The standard 1x for most smartphone cameras is equivalent to about a 28mm focal length on 35mm FF, albeit the typical smartphone aspect ratio is 3:4 native, not 2:3. By comparison, 50mm (on 35mm FF) is a pretty long lens, about a 2x magnification factor (not counting digital zoom).
If you want something longer, the Moment case and auxiliary lenses provide a 58mm equivalent, which when fitted to the iPhone 11 Pro's 2x camera nets a FoV of about 105mm (on 35mm FF). It's an excellent quality auxiliary lens and nets very good results, particularly if you use some kind of a support to keep the iPhone absolutely steady when making an exposure. And with the Moment camera app, you have excellent exposure control and raw output to work with. I have both the Moment 18mm wide and 58mm telephoto auxiliary lenses. With them, and the Moment camera app, the iPhone 11 Pro becomes something more than just a smartphone camera. Used to best advantage, one can be hard pressed to see the difference between what the result look like compared to at least an APS-C and even a few FF cameras. Of course, there are many constraints ... smartphone cameras have teensy sensors so net their best picture quality at the lowest ISO settings, etc. G — No matter where you go, there you are. > On Oct 6, 2020, at 11:39 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I was surprised to learn that the “telephoto” lens on the best Apple and > Samsung phones yields only the fov of a 50 mm lens on 35 mm full frame. Not > exactly a big glass look and hardly deserving of the telephoto moniker. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
