{"id":18560,"date":"2017-08-07T16:06:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=18560"},"modified":"2018-10-25T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T19:22:31","slug":"iphone-and-android-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/07\/iphone-and-android-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone and Android Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vic Gundotra<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It’s because when Samsung innovates with the underlying hardware (like a better camera) they have to convince Google to allow that innovation to be surfaced to other applications via the appropriate API. That can take YEARS.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Apple doesn’t have all these constraints. They innovate in the underlying hardware, and just simply update the software with their latest innovations (like portrait mode) and ship it.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: If you truly care about great photography, you own an iPhone. If you don’t mind being a few years behind, buy an Android.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Via Kirk McElhearn<\/a> (and John Gruber<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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But this brings up a broader question: is the iPhone camera good enough for most people? Yes, certainly. Will it replace the DSLR? Certainly not. The use cases are very different. I think Gundotra has peers who used DSLRs for family photos, which is something they’re not very good at (well, they are, but they’re overkill). What is more correct is that the iPhone camera has killed the point and shoot camera, the compact, fixed lens camera.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

But for those interested in photography, the DSLR with larger sensors, more megapixels, better high-ISO shooting, and interchangeable lenses, will remain popular. They just won’t be any more popular than SLRs were back in the days of film. Those of us who remember those days remember that most people had Instamatics or Polaroid cameras; it was very rare to see someone take family or vacation photos with an SLR.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Most of Gundotra’s remarks are in comment #51<\/a> to his Facebook post, but Facebook doesn’t seem to respect it own permalink or even expand the comments when following the link.<\/p>\n\n

Gundotra is impressed with Portrait Mode, and I’ve seen good results from it, but I’ve also seen it really mess up images in ways that are not detectible from the thumbnail. So I definitely recommend using the Keep Normal Photo<\/a> option. Otherwise you can end up with only<\/em> the messed up Portrait version of a photo. (It’s too bad that HDR doesn’t work like Portrait<\/a> in this respect. It’s no longer possible<\/a> to automatically take both regular and HDR versions.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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