Well, the Nikon D2X sensor is APS-C, which is GINORMOUS when compared to the iPhone 17 Pro's 1/2.55" telephoto sensor, and the iPhone 17 Pro's telephoto sensor is in turn way bigger than the iPhone 16 Pro Max's 1/3.06" telephoto sensor.
Sheesh. FYI the farther the flash is from the lens the better from a photographic standpoint, not "far from the cameras for design purposes." Did you think all those wedding photogs carry around unwieldy flash brackets on their Nikons "for design purposes?"
What is your point? Just picking nits? No one is claiming that larger pixels do not have differences from smaller pixels. Do you disagree with the competence of this capture that claims effective 13mm-200mm equivalence that was shown at the keynote?
My point is that your experience with pixel counts on an APS-C sensor on a semi-pro / pro dSLR is not really applicable when it comes to pixel counts on mobile phone camera sensors. It's not an apples to Apples comparison, as it were.
Yes - - but in another sense not really. Defining smartphone captures by simplistic specs is just wrong. We need to real-world test each new generation because the tiny iPhone Pro camera devices have three cameras that interact and present image captures to us. We will not know what magic Apple put together until we actually hold it in our hands and use it.
"BTW, my guess is not too many pros will be wanting to use the 8X crop much in low light." Safe bet! But the point is that in good light it will likely be reasonably viable, just like the professionally lighted example from the keynote.
The difference is that it's a PITA. Most average people would rather just frame and meter at 8X 12 MP and shoot at 8X 12 MP rather than try to do all that in the centre of a 4X 48 MP frame with manual cropping later. However, the bonus here is that the 8X 12 MP image does not include interpolated pixels. In contrast, a 5X 12 MP sensor framed and shot at 8X 12 MP would include lots of interpolated pixels.
IMO we cannot look at it simplistically like we do with our DSLRs and single-lens big heavy pieces of glass. With our iPhone Pro 17s we will have three 48 MP lenses and computational photography. What does that mean? IDK.
You are in the minority. Most people can't be bothered most of the time, including myself.
I always thought it was referring to being 8x zoom when compared to the shortest focal length 13mm. That’s the only way it makes sense.
It really isn’t. The 8x and the 4x both have the exact same focal length and FOV. Both have the same image circle over the sensor but one uses less of that sensor, this process is known as cropping and always has been.
All colors with the titanium except the natural titanium could also get scratches more or less easily.
Not the ring around the lenses. If it scratches that heavily you would see some marks there as well.
I got the point. There are cases available with a cover of that area as well.
