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Two points not discussed here: - Startup time. It takes less than half a second from a cold start for my Canon to start shooting at 14fps, but my iPhone 11 Pro
by css 6y ago
Two points not discussed here:
- Startup time. It takes less than half a second from a cold start for my Canon to start shooting at 14fps, but my iPhone 11 Pro often tales 5-10s to open the camera app for some reason, plus more time for it to realize I am holding the shutter for burst and not tapping for single shooting.
- Autofocus time. My Canon can track moving subjects with autofocus and keep them in focus on almost any vector (I mainly shoot surf photos where my subject is traveling both towards and perpendicular to me), whereas my iPhone struggles to keep a stationary subject in focus even in direct sunlight.
- nicbou 6y agoStartup time: my phone is right here in my pocket. My camera is in my backpack. I missed on many good shots because I couldn't be arsed to fish it out of here.
- css 6y agoIf I am carrying my DLSR I generally have it accessible to shoot and not tucked away. I see your point though, I use a crossbody bag on my chest to store my SLR for this reason.
- sukilot 6y agoIf I'm carrying my phone camera I keep the camera app in foreground.
- centimeter 6y agoGet a Peak Design camera clip. It lets you keep the camera on your backpack strap.
- m463 6y agoGah I HATE that about apple products. You can't customize the UI. Why can't you customize the UI? Apple won't let you. You only get what they have decided to allow. Why can't we just hold a button and unlock the phone directly into the camera? (patiently waiting for linux phone) EDIT: to be clear, I mean an unambiguous way of taking a still photo or video that doesn't require looking at the screen or "being in a mode".
- wenc 6y ago> Why can't we just hold a button and unlock the phone directly into the camera? Because you can swipe left from the lock screen directly to camera mode (and only camera mode), bypassing unlock so it's super fast. Not holding down a button but achieves the same thing. This is what I do when something's going down around me and need to quickly capture a shot.
- CharlesW 6y ago> Why can't we just hold a button and unlock the phone directly into the camera? FWIW, I'm able to just drag the lock screen left to open the camera app. Alternatively, I can press/hold the camera icon on the lock screen. Hearing about a 5-10s delay is shocking. It's instantaneous on my iPhone 11.
- m463 6y agoSorry, I wasn't more clear. I mean some way that you don't have to look at the screen for feedback. What you're saying is true, but it behaves differently depending on reasons (like did you unlock first or accidentally press the home button to get to the home screen or ...) The idea would be - some unambiguous non-fiddly way of launching the camera into either still photo or video mode. I'm pretty sure everyone who's ever had an iphone has struggled and lost this battle trying to rip off a photo or video.
- wenc 6y agoFrom what you're describing, it sounds like you're having a very different iPhone experience from the norm. Just curious, what model/iOS do you have? Just a data point: I have an older (2015) iPhone 6s from work that supports opening the camera app in <1s from lock screen.
- m463 6y agoiphone 8 with touch id. I'm not saying it's not fast, I'm saying something else.
- wenc 6y ago> Startup time: my iPhone 11 Pro often tales 5-10s to open the camera app Really? I have an iPhone 11 (standard), and I swipe left from the lock screen. Less than 1 s. Bypasses unlock, no FaceID needed, but you're restricted to only camera mode. Burst shot, holding down the button, about 1/2 sec. I can't imagine our phones are that different. > Autofocus time Yes, I've found that the iPhone's autofocus to be a little slow to converge. I usually have to manually lock focus and exposure.
- paxys 6y agoHuh? I can reach into my pocket and start recording from my (older) iPhone in under a second. Opening my backpack, and setting up my DSLR itself will take 20-30 seconds or longer.