Thanks for the analysis, Jim.
Your depth of detail includes description of the capabilities that explain how the latest iPhone cameras surpass the older ones and make them truly competitive with cameras such as the Nikon, and you suggest specific iPhone models that provide those capabilities.
My first Apple camera was in a fourth generation iPod Touch device. The promotions for the device implied that the camera was adequate. The photos were all grainy. It was a deep disappointment.
Many iPhone users, including me, are in the group who have been satisfied by the likes of an autofocus $120 Canon PowerShot in the past.
My first Apple camera was in a fourth generation iPod Touch device. The promotions for the device implied that the camera was adequate. The photos were all grainy. It was a deep disappointment.
What I was trying to say in my post was that all of the fairly recent iPhones could make acceptable snapshots... nothing more.
Thanks again for providing specific facts and examples...
Bim B
On Mar 30, 2019, at 11:32 AM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Many of us do exactly that.
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On Mar 30, 2019, at 11:32 AM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
THE FOLLOWING IS OPINION FOR WHICH I HAVE NO PROOF WHATSOEVER:Unless you are going to blow up or crop and blow up your pictures…
It IS true that the newer iPhones have better cameras and much better cameras than the older ones… especially for use in low light situations, and the improved capabilities for portraits are impressive, but for snapshots that will never be bigger than 3X5 or 4X6, the older iPhones are perfectly suitable."Bim" B who was happy with his iPhone 5s camera and is happy with his iPhone SE camera now. (I upgraded my 5S because it had only 16GB storage)
The 7+, 8+, X, XS, and XS Max all have dual rear-facing cameras, one with the 35mm full-frame camera equivalent of a 28mm focal length, and one with 56mm.
This means that one can get that closer-in image without losing detail by having to enlarge/crop a wide-angle image.
I would estimate that perhaps 70-80% of the images I've shot in the last 15 months have been shot at 2x...
Furthermore, newer devices have faster processors, and often more memory, which means that computational photography features (such as low-light compensation or depth-of-field) are possible that would be tedious and unfriendly, or frankly not possible, with older devices.
For example, I have been documenting the rebuilding of my home, post-fire, and almost all of my non-flash interior images (with only dim light filtering in from outside) look warm and well-lit. Since I have owned and used a 3G, 3Gs, 4, 4s, 5s, 6+, and X prior to my present XS Max, I can say with some authority that this would not have been true in years past.
If in decades past, you would have been happy carrying around a Kodak Brownie camera, then don't go for these new guys, at least not for the camera.
If you've been carrying around a Nikon since 1960, you might feel differently. I really like the higher quality lenses on my Nikon, and the better exposure control, and the ability to use a true zoom. But I'd rather carry an iPhone wherever I go than ALWAYS carry my Nikon.
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