How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?

Post by coldtea » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

rcthompson wrote: post #13

jlarocco wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it'd be more useful comparing with a "decent" point and shoot, because that's the market being eroded by camera phones. The only people moving from DSLRs to camera phones probably didn't really need the power of a DSLR in the first place.

Yes, a comparison with a decent point-and-shoot camera would be good, but the purpose of including a high-quality DSLR shot in the comparison would be as a reference point for "this is the best that the shot can possibly look", in order to put things on an absolute scale rather than just a relative one. (Obviously, the article text should make this purpose clear.)

Post by mrcarrot » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 8:04 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #14

stinos wrote: post #5

The comparisions in this article are really nicely done, but even better would be to have a shot from a decent DSLR next to it just to get an idea of how a phone image compares to that.

I always seem to have my iPhone when I want my DSLR. The iPhone's metering is suspicious. It seems to average all areas of the frame equally, resulting in underexposure when the background's exposure is different from the exposure you'd use the capture the subject. Of course this will always happen with any camera, by my A7ii seems to be very good at picking a correct exposure. (Of course it has exposure compensation…

Post by micampe » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 8:07 PM UTC

saturdaysaint wrote: post #17

I'm on a 5S. This might sound like melodramatic consumerist envy, but I've been struck over the last year by how many emotionally stirring pictures I've seen amateurs take with the iPhone 6. My phone can take a pretty sharp photo of a baby/puppy/landscape, but there's something about the 6 generation that almost triggers that sense of "presence" people bring up in regard to VR. I think you can see this pretty vividly…

Post by jakobegger » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 8:07 PM UTC

saturdaysaint wrote: post #17

I'm on a 5S. This might sound like melodramatic consumerist envy, but I've been struck over the last year by how many emotionally stirring pictures I've seen amateurs take with the iPhone 6. My phone can take a pretty sharp photo of a baby/puppy/landscape, but there's something about the 6 generation that almost triggers that sense of "presence" people bring up in regard to VR. I think you can see this pretty vividly…

Post by noinput » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 8:16 PM UTC