iPhone 15 Pro Max vs. DSLR photos: Real world camera comparison
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#2Compare it to a modern missorless camera like the Nikon Z9 or Z8.
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#3These are incredible. The engineering and software that goes into making such a miniaturized product with this fidelity. My teenage self would have been in awe.
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#4It’s incredible - but still, if I was doing professional photography, I’d have a professional camera if only to avoid the generic “iPhone look” that can’t quite be quantified. Also because, if I showed up to a shoot with an iPhone… my reputation would be suspect.
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#5It’s incredible - but still, if I was doing professional photography, I’d have a professional camera if only to avoid the generic “iPhone look” that can’t quite be quantified. Also because, if I showed up to a shoot with an iPhone… my reputation would be suspect.
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#6It's impressive. My only complaint would be that the article is mainly focusing on pretty good conditions. I'd be nice to see the same thing with crap lighting.
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#7Unreal performance from the iPhone.
But that’s an old camera. I bought the latest, cheapest mirror-less Canon a year ago, and it was CAD 1600 with a 28-105mm lens. It’s got a full-frame (ie, much larger area) and more advanced sensor than the DSLR in the article.
No smartphone is going to match it, possibly ever.
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#8It's an interesting topic and I agree with the conclusions. But I really dislike the testing methodology - the comparison photos have clearly different poses and people/animals moving around. I've done my own smartphone vs. DSLR image quality comparisons, and I photographed a static city skyline, and it made comparing and pointing out the differences much easier and more defensible.
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#9I ditched all my cameras 5 years ago in favour of convenience. I’m a bit disappointed that the difference is still so large. I was convinced phones were going to approach crop sensor quality but it’s not even close, the 80D completely smoked it.
> There is a notable drawback for the iPhone 15 Pro Max in the 3X to 4.9X range (~72mm to 119mm full frame equivalent), as it’s stuck using the main sensor, rather than switching to the telephoto.
I’m super glad Apple couldn’t figure out the tech to get the 5x lens in the non-Max models. I make way more use of 3x than 5x. Cropping the main sensor up to 5x is a bad call IMHO. This is the equivalent of walking around with a 24mm and 120mm prime. Who’s doing that? MaxTech dropped a vid today and the 4.9x shot is atrocious; the 3-5x range is basically unusable on the 15 Pro Max models.
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#10Tony & Chelsea Northrup just posted a video on a recent trip to Italy where they generally left their photo gear at home (taking only some 'token' equipment), and where generally not happy with the results. "My iPhone Camera FAILED me!":
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ38JusO-JA
Partly it's because while the 'computational photography' stuff can give good results, if you disable it, and go with a 'raw' format:
* https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211965
so you can do some later post-processing yourself, you're using the 'base' capabilities of a mediocre sensor and lens (compared to a 'real' camera).