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Pastimes : Photography, Digital including Point and Shoot
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To: Road Walker who wrote (4185)9/12/2012 11:06:14 PM
From: Lahcim Leinad of 4530
 
Well, I downloaded these two comparison photos in full resolution, rotated the one they posted upside down, and compared them in Photoshop.

I don't see what all the "new improved camera" Apple brouhaha is all about: without a doctorate in imaging tech, the output from the iP4s looks identical to iP5's.

iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 4S: Image comparison: Digital Photography Review
Looking at the EXIF data of the images confirms Apple's assertion that this is a new sensor, despite the pixel count remaining the same. Close examination shows the iPhone 5 is using a 4.1mm lens to give a 33mm equivalent field of view, rather than the 4S's 4.3mm lens, which gave a 35mm equivalent view. This means the new sensor is a tiny fraction larger. The iPhone 5 has also selected ISO 50, 1/3EV below the 4S's minimum sensitivity of ISO 64.
Yawn.

If I were in the market for an iPhone, I'd get a used iP4s dirt cheap, upgrade its iOS to 6 and be done with it. Luckily, I am not. :-)))
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