One thing you can be sure that Apple will improve with every iteration of its iPhone is the device’s camera. The original iPhone packed a 2-megapixel camera that wasn’t all that great at taking photos; things got significantly better two generations later with the iPhone 3GS. The 5-megapixel camera in the iPhone 4 received a ton of praise, but its 8-megapixel successor in the iPhone 4S is even more terrific.
So terrific, in fact, that the developer behind the hugely successful Camera+ application for the iPhone, Lisa Bettany, says the device “outshines” many of the high-end compact cameras currently on the market.
Bettany has put together a great article on the Camera+ website that shows the evolution of the iPhone’s camera, and how each generation takes significantly better pictures than the last. As you can see from the image below, there’s a huge difference between the image captured by the original iPhone than that captured by Apple’s latest device.
It’s not all that surprising, because it is a 2-megapixel camera versus an 8-megapixel one. However, what is surprising is that Bettany says the iPhone 4S “outshines” many of the high-end compact cameras currently available:
“The iPhone 4S is dramatically clearer and sharper than previous iPhone versions. Using separate focus and exposure in Camera+ on the iPhone 4 & 4S significantly helped create a more balanced exposure.
While it’s not nearing the same quality as a professional level dSLR, it is comparable to a top of the line compact camera and even outshines it in some ways.”
I encourage you to check out Bettany’s post on the Camera+ website to see the comparison between shots taken on the iPhone 4S and those taken on two high-end Canon cameras. The results are really impressive.
Are you pleased with the new camera in your iPhone 4S?
[via TechRadar]
