about iPhone5 We have no doubt about the imaging ability of the iPhone 5 and HTC New 1080P flagship X920e Butterfly Let's do a simple comparative evaluation. Test the performance of the two machines in the basic scenario.
Note: Because the iPhone 5 cannot adjust the ISO and shooting mode, all the pictures Butterfly compares with the iPhone in this article are taken by the automatic mode for comparison.
HDR capability:
This is the sample before Butterfly turned on HDR effect.
This is the sample of HDR after it was opened. It can be seen that the building originally covered by sunlight at the upper right is also shown, but the sky is treated as such bad weather. At that time, the weather was still sunny. It was not such a dark weather at all. Butterfly's HDR processing capacity was really poor, and it could not even show normal weather.
Let's take a look at the 100% screenshots of two samples:
Before opening, 100% screenshots showed that the distant building was directly covered by the sun.
After Butterfly turns on HDR effect, 100% screenshots can be taken, and you can see that the building is displayed normally. But the weather has become a mess.
Let's see the HDR effect of iPhone 5:
The proofs before HDR effect were not opened, and the distant buildings were also covered by sunlight.
After HDR is enabled, the remote buildings can also display normally, and the restoration of the sky is better than Butterfly.
This is a 100% screenshot of the iPhone 5 without HDR enabled.
This is the 100% screenshot of the iPhone 5 after HDR is turned on. It can be seen that the details and colors are restored. The iPhone 5 is no less than Butterfly. When the two pictures are put together, the contrast is obvious.
The top is a 100% screenshot of Butterfly turning on HDR, and the bottom is a 100% screenshot of iPhone 5 turning on HDR.
More Butterfly open and close HDR comparison samples (two pictures with the same composition, the top is not open HDR, and the bottom is open HDR):
From the above sample, we can easily see that Butterfly has not handled the edges of objects with strong light contrast well after turning on HDR, and the edges of objects will be a little fuzzy, and the color transition will be unnatural.
For example, it can be seen clearly from the following sample (the first is HDR is not enabled, and the second is HDR is enabled):
After HDR is started, the color of the building changes first, and pay attention to the transition between the trees and the building. You can see that the color transition is very unnatural. This poor processing power makes HDR functions dispensable in Butterfly. It's even worse to use them than not.
Next is the comparison sample of turning on and turning off HDR for iPhone 5 (two pictures with the same composition, the top is not turning on HDR, and the bottom is turning on HDR):
Pay attention to the bottom left of the screen. Yes, you can see the familiar purple light. Everyone knows the problem of purple light on iPhone, and there is nothing to say here. You need to pay more attention to whether there is strong light near the viewfinder box to avoid purple light as much as possible. But shooting in such a bright place, coupled with this shooting angle, the problem of purple light is really disgusting.
As you can see, the iPhone 5 is very good for color restoration. After HDR is turned on, the color deviation of the composite photo is not large, and the overall exposure control of the photo is good.
Now let's compare the clarity of two sample images after HDR is turned on:
This is a 150% screenshot of Butterfly turning on HDR. As you can see, Butterfly's imaging style is more sharp, so when you zoom in, you always feel a bit of burr and noise, and the railing on the window becomes blurred. The picture looks very hard and three-dimensional.
This is a 150% screenshot of the iPhone 5 with HDR enabled. The iPhone 5 side tends to be smooth and soft, the picture looks very smooth, and the details of the window railing are well preserved, which really looks comfortable.
Vision performance:
First look at Butterfly's sample:
Then there's the iPhone 5 demo:
Compared with the two groups, the first impression is that Butterfly's color performance will be more eye-catching, while the color of the iPhone 5 will be a little lighter, but in fact, the color performance of the iPhone 5 is closer to the actual color. Butterfly attracts people's attention by brightening the color, but in fact, it is better to be loyal to the color seen by the naked eye.
Now show you a picture, and you will understand. In the same automatic scene, Butterfly's display will be brighter than that of iPhone. Now let's take a look at their screenshots. As can be seen from the screenshot, the yellow and green leaves on the manhole cover and the gray road surface are all displayed in brighter colors in Butterfly, and the color display of iPhone is normal.
Vision is indispensable for the detailed performance of the vision. Next, take a look at the 300% screenshots of the second picture of each of the above two groups:
This is a 300% screenshot of the iPhone 5.
This is a 300% screenshot of Butterfly.
The 300% screenshots of the two sample pictures don't need to say anything more. You can see it from the screenshots. Of course, in general, we won't zoom in so much to see the details, but here is just a clear word for you. In the future, the details of the iPhone 5 will be no less than those of Butterfly.
Macro capability:
Let's take a look at the macro demo of iPhone 5:
The two proofs are the closest proofs that can be clearly displayed in the macro of iPhone 5.
Now let's take a look at HTC Butterfly. Because the iPhone 5 has no macro option, it is all automatic, so here Butterfly's macro is also automatic shooting.
The two Butterfly images were taken using the latest macro in automatic mode. We can see that Butterfly's macro is closer than the iPhone 5 can take.
If we use Butterfly's macro function, we can take a closer picture:
Next is the macro detail comparison. This is Butterfly's 100% screenshot. I set the focus on the silver paint of the red switch. You can see that the detail texture performance is very good.
This is a 100% screenshot of the iPhone 5. The focus is also set on the paint, but because the macro ability of the iPhone 5 is not as strong as Butterfly, I focus at the same distance as Butterfly. The paint at the front that I want to focus on disappears, and the actual focus is on the stain on the left.
Metering capacity:
For both samples, the focus is set on the red water pipe at the front of the left. Although Butterfly's image is brighter, the places with more sunlight on them all turn pale. The loss of details is very serious, and the control of exposure is extremely poor. Although the image of iPhone 5 is not bright enough, it can accurately reflect the real scene that can be seen by the naked eye at that time, and the color image is also more natural than Butterfly.
Wide angle imaging:
From the above samples, we all found that the wide-angle range of the images taken by Butterfly is larger than that of the iPhone. Let's make a small comparison through a few simple pictures (please look at the parameters at the bottom right of the picture to identify the phone that took the samples).
Indoor performance:
In terms of indoor performance, Butterfly would also like to say that the picture would be brighter. In terms of details, the iPhone 5 is better. The iPhone 5 can retain more details and has less noise and image burrs. Look at the sample sheet below:
This is a 100% screenshot of the iPhone 5.
Above is 100% screenshot of Butterfly.
Summary:
In the above performance, the iPhone 5 has good imaging ability and accurate color restoration, but it will lose to Butterfly in terms of macro and wide angle. Butterfly will be brighter in the picture performance, which is related to HTC algorithm. As long as you pay more attention, you can see that Butterfly's image is basically slower than the shutter of the iPhone 5, and the ISO is also higher than the iPhone 5. These two factors make HTC Butterfly's image slightly brighter and lose details. Through multiple comparisons, the imaging of iPhone 5 will be more natural and retain more details than Butterfly.
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