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Taken today on campus.
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So.... are all of the portrait bokeh shots done wth the 56mm lens? Or does the 28mm kick in when the telephoto doesn't work?
 
Nothing special, was just testing out the camera in low light last night in a bar. Really impressed with the low light performance.

This wasn't shot with portrait mode.

Punk by Steven Barrow, on Flickr
 
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I think this portrait mode (and maybe the other modes) are over sharpening images along with trying to apply too much noise reduction.
 
Other then the stock app can anyone suggest a good app that I can really test the iPhone 7 plus dual camera
 
Yep, telephoto lenses in general are not well suited to low light photography, so Apple just doesn't use it when the camera software determines that the quality would be worse than just digital zooming with the wide angle lens. Even the $350 telephoto lens I have for my Sony mirrorless camera stinks in low light compared to the kit and wide angle lenses.

As a general rule of thumb, you should really only use the 2x zoom when you are outdoors and the sun is out or you are indoors under bright lighting. If you are outdoors and the sun has already set or you are indoors in medium lighting or less, just stick to the wide angle lens.


actually focal length doesnt matter. its aperture (f stop) that matters for low light.
 
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