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It's an interesting topic and I agree with the conclusions. But I really dislike the testing methodology - the comparison photos have clearly different poses an
by nayuki 3y ago
It's an interesting topic and I agree with the conclusions. But I really dislike the testing methodology - the comparison photos have clearly different poses and people/animals moving around. I've done my own smartphone vs. DSLR image quality comparisons, and I photographed a static city skyline, and it made comparing and pointing out the differences much easier and more defensible.
- kurthr 3y agoIt was weird to me that even the static images would be noticeably different scales (The Chocolate Factory and even the cropped BeatBuilder).
- jrockway 3y agoI think that the author was trying to stand in the same position for both photos, but didn't have a wide enough lens on the DSLR to match the iPhone. It's actually much weirder if the two photos were taken from different locations to approximately fill the same amount of the frame with the subject.
- londons_explore 3y agoAll modern phones use trickery which helps them with still or nearly still scenes. Specifically, the iPhone will take ~100 shots before and after the shutter is pressed to process in software to reduce noise, increase dynamic range, get the focus/whitebalance perfect, and even to do gimmicky features like avoiding people blinking. If the scene is fast moving, the DSLR has an advantage, because the DSLR captures everything in a single shot, rather than needing to assemble 100 over multiple seconds. Thats why I think comparisons between the cameras should test real world things which move.