iPhone XS: Why It’s a Whole New Camera
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iPhone XS: Why It’s a Whole New Camera
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#2The images processed with SmartRaw look absolutely incredible. It's kind of shocking that some of the images out of the stock camera look as smooth and noisy as they do.
Good job Halide!
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#3Is anyone using Halide right now? Is it worth the $6? I've never purchased any sort of camera app before.
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#4Author must not have been aware that the Pixel has been doing this for years already. This is just Apple copying Google. Reading "Apple is smart." makes me cringe.
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#5Is anyone using Halide right now? Is it worth the $6? I've never purchased any sort of camera app before.
Depends on whether you think the differences in results shown in the closing sections of the article are worth that cost.
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#6Author must not have been aware that the Pixel has been doing this for years already. This is just Apple copying Google. Reading "Apple is smart." makes me cringe.
By that measure the original Pixel copied the iPhone 6 that arrived two years before since it had HDR. What's the point of this game?
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#7Author must not have been aware that the Pixel has been doing this for years already. This is just Apple copying Google. Reading "Apple is smart." makes me cringe.
By that measure the original Pixel copied the iPhone 6 that arrived two years before since it had HDR. What's the point of this game?
I think parent is taking issue with the weird "Apple is smart!" opening narrative, which seems to imply that Apple came up with computational photography, as opposed to it simply being a general industry trend.
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#8This is a really good review of the new camera including why the facial smoothing happens.. needs more visibility!
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#9Interesting. To be honest, I'm a little bit surprised it took so long for computational photography to come to market in smartphones, but it's nice to see it, I definitely agree that it's pretty much one of the only ways to improve imaging in such constrained conditions.
Re: iPhone XS: Why It’s a Whole New Camera
#10Author must not have been aware that the Pixel has been doing this for years already. This is just Apple copying Google. Reading "Apple is smart." makes me cringe.
I used to care, but I appreciate how Apple doesn't just cram everyone onto a PCB just because it is possible.
Android phones consistently have features that won't be seen on Apple devices for 2-5 years, or never. When Apple announces something as if it is new, what they are announcing is a new integration into an ecosystem.
Iphone XS' image format will be usable, editable and parseable in OSX's default photo viewer.
It will inherit the live photo technology.
It will be transferrable without internet in short range wireless tech that actually works reliably and without any additional apps.
Thats what Apple announces when they don't pay homage to prior implementations of an existing technology.