So Apple may not have unveiled a better camera in its new iPhone that shoots more megapixels than its competitors, but it definitely rivals them when it comes to other features.
First off let me say that Apple has been slightly getting on my nerves with its cameras because with the iPhone 5S it matched the slo-mo I can do with my action camera, and now with the 6 it has doubles that and can now do 8x slow motion (Now there is a new action camera that can do that, I just don’t have it.) Even the fact that a phone camera can compete with an actual video camera makes my effects and what not look “basic”. Anyways that’s enough ranting about this lets get to some specs.
For the specs I’ll be comparing the iPhone with the Galaxy s4 which is its competitor.
First off is the Megapixels in each. Yes Apple has chosen to stay with an 8MP senor, but in doing this, there are able to get more color quality than the smaller Galaxy sensor. The s4 comes in at a whopping 13 MP but it can only take these photos in a 4:3 ratio (for reference, that is what video was shot in until HD was introduced (16:9), its just a more square frame.)
Second, Apple wipes the board in the video portion of these cameras. The iPhone 6 can shoot full HD video (1920×1080) at 60 frames per second! My DSLR can’t do that! (Now, my DSLR can’t because it does shoot at a higher Megapixel per frame but still in a cell phone?! Crazy.) The most that Samsung can offer is full HD but only at 30 frames per second. The iPhone also comes with, the ability to shoot 240 frames per second video. Now let me say, that is slow.
Thirdly, the iPhone 6’s aperture comes in at an f/2.2. This provides great depth of field pictures and have some very nice effects to photos you take on a phone. To put that into perspective, with any base DSLR, you have to buy a special lens if you want anything less than a f/3.5. With the low aperture, this also allows for better night shots.
In all, Apple definitely has put some work into their cameras and I’m pretty excited to get my hands on one of these at some point to really see what it can do.