What really blows my mind is the difference between the iPhone 3 and 3GS. I think that it may even have the most eye pleasing camera of the lot. The other generations are marginal compared to 3->3GS
How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
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Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
It would give a sense of how far they still have to go.
There is nowhere to go, not with the available physical space. I expect noise to get lower and lower and low light performance to increase, leading to sharper (due to less noise reduction) and less noisier images in the coming years, though, due to the small available physical space and small sensor probably always a step behind larger sensors (like the ones one would find in larger cameras). Maybe it will be possibl…
> There is nowhere to go, not with the available physical space.
While true, also false.
Take something like the Sony Nex series; mirrorless digital system camera. Not much larger than a (big) smart phone. Sure, bigger than an iPhone. But it might not be that difficult to fit the "rest" of a smart phone into one of those. In fact, it probably have all the parts: battery, (touch?)screen, microphone, wireless radio (not cellular, but that could be changed), speaker (maybe needs to be added).
But a better way to go would probably be some kind of light-field technology. I think that holds more promise for better pictures in a similar form factor, and the possibility of ease of use.
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#63Our team (RYOT) got the opportunity to film a documentary short in Haiti with the new 6S+, results were lovely. Feel free to check out the film in 4K: http://www.ryot.org/watch-the-first-documentary-filmed-on-an... also for fun there's a behind the scenes on the same link that shows how the shots came together.
This is really impressive, and the result is beautiful.
How is the lens attached to the iPhone? How is the focus controlled?
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#64It looks like the 4S had the biggest improvement over its predecessors. Each modal before and after the 4S look like they only slightly improved upon the previous model.
Agree, 4 was a good improvement, but 4S made it it really usable one. I've updated from 4S to 6S and this weekend had a chance to capture some scenic ocean cliffs. The difference is definitely noticeable and I've got some very nice shots, but nothing to rage about. I would have happily kept using 4S if not lack of RAM made it's use hellishly slow.
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#65Sad to see they still have the cranked noise reduction, which really ruins faces. If you look at the enlarged portait pics and compare the 4s and 6s you'll see what I mean: the 4s has details in the skin, the 6s has a near-impressionist blurred mess.
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#66Very nicely laid out. I love that you can compare small pieces side by side and then expand the relevant ones. (smooth animations too)
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
The best camera is the one you have with you. Once the moment has passed, having a better camera isn't going to recreate that moment. The iPhone pretty much wins this every time. It's always with you. If you're in the studio creating scenes, you aren't going to use your iPhone, so it doesn't really matter. If you're going to buy a camera to carry everywhere, you're still not going to use your iPhone. So it's really a…
I feel like you are not getting the point.
The point is that the iPhone is technically utter garbage compared to even the cheapest low-end DSLR. Zoom into 100% on any iPhone picture and you're going to see nothing but compression artifacts with whatever remains blurred by pocket lint on the microscopically small lens.
Meanwhile, your DSLR is sitting at home in the closet. Guess which picture wins.
Here are two pictures I took recently, one with the iPhone, when the light was amazing, and one with my DSLR much later in the day, when the light sucked: https://goo.gl/photos/cnMFQaeUNHcBQdVG7
The clouds in the iPhone photo look amazing, and there are no cars in the street cluttering the view. But zoom in and see nothing but sensor noise and blurring from compression and generally poor technical performance of the camera.
Then look at the one taken with my DSLR. You can zoom in far down the street and read signs perfectly. But there is nothing interesting in the picture at all.
The iPhone phone camera sucked. The iPhone photo wins.
(Honestly, the iPhone camera almost ruins the picture, it would have looked amazing with the DSLR. But it was at home on my shelf. Not very useful there.)
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#68Our team (RYOT) got the opportunity to film a documentary short in Haiti with the new 6S+, results were lovely. Feel free to check out the film in 4K: http://www.ryot.org/watch-the-first-documentary-filmed-on-an... also for fun there's a behind the scenes on the same link that shows how the shots came together.
This is really impressive, and the result is beautiful. How is the lens attached to the iPhone? How is the focus controlled?
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Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is nowhere to go, not with the available physical space. I expect noise to get lower and lower and low light performance to increase, leading to sharper (due to less noise reduction) and less noisier images in the coming years, though, due to the small available physical space and small sensor probably always a step behind larger sensors (like the ones one would find in larger cameras). Maybe it will be possibl…
> There is nowhere to go, not with the available physical space. While true, also false. Take something like the Sony Nex series; mirrorless digital system camera. Not much larger than a (big) smart phone. Sure, bigger than an iPhone. But it might not be that difficult to fit the "rest" of a smart phone into one of those. In fact, it probably have all the parts: battery, (touch?)screen, microphone, wireless radio (no…
This. I own a Sony NEX because I want something portable that can take good pictures. I don't care that much about a mediocre telephone, web browser, and GameBoy, unless it's nearly as good at photography.
Re: How does the iPhone 6s camera compare to other iPhone generations?
#70I know it's not new, but there is still something quite powerful about the fact that a photograph taken by a pocket-sized device has enough quality to clearly show the outline of the photographer in the subject's eye.
Yup. And these photos are all gorgeous. I think we're at a point were the limiting factor is not the camera, but the photographers' skill.
True in bright conditions, but smartphone cameras still suck in low light.