I recently upgraded from a 6s to the 13. The improvements in the selfie cam and the main back camera are great. But the ultra-wide shots seem off. Part of the image on the side seem slightly stretched. I have no use for this second camera and don’t see what the point of it is. What am I missing? What is your use case for the ultra wide camera?
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iPhone 13 When do you use the Ultra Wide camera?
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I had a 13 Mini for a bit and I had the same sort of "what is this really useful for" feeling about the wide angle lens.
I honestly think a telephoto would have been more useful for the 2nd lens on the normal 13's
I'm guessing Apple has data or usages in mind that disagree with me.
I'm curious to hear what folks here say.
I honestly think a telephoto would have been more useful for the 2nd lens on the normal 13's
I'm guessing Apple has data or usages in mind that disagree with me.
I'm curious to hear what folks here say.
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I use Ultra-Wide to try and capture more of the background. For example, last year I was at Niagara Falls and using Ultra Wide I was able to capture my family and more of the falls.
I use it when I try to get a practical photo of something and I need to compare it to the background or get an overview. But I dont like how it looks, so i never use for when i want a photo to ‘look good’. I could very much live without it, and would have preferred a 3x telephoto lens instead.
I use it quite a bit to capture broad landscapes when hiking. It offers a different perspective than a panorama might. It’s also a fun compositional tool closer in too. If they’re only going to have two lenses, it makes sense to have the UW and standard: you can always crop in but not out (and as has been well documented, often even on telephoto equipped models the system uses a crop from the standard lens anyway).
No. What I meant is you can get the effect of the telephoto (or near enough) by cropping the normal lens.
The distortion around the edges of the ultra-wide is part of the point of the lens. That’s the “look”. I like it.
I use it to photograph wider buildings for my website (link in sig). Also, the regular lens on the 13 will not focus if the object is only a inch or so from what you want to photograph - for example, a label on a vitamin jar; but the ultra-wide will.
I absolutely loved the UW camera on my 12P at first because it allows for some stunning landscape and great groups shots but the overall image quality and the distortion at the edges is just too bad most of the time unfortunately.
The purpose of an ultrawide is to emphasize foreground subjects. Pick an interesting subject, get really close to it, and place it near the center of your frame.
This briefly touches on the topic: Common photographic mistakes
This briefly touches on the topic: Common photographic mistakes
Typical use is for architecture and landscape. Long before digital photography.
But i guess apple chose it cos it’s cheaper to produce at the same level of picture quality. The aperture leaves in more light and usually everything in ultra wide is sharp cos of the large depth of field
Here some nice use:
photographylife.com
But i guess apple chose it cos it’s cheaper to produce at the same level of picture quality. The aperture leaves in more light and usually everything in ultra wide is sharp cos of the large depth of field
Here some nice use:
What is an Ultra-Wide Angle Lens and How to Use It - Photography Life
photographylife.com
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