> I'd suggest that before buying an Android/Windows/Whatever photo to get a >> better camera it would certainly be prudent to take photos with them and >> the iPhone 5S in the same place and under the same conditions (as far as >> possible) and compare the resulting photos, not the specs!! > > I'd agree with that. Preferably compare the pics off the phones too, so on a computer or print them out even. No point in just looking on a phone screen...
On 11 September 2013 11:23, <[email protected]> wrote: > I find the camera on my iPod touch works impressively well (except in low > light) and its picture taking and video capabilities far exceed my > dedicated Kodak camera from about 8 years ago as well as being loads > smaller and doing many, many other things my Kodak never could. I have it > with me 95% of the time which means a lot more photo opportunities. > > If you want to take really good photos then buy a DSLR. I can't help > feeling that everyone's getting a little jaded - I mean, how good do you > expect or need a phone camera to be? There is a reason that professional > photographers don't use a camera phone on assignment! As Tim Cook said at > the presentation, they could have played the specs game and slapped in more > Megapixels (as others have done) so you have to ask "Why didn't they?". > Michael said "I either stick with the 4s and get a separate camera or go > Android or dare i say it Windoze and get a phone with a decent camera > spec.... ANyone got a decent camera phone tey could recommend?" I have a > DSLR from 2004 which takes much better photos than my 5th generation iPod > touch but i'm really pleased with the quality of the latter too. I'd > suggest that before buying an Android/Windows/Whatever photo to get a > better camera it would certainly be prudent to take photos with them and > the iPhone 5S in the same place and under the same conditions (as far as > possible) and compare the resulting photos, not the specs!! Specs are a > means to an end but it's the end that matters. > > So, what "wow" features would you really, really want to see in the > iPhone6? I'm just curious given the obvious disappointment that these > features were not in the 5S. > > The most significant part of the announcement I reckon was iOS going 64bit > which will I'm sure enable the development of some very clever software. > > As for iOS 7 I think I'll like it a lot after I've got over the shock of > such a radical change. I imagine a good feel for the difference is running > the free Yahoo! weather app and the free Met Office weather app on iOS6. > The Yahoo! app is light, airy, graceful and a pleasure to use. The Met > Office app - which has better weather most of the time - feels heavy, > cramped and cluttered and definitely NOT iOS7. > > My 2p worth. :) > > Stephen > > > "A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but no air force" ~ Unknown > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
