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Come on, we don't need another "DSLR experience is better" offtopic
We all know it, but this topic is about iPhone 7 plus 
f/2.8 is smaller than f/1.8. Just like 1/4 is smaller than 1/2. And I know that an f/1.8 lens lets in more light and is thus is better in low light than an f/2.8 lens. So what are you trying to tell me?
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I was speaking in general terms, not stating an absolute rule. In general, if you're looking at lenses in the same price range and quality, the longer the zoom, the slower it will be (the less light it will let in). Of course you can find telephoto lenses that match or beat some wide angle lenses, if those telephoto lenses are like 5 times the price of the wide angle lenses.
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Not anymore.
and if it doesn't have to be faster than f/1.8
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The top lens is new for 2016; the bottom lens is actually discontinued,
i was actually talking about the 85 and 50 1.2... thats what i meant by fast.
this was done with a canon. not even a fast one but better than an iPhone 7
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f/2.8 is smaller than f/1.8. Just like 1/4 is smaller than 1/2. And I know that an f/1.8 lens lets in more light and is thus is better in low light than an f/2.8 lens. So what are you trying to tell me?
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I was speaking in general terms, not stating an absolute rule. In general, if you're looking at lenses in the same price range and quality, the longer the zoom, the slower it will be (the less light it will let in). Of course you can find telephoto lenses that match or beat some wide angle lenses, if those telephoto lenses are like 5 times the price of the wide angle lenses.
i know my stuff. i was just trying to say to the person that focal length doesnt matter. if you have the money you can buy fast glass.
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That's what I meant. Longer lens... smaller f/stop (bigger number below the f/)... generally.
unless you want 1.2 then no. unless you have the money. not everyone needs 1.2. it produces a really shallow depth of field. unless you're doing astro stuff way out where theres no light pollution then not many people need it. maybe if you do portraits but if you do you stop it down.
theres a .95 lens. its crap even in low light and its all manual. there a canon 50mm 1.0 that hasn't been made since the 90's that people still want. its only good if you like that look, not a lot of people like it, its more of an artistic look
The problem with faster lenses is that the DOF decreases. On my Minolta using the 1.4 lens the DOF is razor thin. When you get even faster it starts to get interesting.
Here are few of mine. Portrait-Mode needs a lot of improvement. Sometimes it works good, but sometimes the edges look awful! All in all, I'm really impressed with the new iPhone camera. I had to scale down the pictures by 50% to upload them, so the quality might be bad now.
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Impressed - just a lovely portrait, and shows the new Portrait mode bokeh off beautifully. Will now download iOS 10.1 beta as soon as possible!!
Been wanting to stop and shoot this old barn, finally did it yesterday. Morning light would've been best, but at least I had clouds. Lightly edited in Photos and exported to a smaller file size.
May you share the unedited full size photo as well as the edited full size version? Thanks!
that's copyrighted material you know that yeah?
Just the 'absolute' nature of your comment. Implying that because the tele is longer it must be worse in low light. It's worse in low light because of the smaller aperture, not because its focal length is longer.
I've been an Android user for the past 8 years and haven't had an iPhone for more than a few days since owning the iPhone 3G years ago. I decided to make the switch from a Nexus 6P to the iPhone 7 to see what all the fuss is about and I must say, of all the features the iPhone 7 touts, the camera is absolutely blowing me away. I snapped these pictures this morning. (click to enlarge)
Rocky Mountain National Park? Pikes Peak possibly?
With the normal lens that is stabilized you need atleast 1/10th or faster shutter speed to get sharp photo. But the tele is 56mm and needs atleast 1/50th to 1/60th shutter speed to get sharp shot, because it doesn't have OIS. And in order to get to 1/50th shutter the ISO needs to go higher. Thats the effect of focal lenght to low light photography.
Guanella Pass, just outside of Georgetown. If you haven't made your way up there yet, I HIGHLY recommend doing it this week. The trees are perfect up there right now. My pictures hardly do it justice since the cars were the main focus of the trip.
Awesome Fall shots! I'm guessing you shot these with Lightroom, ProCamera or ProCam?