What if you leave him a iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus a professional photographer and you take him 5 days to Iceland? That is what they must have asked each other in The Verge to do just that with Austin mann, one of the best travel photographers in the world.
The first adventure of the iPhone 6
The objective of this adventure was none other than test how far the camera can go iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus compared to its predecessor, the iPhone 5SWith one peculiarity, they are not the typical laboratory tests in which the two cameras are tested photographing simple objects, as has always been done. Let's say the conditions of these tests are a little more extreme, including motion recordings, measurements of the speed of focus in video or photography at night and from a rescue helicopter ... Let's say they have literally put the iPhone 6 to the test.
All this work is hanging on the author page, as well as in your profile at Twitter and in your account Instagram. But anyway, from Applelizados we are going to make a brief summary, highlighting what has most caught our attention.
Focus Pixels
This has been one of the main improvements within the iSight camera of the iPhone 6. In Austin's own words, "The system is very smart and rarely changed the focus point when not needed, as well as being super fast."
I've found it to be quite intelligent… it has rarely shifted focus when I didn't want it to and it's super fast.
What better way to test this new improvement, than in very low light conditions, this has always been a weak point of all iPhone. This time, Austin, went with an Icelandic Coast Guard team to simulate a rescue in high mountains, and these were the results:
In this case, Austin doubts whether with a professional camera (lifelong dSLR) I would be able to focus this well in those same conditions, since you have to keep in mind that most of those shots were made either inside the rescue helicopter, where the vibration and movement makes it practically impossible to focus at ease, or just below from him, from the ground, where surely the gusts of air from the helicopter itself would prevent even a person from standing. So, on Austin's part the focus in low light conditions is surpassed by this iPhone 6.
Photograph in conditions «Normal»
Already passing extreme tests, Austin tested how the iPhone 6 under normal conditions, any given day, well, not quite normal, I doubt that most of us have access to landscapes as impressive as Iceland. In the comparison shown there are clear differences between a shot from an iPhone 5S and an iPhone 6. He even wonders if the real difference is so much or is it his fault that such a disaster has come out in the iPhone 5S photo in comparison, and the answer is easy, just as he says. The iPhone 5S in these conditions takes much longer to focus and shoot, which is the iPhone 6, and thanks to its pixel focusing system does not need, so, in the same reaction time, iPhone 6 performs better than its predecessor. The difference is obvious.
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El "Technical shot" with iPhone 6 plus
The technical shot, or better known as focus on an object that is close to the lens leaving the background out of focus, a basic effect in photography introduced does not do much to the world of smartphones. In this case, the 6 iPhone Plus is put to the test, using the AE / AF lock mode, And again, taking advantage of the iSight camera's pixel focus, results like the ones shown below are obtained. It should be noted that the photographer himself draws attention to the fact that in other devices in the same type of photography, if you move the smartphone even one millimeter, the focus point is lost (in this case the drop of water), but that, With the iPhone 6 Plus, it doesn't happen at all.
View
In this case the improvement of the iPhone 6 compared to the iPhone 5S it is very sensitive, specifically, in the iPhone 6 we will enjoy panoramic photographs with a resolution of 43 megapixels against the 28 megapixels of the 5S. On the other hand, the way to take this type of photograph is really easy, combining these two characteristics we will obtain results such as the following:
As a tip, Austin tells us that if we have to take a photograph of something very high (He gives as an example a waterfall, I give you a building as an example) Let's use the panoramic mode, orienting the device from the bottom up we will obtain a photograph of the complete object and also with a higher level of detail than if we do it in the classic way.
Video recording
In this mode the pixel focus also continues to work. The result as you can see in the video lesson leaves no room for interpretation, the autofocus is astonishingly fast compared to the iPhone 5S.
Time-Lapse
It is a new functionality, introduced via iOS8. This is a recording mode, which as shown in the videos leaves very results artistic and visual. Again, by way of advice, Austin recommends that Let's use AE / AF lock to prevent focus point from shifting while recording and the result is as clean as possible.
Slow Motion
Another recording mode this time introduced in the iPhone 5S, here we can see two samples, the first shows a video recorded in slow motion through a iPhone 6 to 240 fps. In the second video (the one with the horses), you can see the work of the dynamic stabilization of the iPhone 6 Plus, hence it seems that the image trembles, every movement of "tremor" is produced by correcting the position of the lens using the new 6-axis system.
In conclusion
In Austin's own words: Both the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus come to revolutionize the camera experience of iOS users, making this a much simpler, more effective and fun experience.
And on the other hand, for professional photographers, Austin says that they are really going to enjoy these improvements. The truth, I could not miss anything in the iPhone 6.
I really couldn't ask for much more out of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus camera.
