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"Stacks up" doesn't mean it's a replacement, it means that given the size, price, and multifunction nature of the iPhone 5, its camera performance is worthy whe
by qq66 14y ago
"Stacks up" doesn't mean it's a replacement, it means that given the size, price, and multifunction nature of the iPhone 5, its camera performance is worthy when compared to the SLR compared along the same metrics. I definitely find myself carrying my SLR fewer and fewer places as phone cameras get better and better, because there are a greater percentage of available photo opportunities that I feel can be done by the phone.
- dpark 14y ago> it means that given the size, price, and multifunction nature of the iPhone 5, its camera performance is worthy when compared to the SLR compared along the same metrics. Worthy of what? And what metrics? You just listed a ton of caveats and then said that it's "worthy" based on unnamed metrics. No, the iPhone doesn't "stack up", nor should it. It's a camera phone compared to a very high-end DSLR. It falls far short of the DSLR in image quality metrics. The images are noisy. They aren't sharp. There's glare galore. And that's okay, because it's a camera phone, and the primary use case is snapping photos of friends to upload to Facebook or show other friends at the bar. The fact that it meets your needs doesn't mean it "stacks up", though, any more than a Honda Civic "stacks up" against a Ferrari. Yeah, it gets you to/from work, but in terms of performance, it falls way short (again, as it should).