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One BIG advantage of 3X vs 2X is availability of getting a candid portrait outside a studio. Many of my best candid photos are with 200 or 400 2.8 with SLR The 15 ProMax can get it done without hauling huge glass. It is even a replacement for my Canon G7x IT IS IN YOUR POCKET… amazing!
Right but what are the physics advantages of using that lens vs just getting close enough with the standard lens? Specially for portraits. Should I be backing up and using the 3X lens for portraits instead of the main? It has a higher f-stop.
I have a real camera, a Sony A7RV with the 50mm f/1.2 GM lens, Sigma art 85mm & 105mm lenses. Also I have a lot of studio gear, lights, backgrounds, etc… But I can’t take them with me daily. When I shoot ProRAW and control my lighting & fully edit my photos, I can produce image quality from my iPhone that closely matches the Sony. The camera is just a tool, you get out of it what you put into it. Sure if all you take are general HEIF snapshots with no control over lighting or editing of the photo, then yes, the images will be plain & will probably bring forth much suction! You’ll appreciate your work a lot more if extra effort and attention to details is added to your workflow.
I second the motion. I have $120k worth of real Canon cameras and L lenses but my favorite is my iPhone as it is with me all the time.
The Merlin app allow you to take a photograph of a bird so the app can identifiy it. My bird feeder is at most 5 feet away from my window but resulting picture on my 14 Pro Max was so small that Merlin couldn't use it. With the 5x I can stand right at the window (birds don't see me) and the app can identify the bird.
You compared your iPhone to your Sony, pointing out that the iPhone is the one you can take with you daily, but your sample images use tripods and 10" LED light boxes, no? And which iPhone lens were they shot with? I'll bet not the "ultra wide" or "telephoto". Did you edit them all in Lightroom on your iPhone, too?
This post of mine was regarding the 5x camera. The extra photos were just examples of what the iPhone is capable of and that it’s more enjoyable to use than a DSLR. If I’m off topic… so what.
Gotcha. I also like my iPhone for taking quick shots and not mucking about with cards and stuff. And I am sometimes really satisfied with the results. But I'm often disappointed. I don't even use the "ultra wide", even in daylight. When I care about the results -- which is often -- I bring my real camera, and it's pretty easy to import them over to the phone if I want to iMessage or post them.
Yeah the ultra wide is kind of lousy. It’s good up close but lacks resolution in distant objects. The UW really needs a much larger sensor and optics. I mostly use the 1x camera at 48mp. I’ll also attach the 1.7x beastgrip telephoto for a more natural look with portraits. It would be nice to see Apple make a camera equivalent to a 50mm lens using the 48mp sensor. But I’m happy now that the iPhone has the 5x and using a 25% larger sensor with improved ISO, which was heavily needed.
But ...
I recently went over a bunch of pictures I took with my old Canon EOS 1100D.
I simply disagree. I was at a concert yesterday, and the 5x lens took fantastic stage pictures with stage lighting, including the dreaded blue/purple lighting. So no, it doesn’t disappoint. And yes, as I’ve said many times on Macrumors, a proper system camera with dedicated lenses will absolutely make better pictures. Good luck bringing that to a concert😁
This is just a cropped 1x image, unless it's taken from Halide. In low light, the stock camera app doesn't use the telephoto.
