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I find it really admirable that Halide team writes some great articles on Smartphone computational photography. Those who are interested in this area should ch

by achow 5y ago

I find it really admirable that Halide team writes some great articles on Smartphone computational photography. Those who are interested in this area should check out their explainer article on what’s iPhone’s ProRAW format: https://lux.camera/understanding-proraw/ https://lux.camera/understanding-proraw/ I’m from this field (tech for phone photography) and it was really helpful.

jseliger 5y ago
I've seen friends' pics from iPhone 12s and 13s, and many of them work really well straight out of camera (sooc): the work Apple has done in computational photography is fantastic. I have a Fuji X-T4 and, while it does things and offers a degree of latitude phones clearly don't, and likely never will due to sensor size disparity, the utility of phone cameras and in-camera auto processing keeps going up. The other day a friend went hiking, and an iPhone 13 ("Pro," I believe) automatically correctly exposed for sky, shadow, and people, and did an impressive job with HDR. Remarkable.
- noneeeed 5y ago
  I keep being tempted to replace my knackered old Android and the current crop of iPhones just seem to reliably produce great looking photos, especially of people. That fact that the photos come out looking great with almost no effort other than basic framing makes me very jelous. I've been looking at the Pixel 6 too, but the combination of much shorter OS support, and what sounds like an endless stream of bugs has really put me off. But I'm also wary of moving to iOS, I like the way Android works. I think Google do a better job with security, while being much worse on their own privacy practices. Neither look perfect at the moment.
  - koyote 5y ago
    > what sounds like an endless stream of bugs FWIW, I've had a Pixel 6 since around launch time and have not had a single issue with it. That being said, my phone never received the 'problematic' December update, so maybe that's why. I've had a lot of phones over the past 20+ years and I'd rate it as one of the best phones I've owned. The only downsides I've noticed are its weight (it's noticably heavy in my opinion) and that it does not charge as fast as my old OnePlus (which has unbeatable charing speeds). The picture quality is excellent and the wide-angle lens is actually quite useful.
    - noneeeed 5y ago
      Ok, that's interesting to hear. The december update really did seem to be a big screwup. Hopefully they will learn some lessons for the QA processes. I think I'm going to keep my current phone going until the iPhone 14 and Pixel 7 are out. I think it's got about another year before the battery doesn't last the day and it's _fine_ most of the time. I'm hoping that once Google get comfortable with their new architecture that they start extending the guarenteed support period, which is one of the big things pushing me towards an iPhone. I'm also not sure about the size of the 6, I'm hoping they expand the range a bit and produce a smaller one at some point.

by achow 5y ago

jseliger 5y ago

I've seen friends' pics from iPhone 12s and 13s, and many of them work really well straight out of camera (sooc): the work Apple has done in computational photography is fantastic. I have a Fuji X-T4 and, while it does things and offers a degree of latitude phones clearly don't, and likely never will due to sensor size disparity, the utility of phone cameras and in-camera auto processing keeps going up. The other day a friend went hiking, and an iPhone 13 ("Pro," I believe) automatically correctly exposed for sky, shadow, and people, and did an impressive job with HDR. Remarkable.

noneeeed 5y ago
I keep being tempted to replace my knackered old Android and the current crop of iPhones just seem to reliably produce great looking photos, especially of people. That fact that the photos come out looking great with almost no effort other than basic framing makes me very jelous. I've been looking at the Pixel 6 too, but the combination of much shorter OS support, and what sounds like an endless stream of bugs has really put me off. But I'm also wary of moving to iOS, I like the way Android works. I think Google do a better job with security, while being much worse on their own privacy practices. Neither look perfect at the moment.
- koyote 5y ago
  > what sounds like an endless stream of bugs FWIW, I've had a Pixel 6 since around launch time and have not had a single issue with it. That being said, my phone never received the 'problematic' December update, so maybe that's why. I've had a lot of phones over the past 20+ years and I'd rate it as one of the best phones I've owned. The only downsides I've noticed are its weight (it's noticably heavy in my opinion) and that it does not charge as fast as my old OnePlus (which has unbeatable charing speeds). The picture quality is excellent and the wide-angle lens is actually quite useful.
  - noneeeed 5y ago
    Ok, that's interesting to hear. The december update really did seem to be a big screwup. Hopefully they will learn some lessons for the QA processes. I think I'm going to keep my current phone going until the iPhone 14 and Pixel 7 are out. I think it's got about another year before the battery doesn't last the day and it's _fine_ most of the time. I'm hoping that once Google get comfortable with their new architecture that they start extending the guarenteed support period, which is one of the big things pushing me towards an iPhone. I'm also not sure about the size of the 6, I'm hoping they expand the range a bit and produce a smaller one at some point.