This isn't a review. It is a competent photographer showing off. Which is fine, but you should be aware of it while reading.<p>1. The fake bokeh looks surprisingly good. I don't think any of my non-technical friends would be able to spot it on their own.<p>2. These pictures are absolute best-cases for the iPhone (or any) camera. For headshots with well-chosen natural light as in these pics a picture taken with an iPhone 4 would look almost as good. "Studio lighting" and other tricks won't fix bad light. Neither will a $6,500 Nikon D5 with a $1,000+ lens.<p>3. Nikon, Canon et al need to try harder. Cellphones have already replaced several categories of "real" cameras, and they keep improving every year.
A top performing smart phone "camera" is really just the algorithm that creates a psychologically appealing composition.<p>Note that AI is not being used to (simply) mimic a better sensor and lens, there is all sorts of stuff going on in the algorithms that a photographer would do in photoshop or in the dark room.<p>The problem is, there is a specific aesthetic being targeted, and this removes some of the artistry from photography.<p>I think there is a fundamental difference between a) the camera capturing multiple depths of field, focal points, etc., and then allowing the user to make the final decision in post production and b) the camera computationally simulating lens effects and lighting effects in the way that snapchat filters widen eyes and add animal ears.<p>Cameras are supposed to capture reality, not create a postcard-like view of whatever was in range or generate a flattering selfie.<p>These reviews should not be called camera reviews, they should be called "image algorithm reviews".<p>What's next, phones whose "microphones" make our voices sound more masculine or flirtatious?
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This is little more than an advertisement for luxury tour operator Ker and Downey and the luxury hotel brand The Taj Group masquerading as an Apple hardware review.
These photos all have a very "Shot on the Iphone" feel. Can't tell if it's because Iphones excel at one type of picture or because Apple/this reviewer feels the need to go all the way to India to test out a phone camera.
I got the 8 Plus (upgrade from the 6S Plus), mainly for the camera. Lugging my Nikon D610 has become a pain in the ass.<p>I wish iOS would allow native DNG (RAW) captures with their camera app. They added HEIC but not DNG? It'd be so much faster to snap a pic and capture DNG with the native app, rather than firing up LR Mobile / VSCO, etc.
There are lots of reviews popping up about iPhone 8 vs iPhone 7. What I'd like to see is a side-by-side of Portrait Mode on: iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 10, iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 11, and iPhone 8 Plus.
Isn't it possible to offer the "Slow Sync" feature on older models like 6/6s? I would assume this would be software controlled... Maybe another camera app has this already?
In Today's news: A newer model iPhone has a better camera than the previous model.<p>Neat new features though, like that "slow sync". Why don't older models get "slow sync" though? It seems like something that is controlled by software