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iPhone 7 Plus Photography
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Try this one. The phone was very close, and I chose to focus on the piece of corned beef right in front of the runny yolk. It still looks better on the phone, but even here it looks reasonably sharp.
Untitled by Chris Owens, on Flickr
[doublepost=1474253440][/doublepost]And it's sideways. LOL
Untitled by Chris Owens, on Flickr[doublepost=1474253440][/doublepost]And it's sideways. LOL
Took this on my 7+ while walking over to my friends' house for dinner as it neared sunset...
I can't comment on the quality because I'm salivating like a dog. Looks delicious.Try this one. The phone was very close, and I chose to focus on the piece of corned beef right in front of the runny yolk. It still looks better on the phone, but even here it looks reasonably sharp.
[doublepost=1474253440][/doublepost]And it's sideways. LOL
Well first picture was taken in lower light conditions since the sun was already below horizon. Normal iPhone 6 Plus pictures are more noisy unless you use a long exposure.
Also, regular iPhone pics are nowhere near the detail of these ones since these are 12mp low noise pictures while regular picture from 6 plus are 8mp. That indoor picture of the dome would normally produce more noise when zooming in than it does here.
In fact, there is enough detail in the bottom picture that you can zoom in on the gazebo without loosing detail. Enough detail to crop and print.
I went out shooting with my 7+ yesterday and feel obligated to share some of my favorites (they are unedited). They wouldn't upload so here are the links. My favorite one was the girl on the mountain bike, I snapped it when she was mid-air and it turned out to be a fantastic live photo. Additionally, I was able to capture Venus on the horizon right after sunset, and then Mars and Saturn and part of the Scorpius constellation. There are two pictures of the trail I was on where I used both the 1x and 2x zoom on (they are out of order), and the last picture happened to create a bokeh effect with the moon and city lights when it wouldn't focus *rolls eyes* (I did edit this one a little though).
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Obviously it's no DSLR, but I'm still pretty impressed with this quality from a phone camera:
Is it possible that the camera takes time to bed in because I've been getting some great indoor shots this morning. Compared to the grainy/noisy ones I was getting yesterday!
iPhone 7 Plus. Definitely less compression than with iPhone 6s Plus. More detail in the fur for example.
I like taking pictures of flowers all year round.
In fact I'll be taking this phone out later if the weather permits and seeing if it passes my flower test
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That is amazing. I'm excited now. This is definitely better than any of the flower pics I got with my S7 edge. Did you use the optical zoom or is it just a macro shot?Obviously it's no DSLR, but I'm still pretty impressed with this quality from a phone camera:
I was using the 2x optical zoom, though EXIF data doesn't appear to reflect that, at least on Flickr.
EDIT: Never mind, I'm pretty sure it was digital zoom after all. See more details here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-7-plus-post-your-pics.1997762/page-5#post-23519200
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I went out shooting with my 7+ yesterday and feel obligated to share some of my favorites (they are unedited). They wouldn't upload so here are the links. My favorite one was the girl on the mountain bike, I snapped it when she was mid-air and it turned out to be a fantastic live photo. Additionally, I was able to capture Venus on the horizon right after sunset, and then Mars and Saturn and part of the Scorpius constellation. There are two pictures of the trail I was on where I used both the 1x and 2x zoom on (they are out of order), and the last picture happened to create a bokeh effect with the moon and city lights when it wouldn't focus *rolls eyes* (I did edit this one a little though).
These photos looks great, I'm impressed considering there from a camera in a phone! There are some great photos in this thread, really looking forward to getting my 7 Plus and trying out the camera!
I decided to download Cortex and give it a go real quick. From my initial observations and in comparison to the stock camera app I noticed that Cortex appears to zoom in a small fraction when taking the picture. Images seemed to be a little more full or vibrant in color, but less sharp as the stock camera app? That two second "freeze for cheese" will definitely take some getting used to and the use of my tripod. I'm sure with more use I will adjust though. I like it and looking forward to the update mentioned.
Sounds like you care too much about what others care about way too much. Maybe just care about what you care about.
Do notice that the objects that you piss about are usually located outside and usually aren't moving at any great speed making them easy subjects to frame and focus on, all the while having some color and contrast that most people can relate to because there are no artificial additives like uniforms in a sporting event, paint on a car, and so on.
Simplicity familiarity first.
Uh, it's called photography. Lots of people with DSLRs and mirrorless cameras take photos of flowers, food, insects, etc. You realize not everyone takes the same photos as you, right? I for one never take photos of sporting events with my phone. Why would you want to take a tiny picture of a person way down on the field that you can barely make out?
Yes, you are crazy.
I decided to download Cortex and give it a go real quick. From my initial observations and in comparison to the stock camera app I noticed that Cortex appears to zoom in a small fraction when taking the picture. Images seemed to be a little more full or vibrant in color, but less sharp as the stock camera app? That two second "freeze for cheese" will definitely take some getting used to and the use of my tripod. I'm sure with more use I will adjust though. I like it and looking forward to the update mentioned.
To me the cortex cam pictures are noticeably better. Look at the shadows in the knees. With the stock app there is significant noise. With cortex cam the noise is very minimal. Also much more detail in the yellow hair. Highlights aren't quite as blown out. M2C.
I decided to download Cortex and give it a go real quick. From my initial observations and in comparison to the stock camera app I noticed that Cortex appears to zoom in a small fraction when taking the picture. Images seemed to be a little more full or vibrant in color, but less sharp as the stock camera app? That two second "freeze for cheese" will definitely take some getting used to and the use of my tripod. I'm sure with more use I will adjust though. I like it and looking forward to the update mentioned.
Your cortex pics have less noise. Also, make sure to turn on the "reduce blur" setting. Also use the TiFD file format.