Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:


iPhone 11, main lens, auto settings, no editing.

The simulated bokeh never looks right for me, but I still think this isn't bad.







Spider:


Cropped:

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Jul 18, 2020

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
A local primary school I take pictures of and around a couple times a year:







My website clickbait pic:

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Jul 20, 2020

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
LG G6 photos. I think everything after ~mid-2017? uses a sideloaded Google Pixel cam app.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JtPCeRs9hxXshTtC8

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Queueing at the supermarket:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:


Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Aug 4, 2020

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Can't upload it from my 11 :raise:

- cropped, and I hit the Auto button in Editing to brighten it up.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:







Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:


If I had to guess at it's actual length, I'd say 4-5mm.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Moth Orchid, just bought it.

Auto color and contrast editing (ios photos); second photo is digital 2x.


Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Wait, that entire thing is a camera?

I thought it was just a lens... :stare:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Dabir posted:

So if there was one made out of good glass, it would be good?

The original camera would also need to be good as well. No point in using a Moment lens on a Nexus 5, know what I'm saying?

https://youtu.be/hAZp8fugJRM

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Dabir posted:

Btw sorry if I'm asking frustrating questions here, it's just that adding a zoom lens to the front of your phone seems really simple conceptually and I'm not fully grasping why it isn't.

E: Also if it matters, I misremembered the model of my phone, it's a 2018 A7, not an A8. Always mess that up.

The concept is indeed simple, but the execution isn't easy. A glass lens can't simply be molded to order, it needs to be ground down. The clarity of the glass, and how accurate the shape of the lens is costs time and money, with corners quite literally being cut (less accurate to the spec) depending on the manufacturer. Even the Hubble ended up being slightly off and they spent like, two billion on that thing. Secondly, the lens needs to be correctly aligned with the phone camera. Take a pair of glasses and look through them. Now move them back and forth and see how they go in and out of focus. The best method uses a twist and lock with a proprietary phone case.

I've considered them myself, but you definitely want to do research and preferably find a brick and mortar that will let you try them (not easy in the current environment).

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Jun 1, 2021

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Yeah, the thing with even a used DSLR or a dedicated point and shoot is that with the exception of maybe one or two VERY recent phones, the image sensor and the lens is always larger; higher resolution, and much, much better in low light and for avoiding lens flares. Even entry level models will have at least 4x optical zoom and 5x digital for an effective 20x, and using a better sensor and lens than an S21 Ultra.
Obviously what you gain in power you lose with that near instant convenience of always having a phone ready with a ton of battery, but it's a good option to check out.
Knew a friend that carried a cheap little Canon for a few years just for that thing.

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Jun 1, 2021

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:




:canada:

I tried to get a better shot but they wouldn't let me get closer than two metres. :ironicat:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
I really like how you can just see the hint of God rays in that shot.

Some closeup stuff:

Korean red pepper powder

Custom blend for pasta sauce

Some David's Tea blend I still had

A multitool I use as a keychain

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jun 23, 2021

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Google adding AI-powered denoise and sharpen filters to improve those less-than-stellar photos:

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/06/29/how-google-photos-pulls-pushes-and-polyblurs-your-pics-to-perfection/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/23/bring-your-blurry-noisy-shots-back-to-life-with-these-new-editing-tools-in-google-photos/

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Just some abso-friggin'-lutely beautiful Winter Wonderland-class powder on all the trees today.







Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

p0stal b0b posted:


Hopefully on-phone editing of photos is allowed...


I don't see why not; though I only hit Auto on my iPhone almost all the time for my photos. :v:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
iPhone 11 Ultrawide, evening, facing north, "Dramatic" color preset:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
My next phone needs a telephoto:



iPhone 11, 12mp, 5x digital zoom, with flash, plus manual cropping, no auto editing.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Lot of smoke on Tuesday:

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Jun 29, 2023

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Bottom Liner posted:

This is really disorienting. Is this a diorama with a real skyline in the background or some tilt shift trickery? Wide open panorama?

I'm on the third floor of a library holding my phone against the window, using the ultrawide setting.

I actually have to tilt my phone back slightly to not cut off the last couple floors.

Same floor, about 60 feet to the left of the original shot:


Doesn't work at all due to the lens distortion.

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Jun 29, 2023

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Bizarro Kanyon posted:

Is there a website that breaks down phone by phone what each phone has in terms of camera features?

GSMarena gives the technical information (mp, fov, etc.)
I don't know if it mentions more software-specific things, like Apple's Macro Mode with the Ultrawide lens on the 13/14 pros

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Bizarro Kanyon posted:

Thanks! I am trying to help my students learn what specs their cameras have and we will then discuss what their operating system allows them to do. This site will help streamline that greatly.

Be careful about aperture numbers for lenses. Iirc they're not directly comparable D/SLR cameras.

quote:

Speaking of camera lenses, photography enthusiasts will often associate wider apertures with a shallower depth of field, allowing for nice, soft bokeh. However, with smartphones, we’re usually stuck with a fixed aperture, a smaller image sensor positioned close up to the lens, and a reasonably wide field of view. A phone camera’s depth of field will never be that shallow.

Smartphone sensors are positioned much closer to the lens than in a DSLR, hence why today's smartphones have a wider aperture ratio even though the opening is smaller.

An f/2.2 smartphone camera actually only provides a depth of field equivalent to an f/13 or f/14 aperture on a full-frame camera. It only produces a small amount of blur. Modern phones with enhanced bokeh effects rely on software for a more dramatic look. We usually see the effect artificially added in shooting modes like Portrait Mode.


Helpful material:
https://www.androidpolice.com/how-do-smartphone-cameras-work/

https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-aperture-789927/

https://www.dxomark.com/smartphones-vs-cameras-closing-the-gap-on-image-quality/

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Aug 28, 2023

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
iPhone 15, Ultrawide, Auto color editing.
Yesterday was one of the most beautiful days I have ever experienced. I could have photographed clouds all day.





  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply