Exploring Cybersecurity, Photography, Technology, and Nature with Khürt Williams
If you want to make something that people really care about, that they actually give a hot shit about, you have to care about it yourself. Because if you don’t, then try as you might, it’ll come out in the final product. The reason for this? Making something is hard. Making something you don’t care about is even harder.Jon Westenberg
Harry GuinnessAt the moment there are four iPhone models for sale: the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5S and 5C. On paper they all have similar technical specifications, but the newer models have better image. All four iPhones have an 8 megapixel camera, but the newer models have better image quality because they have larger sensors. The cameras all have a fixed aperture 4mm lens; f/2.4 in the 5C and f/2.2 in the 5S, 6 and 6 Plus. Given the crop factor, the lens is equivalent to a 30 to 35 mm lens on a full-frame camera.
The iPhone has a shutter-speed range of 1/2000 of a second to 1⁄2 a second. The ISO range is 34 to 2000 in the 5S and 5C and a slightly wider range of 32 to 2000 in the 6 and 6 Plus.
It's interesting to know the photographic abilities -- and limitations -- of the iPhone 6. Not that much different than a Nikon F2.
Perhaps I'm suffering from Stockholm syndrome here, but a couple weeks with the 6 Plus, exclusively, makes all other phones feel like props for an American Girl Doll collection. The 5S feels laughably small. The iPhone 6 feels slightly too small but almost normal. I firmly believe that anyone buying an iPhone 6 should first carry around an old boot as a phone for two weeks. After that, the iPhone 6 will feel like a compact travel accessory.
