iPhone 8/Plus Post photos taken with iPhone 8

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Here's a couple of my dog, the first two are taken with Portrait Mode and then one of him taken the other day with an old Pentax K20D and a manual Pentax 28mm f/2.8 lens, donated to me for a charity I run, providing those with mental health challenges the opportunity to explore photography.

 

[Zune55]

Gross, I know. But artsy. 8+

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haseesh and coffee cool

 

[Jumpie]

8 Plus
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[djdownhill]

 

[Jumpie]

My baby girl, Reese. 8 Plus

 

[LA_LEE]

The bokeh camera was also a "beta" but it never improved. To this day I see no improvement when using the feature. There’s no beta, they just call it that so you’ll buy into it and think it’ll continue to get better.

You got that right! Promise to fix it...let time go by until people give up.

Deceptive business practice and a class action will follow if Apple doesn't fix this abomination of an OS. Pitiful

 

[Technarchy]

Ryuk figure pic taken in Harajuku, Japan.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

A few from an indigenous art exhibition in town (Tarnanthi) and the final one is playing with the new Long Exposure feature. Taken with the 8 plus, and all using the inbuilt camera app.

 

[1BadManVan]

Pictures from today straight from phone

 

[Shanghaichica]

A few from an indigenous art exhibition in town (Tarnanthi) and the final one is playing with the new Long Exposure feature. Taken with the 8 plus, and all using the inbuilt camera app.

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What is the long exposure effect?

Amazing pictures by the way
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Gee no offense to anyone, but this thread isn't making me want to run out and buy an 8/8+. One of the reasons I wanted to upgrade to an iPX is for the camera, but now I'm not so sure...

Well they look a lot better than anything I’m currently getting out of my 7 plus at the moment.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

What is the long exposure effect?

Take a photo with Live Photo's turned on, then view it.
Swipe up on the picture and a hidden menu of features appears!
Way over to the right of it is "Long Exposure"

It works really well on moving water, like waves, fountains or waterfalls. Creating a composite of all the frames taken in Live Photo mode, just like taking a long exposure with a camera, where the shutter is open for longer periods of time.

You just need to be nice and still when taking the initial shot, or else you lose some of the sides, top and bottom as it crops into it, taking into account your movement.

Personally, I think that Apple should have plugged the hell out of this feature that actually works, instead of the Portrait Modes which are still hit and miss!

 

[roeiz]

nice fea

Take a photo with Live Photo's turned on, then view it.
Swipe up on the picture and a hidden menu of features appears!
Way over to the right of it is "Long Exposure"

It works really well on moving water, like waves, fountains or waterfalls. Creating a composite of all the frames taken in Live Photo mode, just like taking a long exposure with a camera, where the shutter is open for longer periods of time.

You just need to be nice and still when taking the initial shot, or else you lose some of the sides, top and bottom as it crops into it, taking into account your movement.

Personally, I think that Apple should have plugged the hell out of this feature that actually works, instead of the Portrait Modes which are still hit and miss!

i would be happy to have this but i hate live photo..

 

[Shanghaichica]

Take a photo with Live Photo's turned on, then view it.
Swipe up on the picture and a hidden menu of features appears!
Way over to the right of it is "Long Exposure"

It works really well on moving water, like waves, fountains or waterfalls. Creating a composite of all the frames taken in Live Photo mode, just like taking a long exposure with a camera, where the shutter is open for longer periods of time.

You just need to be nice and still when taking the initial shot, or else you lose some of the sides, top and bottom as it crops into it, taking into account your movement.

Personally, I think that Apple should have plugged the hell out of this feature that actually works, instead of the Portrait Modes which are still hit and miss!

Thanks. I think this was a software update in iOS 11 so I should be able to use it on my 7 plus until my iPhone X arrives.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

nice fea


i would be happy to have this but i hate live photo..

I don't use Live Photos at all, it's a gimmick in my eyes, but thought I'd try out the Long Exposure thing that it can be used for with moving water, and it's actually pretty cool.

 

[Shanghaichica]

I don't use Live Photos at all, it's a gimmick in my eyes, but thought I'd try out the Long Exposure thing that it can be used for with moving water, and it's actually pretty cool.

I didn’t like Live Photo until I had a child.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

I didn’t like Live Photo until I had a child.

We have surly teenagers! No attraction to using Live Photo's there I'm afraid!

 

[matrix07]

I didn’t say Apple didn’t maximize the MP to make the best of it, i’m just wondering whether in today’s 4K environment our eyes got used to clearer images.

This doesn't make any sense. 12MP picture is 12 million pixels. 4K is only around 8 million pixels so how exactly people getting used to 4K now seeing 12 MP picture as worse? This is like saying people who getting used to iPhone 6 photo will see iPhone 8 photo as worse...
Think you're just one of those people that saw "12 MP" and immediately think it must be worse than "16 MP". In short, you just fall for marketing gimmick.

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You’re almost never ever going to get each and every tiny little stray hair detail perfectly in portrait mode. You can not compare something done with optics vs something done in software. Optics will always win.

Here’s an example I took with a 5d Mark IV and a 85mm f/1.2 (@ f/1.2)View attachment 725725

A real lens will get that super fine detail of stray hairs (whiskers in this case) because it’s optically done, it can resolve that kind of detail, it doesn’t rely on masking to blur, it relies on physics of a lens, focal plains, distance to subject and aperture. iOS portrait mode doesn’t. It’s taking a best guess to mimmick it.

I agree but iphone 8 Plus can work wonder on hair too.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

I agree but iphone 8 Plus can work wonder on hair too.

He was referring to the Portrait Mode effect/feature on the iPhone and how it doesn't get all the fine hair details, masking off lots of them and applying its artificial blur there, making the pictures look unnatural.

 

[matrix07]

He was referring to the Portrait Mode effect/feature on the iPhone and how it doesn't get all the fine hair details, masking off lots of them and applying its artificial blur there, making the pictures look unnatural.

And the picture I posted was shot on Portrait mode.

I think it's only a good thing you're not able to notice it, don't you agree?
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I didn’t like Live Photo until I had a child.

Or a senior that you love and want something to memorize her.

 

[roeiz]

This doesn't make any sense. 12MP picture is 12 million pixels. 4K is only around 8 million pixels so how exactly people getting used to 4K now seeing 12 MP picture as worse? This is like saying people who getting used to iPhone 6 photo will see iPhone 8 photo as worse...
Think you're just one of those people that saw "12 MP" and immediately think it must be worse than "16 MP". In short, you just fall for marketing gimmick.

not so accurate.
4K is sharper and more detailed with moving images in video,
(while watching on certain size of screen)
with still pictures you work on a specific frame and need more MP's on various pictures you photoshop, or need at a bigger size.
now i'm not saying more MP is always better. i'm just saying that i see the 12MP limit.
i myself don't really mind 12 MP, or HD instead of 4K for that matter.
but having 16MP on the current Iphone camera could be phenomenal in that regard.

 

[matrix07]

not so accurate.
4K is sharper and more detailed with moving images in video,

That's simply not true. What you see really sharp on 4K TV (supposedly from Hollywood movies) is simply because it was shot by a lens you can't imagine how much it's worth. Has nothing to do with how many pixels there is. (And we haven't talked about how LARGE and how BETTER the sensor in those camera is yet)
You use those lens to shoot 12 MP photo & it will look even better than what's on those 4K. (Supposedly also you can fit the same quality sensor into mobile phone)

..but having 16MP on the current Iphone camera could be phenomenal in that regard.

This is plain false and is a proof you fell to marketing gimmick. With the same sensor & lens it will be just the same.

 

[roeiz]

That's simply not true. What you see really sharp on 4K TV (supposedly from Hollywood movies) is simply because it was shot by a lens you can't imagine how much it's worth. Has nothing to do with how many pixels there is. (And we haven't talked about how LARGE and how BETTER the sensor in those camera is yet)
You use those lens to shoot 12 MP photo & it will look just as good as on those 4K. (Supposedly also you can fit the same sensor into mobile phone)



This is plain false and is a proof you fell to marketing gimmick. With the same sensor & lens it will be just the same.

if you say so

 

[matrix07]

if you say so

Pixel is just a canvas. True that bigger pixel is better than smaller one (so more pixels in the same sensor size is actually worse) but in essence it's just a canvas. What you get from more pixel is the canvas is bigger. Your picture is bigger. Doesn't mean it is better.
Photo quality is determined more by quality of sensor & lens, especially the latter. If you have ever practiced photography you will know.

Also, if anyone interested in iphone 8 photo quality just search for hashtag ShotoniPhone8Plus on twitter. Lots of great photo there.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

And the picture I posted was shot on Portrait mode.

I think it's only a good thing you're not able to notice it, don't you agree?

But you can notice it, I just didn't mention it is all. There are a few places on your cute kids photo where the hair outline has been flattened by the masking attempt of Portrait Mode and there is also a section between the curly hairs that the blur has not been applied.

My opinion of Portrait Mode is that it's called a beta for a reason, it still has some wrinkles to be ironed out in regards to how it applies its masking to hair. Sometimes it's quite impressive, but more times than not it isn't.
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True that bigger pixel is better than smaller one (so more pixels in the same sensor size is actually worse)

Not quite true these days with modern sensors!

Sony, Nikon and Canon have all made incredible leaps forward with the resolution of their full-frame sensors and the amount of MP's they can achieve on them. The MP rates have gone up exponentially, whilst the sensor sizes have remained the same! And, the quality of their imagery has increased with this advance in recent years, with truer colour, better dynamic range, better shadow and highlight details, etc...

 

[fatalogic]

I can't get the black studio light portrait mode to work. Every time I try the photos come out looking like someone tried to create the effect in photoshop and gave up half way. Does it work better with certain backgrounds or light?