iPhone Macro: A Big Day for Small Things

Post by sudosysgen » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 1:56 AM UTC

defaultname wrote: post #24

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But that's how physics work. If iPhone Macro doesn't suffer the same issues, then it's a software trick

Depth of field is a direct function of real-world focal length. An iPhone has camera systems with a focal length in the 1.4mm - 5mm range (the equivalent framing is not relevant to the impact on DoF). Most SLRs have lenses with focal lengths from 35mm - 100mm. https://www.photopills.com/calculators/dof (That site has different camera selections purely because the circle of confusion differs based upon the sensor size…

Post by sudosysgen » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:00 AM UTC

packetslave wrote: post #37

Here's the thing about iPhone photography (and Android too, I suppose): if you know what a DSLR is, or the difference between DSLR and mirrorless bodies, you are not the target audience . Apple isn't trying compete with a $3500 Sony A7R4 with a $1000 90mm macro lens. They're aiming for people who see the example "macro" photos and say "neat! I want to try that". Or the people who have already bought a Moment macro le…

Post by jacobolus » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:32 AM UTC

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I think that's largely true -- if you frequently need to take professional macro shots, you'll already have your own, better setup anyhow, and won't be switching to a phone camera anytime soon. However, somewhat surprisingly (for me at least), this seems to actually be good enough to also satisfy those that do carry fancy cameras, but don't need to take macro shots that often... from https://austinmann.com/trek/iphon…

no, the difference between a full-frame DSLR and any phone camera is night and day. It's just ridiculous to read articles about phone cameras with their ugly photos where authors are writing something like “wow it's amazing - best camera ever, you don't need a pro camera anymore”. It's so funny.

Post by bigiain » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 3:10 AM UTC

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And when it's good, it's good. I just clicked buy on Halide. I'd downloaded and played with it back when I got my iPhoneXR, and I only upgraded from that recently purely because I wanted some of the camera advances. $80 to buy specialised software for my $1800 camera (that also happens to be a phone) feels totally like the right thing to do.

Yeah I just tried it out and holy shit it's light years better than the default camera app when it come to letting you adjust manual focus and what not. I signed up for the trial. The yearly fee is only $11.99. How did you spend $80?

Post by fieu » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 4:10 AM UTC

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Honestly, as someone who is starting to go long-sighted, this is tempting me towards getting a 13 pro (or Pixel 6 i it is similarly good). I frequently find myself using my phone camera to zoom in on ridiculously small text on things, but my phone has always struggled with it. Good phone macro will be a feature I would use all the time.

I've heard of people who are very near-sighted using their smartphones to help them find their glasses. Just hold the phone close to your face, so you can see it in focus, and open the camera app. Voila, you can see the whole room in focus!