A small test
We put an iPhone to the test. We used the third-party app Camera+ to get the most from
the smartphone’s camera, then tested it indoors and outdoors to see how it handled as a
photographic device, compared to a traditional DSLR.
There is a whole culture built up around using an iPhone as a camera and it’s not hard to
see why. When combined with a couple of good apps, it’s actually a lot of fun once you get
used to the controls. Camera+ is fairly intuitive and, if you already have a basic grounding in
photographic technique, the manual control of shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, have you
taking decent pictures straight away. The screen gives you instant feedback on your settings
choices, so you can press the shutter release with confidence. Although you can keep shutter
speed and ISO high to eliminate camera shake, or use the built in stabilisation option, we chose
to mount the iPhone on a tripod. As a DSLR photographer, old habits can die hard, but this is a
good habit to retain. It might seem like overkill to mount a small, lightweight phone on a large,
heavy tripod, but it does help slow you down and take more care with the shots, as you have to
line them up and choose your positioning and composition more carefully. It also means that
on such a rock-solid base, the phone is not going anywhere.
The iPhone 6 is fairly old now
technologically speaking but still
provides an interesting insight into
what is possible in the world of
mobilography even with slightly
outdated tech.
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