Here are some more 7 Plus pictures. No editing whatsoever.
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iPhone 7 Plus Photography
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A rule of thumb when shooting iPhone 7 plus pics is:
There are only two optical focal lengths available. Wide angle (28mm equivalent) and standard (56mm equivalent).
All zooming effects except those two native focal length are just over sampling. Aka digital zoom. All over sampling does is add interpolated pixels to make the file size larger. It doesn't improve detail or sharpness at all. It only bloats the file size unnecessarily.
It is better to take a photo at 1x or 2x and crop the photo afterwards to the view you want than zoom in the camera.
The bigger f1.8 aperture of the new lens in the iPhone 7 will only be of use in very low light conditions. It allows a next higher shutter speed or next higher iso to improve graininess or camera shake. The camera will never shoot at f1.8 in normally lit scenes.
There are only two optical focal lengths available. Wide angle (28mm equivalent) and standard (56mm equivalent).
All zooming effects except those two native focal length are just over sampling. Aka digital zoom. All over sampling does is add interpolated pixels to make the file size larger. It doesn't improve detail or sharpness at all. It only bloats the file size unnecessarily.
It is better to take a photo at 1x or 2x and crop the photo afterwards to the view you want than zoom in the camera.
The bigger f1.8 aperture of the new lens in the iPhone 7 will only be of use in very low light conditions. It allows a next higher shutter speed or next higher iso to improve graininess or camera shake. The camera will never shoot at f1.8 in normally lit scenes.
Impressed with the 7 Plus camera. These pictures were taken with the Camera.app without any filters or editing. (I had to resize them to get them to upload to MR).
The last pic is awesomeee
What's funny is that I took it from a moving car, going about 5mph
! I was amazed at how it came out!!
That last picture is breathtaking.
Thanks. It's even better at full rez. I'm beyond amazed at how much detail you can see in the tree and mountain line.
Just got my 7 plus yesterday. Walked out my front door and thought I would do a quick out of pocket shot. Difference is obvious. For the record, the 7 shot the seen as I saw it.
Anxious to do more testing over next few days.
Anxious to do more testing over next few days.
Shot these images in DNG and processed in Lightroom- one in very low light, and the other on a sunny day. I realized that the sensor has a lot of baseline noise (mostly chroma noise). Images look great when there's ample light, but takes quite a hit in low-light conditions. After playing around with the DNG files, I must admit Apple did a great job in their ISP processing for low-light photography. I am struggling to make my low-light DNG files look better than those shot straight from the native camera app. Basically this- daytime DNG photos are great and easily beat the JPGEs from native camera app, but for low-light photography, you're better off with Apple's JPEGs as they tend to look better IMO. Also, I noticed the native camera app tends to blow out highlights? Not that it matters too much if you shot in DNG though.
[doublepost=1474390746][/doublepost]Here's an example of the amount of detail I managed to pull out of a DNG file. It was practically pitch black with the only light source coming from the neon lights. Pretty impressed
[doublepost=1474390746][/doublepost]Here's an example of the amount of detail I managed to pull out of a DNG file. It was practically pitch black with the only light source coming from the neon lights. Pretty impressed
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I have never heard of it, thanks! I mainly use vsco cam and lightroom, but I will download it.
Sorry it's PNG. It produces larger file sizes but has less compression which can lead to detail loss.
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Pro camera seems similar to camera plus in that it gives you a lot of manual controls. On the other hand, cortex is a very simple app that has very options, but it has a very good algorithm for combining many pictures into one more detailed and less noisy one.
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They are different. Camera+ has been around for a long time with constant updates. It has a ton of manual control. I use it to create long exposure shots in the dark. T is listed as one of Apple's "essential" apps and with 10 million sold it has encouraged the developers to produce regular updates.
Cortex has one specific purpose with very little manual control (currently). It lets you take 30 or so pictures and then intelligently combines them into one high quality picture. Of course, this requires your subject to stay perfectly still for two seconds. I did manage to get my girlfriend to stand still, but kids and pets would not be doable.
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It's truly the best image editing app right now on iPhone. I used to use VSCO all the time and purchased all the filters but their UI is terrible after this year update.
Very happy with the photo quality so far in my 7 plus
Unfortunately I was here last week and didn't have my phone to play with...
http://i.imgur.com/psYPI5K.jpg (Nikon D810)
http://i.imgur.com/3BDi9EZ.jpg (iPhone 6s stock camera app)
I bought Cortex. Hopefully Verizon will actually ship my 7+ within the next few days so I can see how the camera performs.
http://i.imgur.com/psYPI5K.jpg (Nikon D810)
http://i.imgur.com/3BDi9EZ.jpg (iPhone 6s stock camera app)
I bought Cortex. Hopefully Verizon will actually ship my 7+ within the next few days so I can see how the camera performs.
The more I play with the 7, the more I'm seeing the differences that make it superior to the 6S.
In this photo, the focus point was set on the cruise control button.
In this photo, the focus point was set on the cruise control button.
The more I play with the 7, the more I'm seeing the differences that make it superior to the 6S.
In this photo, the focus point was set on the cruise control button.
which Honda is that? That part isn't shiny in mine!
Seems a bit blurry on here for some reason. Darn
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Going to see Chvrches tonight and I can't wait to play with the camera in that setting.
