In my last blog post I went through a bunch of pictures I took with the A7s and the 70-200mm lens. This week I'll be going through some of the photos I've taken on my new phone. A couple weeks ago I went ahead and bit the bullet and upgraded to the iPhone X - my iPhone 6+'s screen was acting up, and it was struggling to run apps I need to use on a day-to-day basis. And of course with Apple's upgrade program it just made good sense. Granted, the iPhone X is a lot more than just a good "point-and-shoot" camera that happens to be a phone. It responds significantly faster across the board, the camera processes images better, the augmented reality improvements that Apple keeps advertising are fun, the battery lasts longer, the screen looks amazing - I could go on. And of course the 256GB of storage gives me more than enough room for photos and video, especially important now that the phone has the ability to shoot RAW pictures and 4K video. But for today's post I'm going to focus on what I've learned playing with some of the still photo features (mostly since I haven't had any time to play with the video yet). So lets dig in:
I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that I can shoot raw photos with a device that fits in my pocket, and as I've barely scratched the surface of that capability, I haven't played with it enough to really speak to how much range it adds, or how it compares to raw photos taken with a DSLR but what I've seen is exciting - check these out: So it s a little hard to tell from the compressed upload on the website, but if you look closely, you can see how much noise I was able to pull out of the raw, as well as the detail in the highlights. I shot both of these using the Camera+ app, for anyone who's wondering. And finally - one more note on the quality of the image processing. On the left, is a photo I shot with the phone zoomed to "2X" (the telephoto lens at full resolution). On the right, is the phone zoomed all the way in with the digital zoom from the same spot. Of course this was in the middle of the day, so the conditions were optimal, but still - its pretty great. And definitely and advancement over the 6+. Overall, I'm very happy with the capabilities of the phone, and I'm looking forward to shooting more with it - what I've seen so far is very promising. It won't be replacing my A7s (or even the 7D) anytime soon, but as the saying goes, "the best camera is the one you have with you"... it just doesn't hurt to have a pretty solid camera with you all the time. Anyway, that about wraps it up for this week's post. Next week I'll have some 360 photos I shot with my other "new toy" for mobile photos - the Insta360 One. As always, thank you for reading - if you have any ideas for something you'd like to see me address in the blog, let me know in the comments below. Be sure to follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @tomameek to see behind the scenes glimpses of what I'm working on (especially when it doesn't justify a full blog post!) And don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel - I plan on getting back into my vlog in the next week or so - plus I've got some other fun little projects planned. Until next time. -Thomas PS: Here's some more fun pictures of the dogs in portrait mode!
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AuthorThomas Meek is an independent filmmaker living and working in Houston, TX Archives
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