iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in photo

Re:iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in p... by eezurr on Friday December 31, 2021 @09:54AM (#29748545)

Snapping good low light photos really comes down to how fast your lens is (smaller f stop number). A lot of kit lens (the ones sold with cameras, even nice cameras), are surprisingly low quality lens, and don't really open up much. My Sony A7-3 came with a kit lens that opens up to F3.5.

This summer I purchased the 24mm GM F1.4 and WOW does it take fantastic night photos. No tripod needed, it lets in enough light that I can use 1/30+ shutter speed. https://i.imgur.com/CcNEUsM.jpg (photo I took recently. 1/40s, 1.4F, 1250 ISO. No photoshop magic, just basic lightroom adjustments)

Also, the iphone opens up to 1.4f, so you're probably not making a fair comparison to your camera (assuming your lens does open up as much)

EDIT: Sony has a 1.2F 50mm lens I really want to get my hands on, but now I am an entrepreneur so my spending days are over for awhile.

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Re:iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in p... by emkoemko on Friday December 31, 2021 @12:54PM (#29750541)

f1.4 on a tiny sensor does not equal f1.4 on a FF sensor.... that's why they have to use "AI" to fake the bokeh. Yea a f1.2 might be nice but you would have to be really skilled to get stuff in focus wit that razor thin dof.

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