This time, the camera pixels of iPhone 6 remain at 8 million, but it also uses a new iSight camera and better optimization. How does the iPhone 6 improve compared to the iPhone 5S? Have you inherited the excellent imaging quality of the iPhone in the past? Now, let's discuss it.
The iPhone 6 is pre installed with iOS 8, and the camera application of iOS 8 has also added many functions, such as automatic HDR and time delay photography. In addition, the iPhone 6 also supports 240 frames of high-speed video recording. After better face recognition and focusing, you can control the exposure of samples by sliding the exposure slider beside the focusing frame, which is very convenient.
day
When it comes to the daytime imaging of iPhone, the most direct feeling is to give you enough exposure and better white balance, so that your proofs look more vivid and attractive. At that time, the weather for taking samples was still gloomy. The iPhone 6 was able to maintain a sufficiently low ISO and shutter speed to obtain a sample with correct exposure.
In terms of sample comparison, we use the iPhone 5S sample as the main comparison object. In terms of white balance between the two, the sample taken by iPhone 6 will be closer to the naked eye, while the iPhone 5S is slightly blue.
The details of the two are extremely similar, which means that the details of the iPhone 6 are not much better than those of the iPhone 5S, but the white balance is more accurate, and the noise processing of the sample is also better than that of the iPhone 5S. It naturally seems that the iPhone 6 will be better.
Since many people want to know the comparison between iPhone 6 and Xshot, this time we also added the sample comparison of Xshot.
After all, the Xshot is 13 million pixels, which has advantages in pixels. The above two comparisons are 100% screenshots of the iPhone 6 and the Xshot samples. In addition, the detail capture ability of Xshot is also good. The detail performance will naturally be better than that of iPhone 6, and the noise of this sample is also slightly better than that of iPhone 6.
100% screenshot of the sample above.
By comparing several groups of daytime samples of iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S, we can see that they are basically the same in detail, but sometimes they are slightly different in white balance or exposure. The iPhone 6 is also a combination of focusing and metering, but the metering effect of the iPhone 6 is slightly better than that of the iPhone 5S. The overall picture exposure control is better, and it is not easy to underexpose or overexpose.
In addition, in terms of edge imaging, the iPhone 6 is really better than the iPhone 5S, with sharper details and better noise.
The wide-angle of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S lenses has not changed at all. The shooting angles of the two samples are the same. We can see that the shooting ranges of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 are the same.
HDR
As for HDR performance, the iPhone 6 is relatively standard and effective, but it does not improve the high dynamic performance of the screen much.
Of course, compared with the iPhone 5S HDR, the iPhone 6 HDR also has a small improvement. It is obvious that the HDR sample synthesis accuracy is better, and the purple edge phenomenon of the iPhone 6 has also been improved.
Next, we will continue to watch the comparison of several groups of HDR samples. The HDR performance of iPhone 6 is basically like this.
Macro
In terms of macro, the iPhone has performed well in the past, and the iPhone 6 has also maintained this advantage.
This is a 100% screenshot of the above figure. It has excellent detail capture ability and will not over smear the sample. The texture details on the small petals are also preserved. The color is slightly brighter than the naked eye, and the effect is even more attractive with the colorful screen of iPhone 6.
Macro is also the strength of Xshot, but of course, 13 million pixels still have its advantages.
This is a 100% screenshot of iPhone 6 and Xshot samples. Compared with iPhone 6, this texture detail of Xshot has better performance.
Compared with the iPhone 5S, the difference is still the white balance. The white balance of the iPhone 6 is relatively closer to the naked eye.
The pixels of the two are the same, the details are basically the same, and the aperture is the same size, so the performance of the two in macro is basically the same.
However, in some cases, even the iPhone has a serious problem of white balance deviation. The picture above should have been a yellow flower. The white balance of the sample taken by iPhone 6 is blue, and the color of green leaves and flowers has completely deviated from the real color.
In contrast, the white balance of Xshot in this scene is very normal, and the color will not deviate.
For better comparison, we later took a picture with 5S at the same angle and found that the white balance of the iPhone did drift in some cases. In fact, in some cases, the white balance drift of mobile phones is extremely common. Even expensive cameras are not guaranteed to be absolutely accurate. When taking photos, the white balance will deviate due to the ambient light color temperature, color, angle and other factors. The main reason mentioned here is that it really drifts very much. Even the iPhone you regard as a magic opportunity is no exception. Don't pay too much attention to it. In addition, we can also solve this problem by setting the white balance of the camera (the original iPhone camera does not have this function) and adjusting the angle. Of course, if you just like the off balance, it is absolutely no problem. After all, the most important thing is to like your own photos.
Nightscape
As for the night view, there is no obvious difference between them.
The contrast of the iPhone 6 proof is slightly heavier than that of the iPhone 5S, and it is slightly better in noise reduction. If you don't have a very careful and detailed comparison, you basically don't see any difference.
This is a 100% screenshot of the above drawing. The details of the night scene are the same for both. After all, the camera of iPhone 6 has not improved much compared with 5S, and the pixels have not improved. So you don't need to expect how much higher the photography effect of iPhone 6 will be compared with 5S. If you want to look forward to it, it may be that the iPhone 6 Plus equipped with optical anti shake is more worth looking forward to.
summary
In general, this time, the camera of iPhone 6 did not give us too much surprise. It basically inherited the imaging quality of iPhone 5S and then continued to optimize it. The performance of the iPhone 6 demo is basically the same as that of the iPhone 5S, but the noise reduction and HDR purple edge phenomenon of the demo have indeed been optimized and improved to a certain extent, and the progress is still positive, although the progress is relatively small. If you don't need a large screen, 240 frames of high-speed video, and don't care about some small problems with the proof, it seems that there is no need to replace the iPhone 6. You just need to hold your iPhone 5S.
However, the proof of this article only represents the iPhone 6, and the proof of the iPhone 6 Plus equipped with optical anti shake should be slightly better than the iPhone 6, especially in the night view, but this is also the last word. If you have the opportunity to have time in the future, you may also be able to shoot and evaluate the iPhone 6 Plus. Follow your luck.
