Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | By: Jim Zuckerman
This is an interesting image in that I experimented. iPhones inherently have exceptional depth of field, and they also have built-in HDR. In addition, they can produce color corrected images in fluorescent lighting situations. So, I used the wide angle lens on my iPhone 15 to photograph this crested gecko. By placing the iPhone camera about 3 inches from the reptile meant distortion happened -- in other words, the head of the gecko looks disproportionately large. In Photoshop, I increased the resolution of the image using Topaz Gigapixel AI and sharpened it as well with Topaz Sharpen AI, and then I replaced the original background with a shot of out of focus foliage I took in Costa Rica. Admittedly iPhone images are not as sharp as those that come out of a mirrorless or dSLR camera. The unique versatility, however, means that in some situation I'll opt to use it. What I'm really hoping for in the near future is a high res iPhone version.
2 Comments
Aug 20, 2024, 4:31:24 PM
Jim - Joe, Tony Northrup says the R5 II doesn't have the dynamic range of the R5. I'd like to get your feedback on that.
Aug 20, 2024, 4:28:26 PM
Joe Howard - Jim, I have the new iPhone Pro that has the 25x zoom and it has 48 megapixels. Does good micro. Only problem with 25x is I had=ve a hard time holding it on the subject to get the photo. If you use the crop factor the mega pixels drop way down. So far I find it to be a good camera. Still not up to the R5 but close. I am getting the new R5 MII tomorrow. Plan to work on the blast settings to get good at pre capture prior to the South Florida trip.