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Should Apple have increased the mega pixels on the camera?

I think a small bump to 10 mp would've definitely been doable. And it prolly would've forced apple to go 32 gb base. Win win
 
People are so damn ignorant about phones and especially about cameras.

When I resize my 20mp pictures from my DSLR down to 8mp they look the same if not sharper. Why? Because bigger sensor and much better lens, not megapixels.

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Truefan31 said:
I think a small bump to 10 mp would've definitely been doable. And it prolly would've forced apple to go 32 gb base. Win win
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10 mp would literally have done nothing, it wouldn't have improved anything.
 
vgamedude said:
It's why I said use a better sensor also.
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A "better" sensor that has more megapixels in this context would be a sensor that has at least the same size pixels as the current one. A 12mp sensor with the same size pixels as the existing sensor would be ~50% larger and probably wouldn't fit in the phone.

vgamedude said:
Whatever you say chap. I don't know too much about the real technical things for cameras but I do know that when I take only an 8 megapixel image and blow it up or crop it on my pc it looks like ********** s***. I don't care how good your image quality is with these pissy low megapixel cameras it won't change that.
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Exactly what are you doing that requires you to blow up a 3264x2448 resolution image? Honestly, with the amount of extra noise and terrible low light exposure most 12+ mp cell phone sensors have, you'd probably be better off upscaling the 8mp photo with a good resampling filter anyway. Apple's sensor may have fewer pixels, but it is for all intents and purposes a better sensor than the higher pixel count sensors in other phones on the market.

FFS, I have a 7 year old 7mp Canon point-and-shoot that takes pictures just fine for print. If you're trying to do professional level photo editing with a camera phone photo, you're doing it wrong.
 
Stratus Fear said:
A "better" sensor that has more megapixels in this context would be a sensor that has at least the same size pixels as the current one. A 12mp sensor with the same size pixels as the existing sensor would be ~50% larger and probably wouldn't fit in the phone.



Exactly what are you doing that requires you to blow up a 3264x2448 resolution image? Honestly, with the amount of extra noise and terrible low light exposure most 12+ mp cell phone sensors have, you'd probably be better off upscaling the 8mp photo with a good resampling filter anyway. Apple's sensor may have fewer pixels, but it is for all intents and purposes a better sensor than the higher pixel count sensors in other phones on the market.

FFS, I have a 7 year old 7mp Canon point-and-shoot that takes pictures just fine for print. If you're trying to do professional level photo editing with a camera phone photo, you're doing it wrong.
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4k monitor, 4k tv, wallpaper for desktop, cropping out a face in a crowd to use, etc.
 
Nilay Patel's review of the 6 Plus from The Verge...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6155009/apple-iphone-6-plus-review

"The iPhone 6 Plus camera is the best smartphone camera I’ve ever used. Apple’s holding firm at 8 megapixels while everyone else is racing to put ever-bigger numbers on spec sheets, and it feels like the right decision: the iPhone 6 Plus focuses faster, works better in low light, and generally produces the best photos I’ve ever seen from a phone."
 
Apple obviously got it right. The reviewers are calling the 6 Plus the best smartphone camera out there despite the megapixel game being played by other manufacturers.
 
Another anecdote about the cameras in both phones:

"Apple has made significant improvements to its ISP (Image Signal Processor) which have resulted in apparent gains in sharpness, color rendition and low-light performance. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the best smartphone cameras I’ve ever used, and approach the best point-and-shoot cameras I’ve ever shot."

http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/17/life-is-tough/?ncid=rss

8 Megapixels is plenty of resolution. Apple's signal processing is second to none, and that's why the iPhone cameras are always rated very highly despite not being the most complex or highest resolution.
 
Absolutely not, building a better quality sensor without stuffing tens of tens of megapixels in there will make for better pictures. A bigger sensor is always way better than bigger amounts of megapixels.
 
I have to commend Surf Monkey for dealing with people in this thread in such a non aggressive way, I doubt I would do as well lol.

I am perfectly fine with 8MP I can print an 8X10 easily and can even go above that if I am willing to sacrifice a little bit of quality, or put in a little bit of work to get the bump I need in software. I can't wait for my 6+ to get here as I feel like the larger screen and better low light abilities is really going to spark my iPhone photography habits again.
 
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