Of course, my students are referring to JPEG output, I’m more interested in absolutes, so it’s DNG/RAW only here guys, but a tremendous RAW result should translate to a good JPEG result unless the camera maker is doing something completely crazy in the processing department. NOTE: I have run a series of test on the low light options including stacking, HDR etc, If you want a sneak peek at one of the single frame capture comparisons have a look on my other blog at this article: All of these “iPhone boosters” are talking about regular daylight type stuff. I never get students making grand claims about shooting starfields with their iPhones etc. But what about in reasonable to good light, you know, the sort of light that most folks have when they take their holiday snaps etc. To be fair we can’t make comparisons under very low light situations (though I have, but that’s another story), that would be kind of meaningless, we can take it to the bank that a small sensor camera like the iPhone will be severely disadvantaged and underwhelming in low light. I’ve had more than a few students in my classes claiming their iPhones produced photos as good as their DSLR and Mirrorless cameras, I don’t discount their claims either, but like you, I want to see some hard evidence? Looks good but let’s see how the iPhone X compares to M4/3 Students and iPhones My Standard lens and camera test location, problems show up very quickly due to straight lines, lots of fine details and high contrast subject, this is a test frame taken with the iPhone X telephoto lens. So here we are with my, “let’s shoot the same test pics at my trusty test location on both devices and see what flows from that”. Which naturally led to, yeah, but how about cropping the telephoto shot and seeing how it compares to M4/3 with a 40mm lens…….Īnd on it goes, so many questions, so many possibilities. Which begat the idea of what if I shot a mild panorama and compared that to a wide angle on the M4/3……. Which then led to another question, well then what about the standard wide-angle lens…. How might the iPhone in telephoto mode compare to my M4/3 camera at the same focal length? When I was testing the telephoto lens on the iPhone X and 8 models I came to a conclusion pretty quickly that these dinky little glass constructions were mighty fine from the optical perspective, so that raised my initial question. On the surface it seems ridiculous to even consider making this comparison, the outcome is evident before we even start…. It’s not a straightforward comparison to make. ![]() ![]() Questions my dear reader come into play, like…Īre we talking about shooting in good light or poor light?Īre we comparing a fixed focal length lens to the equivalent on the iPhone X? We all assume that a mirrorless or DSLR camera is going to pulverise an iPhone concerning image quality, but, there are degrees of pulverisation.
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