Maybe my camera eye sucks but I think the iPhone X pic is way better. Unless you meant to blur the water with a slower shutter speed.
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iPhone X Ditching my DSLR/Mirrorless and shooting strictly with the iPhone X? (HOBBYIST)
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The colour is also a lot more natural on the long exposure photo whereas the iPhone has just enhanced the blacks to make the picture appear sharp.
As others have said the comparison here is more the iPhone against other point and shoot cameras. If you know what you are doing then a DSLR will always give you the better results. You can’t really dispute that. For most people though an iPhone camera is good enough. I’m sure we can all relate to that.
As others have said the comparison here is more the iPhone against other point and shoot cameras. If you know what you are doing then a DSLR will always give you the better results. You can’t really dispute that. For most people though an iPhone camera is good enough. I’m sure we can all relate to that.
Gotcha. Looks like ya got the shot you wanted then. Like I said, I’m no camera guy so my opinion means nothing.
I did hear someone say once, “The Best camera to have is the one youre willing to carry with you.”
If you think you’ll leave the nice camera in your hotel room most of the time, then it may not be worth it to bring it along.
[doublepost=1510868201][/doublepost]I viewed your webpage of pics. Good looking shots there.
On a side note, I hope you knew that person sleeping on the bench. If not, that’s just creepy and disrespectful.
"The best camera is the one you have with you" is the version I'm most familiar with, but it basically means the same thing. Most of us photography enthusiasts are willing to carry different amounts of kit depending on where we are going and what we want to photograph. If I'm walking on one of our local beaches and see a bald eagle high up in a tree that I want to photograph, my iPhone will be useless. So will a DSLR with a wide angle lens. What you really want is a 300mm lens at a minimum. Of course now you're talking big shoulder bag or backpack for camera gear. I'm not going to carry that if I'm just walking to work and want to have a camera on me for unexpected photo opportunities. It's also not the end of the world if I don't get that photo of a bald eagle. Plenty of bald eagle photos in the world, but if I enjoy photographing eagles (which I do) then there will be times when it is worth it to me to haul the gear.
I'm probably an extreme example, but I have several combinations of kit that range from pocket-sized (just my iPhone) to coat-pocket sized (my Olympus OM-D with a pancake prime) to small shoulder bag (OM-D with several lenses) and on up to full kit backpack (two camera bodies with lenses ranging from ultrawide to long tele and a tripod). I choose what combination of gear to take with me based on where I'm going, what I will be doing, and what I hope to photograph. Even though I have some excellent highly specialized photography equipment, I'm super excited about the photographic capabilities of the iPhone X. What photographer wouldn't be excited about having a better camera that fits easily into a jean pocket? That said, there will still be plenty of situations where I will prefer to use my other camera gear because of what I like to photograph and what kind of results I expect to be able to achieve.
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Ok you are kidding right? The actual Lightroom I use on my desktop computer (because also even a laptop is not sufficient when editing photos) and the Lightroom app is not even close in terms of, well, everything. The app has the same exact limited feautures the iphone build in photo editing has. It's just a post processor, not an editing program. There is so many things you can't do on the app. AND you can't edit Raw photos on your phone. Your phone will not even be able to open Raw photo files.
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I don't think you sound extreme at all
Thats how most photographers think and feel. I have missed on great shots of wild animals with my dslr so many times just becuase I had it on manual and slower shutter speed etc. Even though "the best camera is the one you have with you" if the photo is not good quality I won't be satisfied. It's all or nothing Ok you are kidding right? The actual Lightroom I use on my desktop computer (because also even a laptop is not sufficient when editing photos) and the Lightroom app is not even close in terms of, well, everything. The app has the same exact limited feautures the iphone build in photo editing has. It's just a post processor, not an editing program. There is so many things you can't do on the app. AND you can't edit Raw photos on your phone. Your phone will not even be able to open Raw photo files.
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Huh ? I use LR and it works fine on iOS. Can’t open raw photo files ? You obviously have not a clue on that. I do it all the time.
I’d link some articles and apps to do this but it seems like you’re not interested.
I hear you.
They are two different photography techniques. The top photo is a long exposure and the bottom is just an instant photo.
Had the OP taken both photos using the same method then it’s hard to imagine the DSLR being inferior. I wouldn’t know where to begin taking an long exposure on an iPhone though?
Live Photos. When looking at a Live Photo in the Photo app, swipe up and choose Long Exposure. It uses the 3 seconds of movement Live Photos captures and gives you a long exposure like image.
Thanks for tip, i’ll give that a try
.It’s as I thought though, not really comparable to what I can do with a DSLR as exposures often fun into minutes rather than seconds. Then again it’s horses for courses.
Thanks for tip, i’ll give that a try.
It’s as I thought though, not really comparable to what I can do with a DSLR as exposures often fun into minutes rather than seconds. Then again it’s horses for courses.
Several 3rd party camera apps will do that. For instance I use ProCam sometimes and it has a slow shutter mode. You can select shutter speeds of 4, 8, 15, 30 seconds and even has a bulb setting for opening the shutter as long as you want.
I’m just judging on the 2 photos presented to me and of the 2 I see the IPhone X one looks better. I’m not getting into technicalities.
You’re being suckered by contrast differences. You can easily make the Sony image iPhone X like by cranking up the contrast and blowing out the highlights and shadows. Thing is, while you make the Sony pic look like X, you can’t undo what the X already did to the image.
It’s because the Sony image presented wasn’t edited very well. It’s very dark and extremely flat.
Obviously the the Sony image will have better dynamic range and image quality. However the image selected by that poster was a terrible example to use, for the reason I gave above. Too dark, and far too flat. Doesn’t matter how good the camera is, if the edit is done poorly, then an iPhone image will win every time.
Perhaps you should post the full-resolution photos to show the difference.
The A7RII has an absolutely outstanding sensor. It's a gem of a camera.
Oh I wouldn’t say that.
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Oh I wouldn’t say that.
There was still a little bit of head room left in that iPhone X jpg.
Note that this is something that I wouldn’t normally do, download a low res jpg, adjusting it some and saving it back as jpg (thus pouching it even further) then uploading it again. So now it’s really low res and blistered but none the less the original jpg certainly has headroom in it still.
I almost always make as raw, rarely I’ll use the native camera app for a quick snap here and there.
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Ok lets say it like this; I rather work on and edit my photos on a big calibrated computer screen rather then a small phone screen
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I didn't know there were apps for raw files but now I know thank you!
I wouldn't wanna edit on a small phone screen but I can see the use of it!
Ok lets say it like this; I rather work on and edit my photos on a big calibrated computer screen rather then a small phone screen
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I didn't know there were apps for raw files but now I know thank you!
I wouldn't wanna edit on a small phone screen but I can see the use of it!
If you have an iPad there is an app called affinity photo which is pretty much photoshop that can also edit raw files.