a question that I haven't realized before: can the XS/Max take portrait or depth photos with the wide angle lens? I've been in a few scenarios where I don't want to "Move farther away from your subject"!!
I’m a complete novice when it comes to photography, but I’m not exactly ‘moved’ by the colour, quality and/or richness of these photos. Everything looks a little flat and barely distinguishable from photos taken on my iPhone 6. The opposite is true of the XS photos I’ve seen online or had sent to me by friends - those are stunning and the detail is astonishing. Nevertheless, my XR arrives Monday.
Those are my thoughts exactly... No color seems to be "popping" at all... and photos with my XS are amazing. Maybe it was just due to the overcast-ey conditions for a lot of them. I don't know.
They’re nice for smartphones. I wouldn’t go so far to say they compete with DSLR/mirrorless cameras. The sensor size, dynamic range, and noise characteristics will always set it apart. Then factor in lens quality and features (wide apertures, coma attributes, chromatic aberration, etc.) and it’s no contest. Of course, everyone looks at pix in a 1200px max wide view these days so that covers up some sins. But I’d still want more control over the photo than this gives me. My X does fine in a pinch and for casual stuff but it’s no contest against the better quality equipment.
I want a TV show starring the two guys in the eighth photo.
They are look pretty good. Very natural look with subtle shallow DOF. I really think there is no point in owning a real camera except for a dSLR or old school 35mm SLR today.
The quality of these phone cameras is more than good enough for all amateur needs except for photography hobbyists.
I have an old late 70s Pentax my mom used a lot back in the day. It’s not full manual but still capable of taking excellent shots if you know what you’re doing. I need to order some film and take it out once the leaves start changing color.
The quality of these phone cameras is more than good enough for all amateur needs except for photography hobbyists.
I have an old late 70s Pentax my mom used a lot back in the day. It’s not full manual but still capable of taking excellent shots if you know what you’re doing. I need to order some film and take it out once the leaves start changing color.
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Really wish folks would take the time to retouch their photos either in iOS, or with a 3rd party app like Snapseed. (It make a HUGE difference!)
The point for most people, imo, is not retouching. Those who want to, can.
i feel like the outdoor shots, which i guess are HDR, lack contrast. they all seem a little washed out. this is of course something that can be fixed in postprocessing but its too bad you have to spend the time to do that when the problem is pretty consistent.
Photo quality from our devices has reached near perfection. I'm not sure where they can go from here? 3D, I guess.
I was impressed when Portrait Mode came out originally. It was novel and looked pretty decent. Then they made it where the depth of field was adjustable, which was also cool. But the entire time I always felt something about the photos looked weird and I couldn't put my finger on it. But now I have, and I've noticed these depth of field adjustments are basically just a gaussian blur of what it thinks is the background. To truly adjust depth of field, the 'blurring' should increase as the background distance increases. So things far away are super blurry, but things closer behind the subject aren't as blurry. Portrait Mode seems to apply the same blur to everything.
Very nice photos. I am so behind on iPhone cameras because I rarely take pictures, but looks quite good.