There have been so many instances when I’ve compelled myself to convey my iPhone 16 Pro (and 14 Pro, and 13 mini—you get the concept) as my solely digital camera on an tour, whether or not a visit to town or an prolonged household trip to someplace stunning. Here’s the way it goes with the most recent mannequin.
UK-based freelance photographer and videographer Tom Rich determined to place the iPhone 17 Pro by means of its paces for the needs of road images. While I’ll by no means say that I’ve been absolutely happy utilizing solely a cellphone as a road images digital camera, it’s true that it will get nearer and nearer to being the perfect software for the aim with every launch—and such appears to be the case in Rich’s opinion. It’s actually higher with its bigger sensor and computational imaging prowess, however there is a restrict to how far issues can go.
First, a few of the fundamentals: It goes with out saying that the ProUncooked mode is the one you’d need to use as a severe photographer, slightly than compressed HEICs, as Rich factors out. Then there’s watching out for Apple’s humorous enterprise with advertising and marketing. Rich notes that although the cellphone supplies a 200 mm-equivalent zoom, the truth is that the cellphone crops into the sensor to realize this, with all of the attendant loss intimately that entails. Rich factors out that computational imaging can considerably make up for this, but it surely’s no substitute for utilizing the complete sensor—or perhaps a bigger sensor in a devoted digital camera.
Shallow depth of subject in road images with a cellphone is tough to realize, and with out having the ability to management your topics for this style of images, one thing is misplaced in translation when a cellphone is used for it. Check out the video above for Rich’s full tackle the iPhone as a road images software, and depart your ideas on the matter under.