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Though we won’t get an official side-by-side comparisons of the camera in the iPhone 4S and the new iPhone 5 until we get our hands on it, this is about as close as it gets: Scott Everett, from Dpreview, took nearly the same picture of Big Sur that Apple has been using in its iPhone 5 sample gallery with his own iPhone 4S. It’s the first head to head look of the camera in the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S.
It’s a remarkable coincidence that’s astutely analysed by Dpreview and they’ve discovered that the iPhone 5 (though listed as having a similar spec’d camera) actually has a different sensor than the 4S. Dpreview compared the EXIF data and saw that the iPhone 5 was able to drop to ISO 50, which means “for images taken in such bright light, this strongly suggests the newer model has a lower minimum sensitivity.” Also, Dpreview suggests that the iPhone 5 has a slightly larger sensor than the iPhone 4S when digging deeper into the EXIF data.
From our perspective, there seems to be a little more detail in the iPhone 5 shots, but that could be a lot of different factors in play (time of day, etc.). I definitely prefer the look of the iPhone 5 camera more but on first glance; it doesn’t seem as significant a jump as the the iPhone 4 camera to the 4S camera was (and definitely not 3GS to 4). Of course, this isn’t a real hands-on comparison and it’s not taken at night where we can see if the iPhone 5 has improved low light performance, but it does give you the idea of what the 4S and 5 are capable of. Check out the real photos of the two iPhones at Dpreview.
Also, be sure to read Dpreview’s take on this comparison picture and check out their whole take on the iPhone 5 camera too. [Dpreview]
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Basically identical.
The best part is the wider angle. The main reason I use a dedicated camera as opposed to my phone is that the angle is much wider.
Its not much wider.. 4s = 35mm, 5 = 33mm. The picture wasn’t taken at same distance/place
Until they get a proper flash and zoom I don’t care about phone pictures, I find them too pointless because you can never zoom. I never take pictures standing really close and digital zoom is just dumb.
I really though the Galaxy Camera could be good but no phone functionality… what’s the point then.
It’s an iPhone, it’s never going to get flash
Sorry it’s compulsory to do that joke any time someone mentions iPhone and flash in the same sentence.
You got me Darrell, I let out a chuckle in the office.
Has nobody noticed that these photos were taken at different times? in one there is a palm tree, a layer of low cloud in the sunset and grass and other plants growing on the cliff. The other lacks all of this :/
and apart from the changes in the scenery, the picture looks almost identical…
It may now be able to drop to ISO 50, but judging by the official samples that doesn’t seem to have done anything for image noise. Even in the bright skies of some of them there is still pretty chunky visible noise in the blue channel. There also appears to be less highlight and shadow detail in the image from the 5 compared to the 4S. Red and Green channel saturation seems to have been improved marginally though.