Questions tagged [iphone]
Smart phone produced by Apple Inc.
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Is a GoPro recommended for still images while doing tourism?
I have an iPhone SE and a GoPro Hero 4 Black.
Which of them do you recommend using when you are doing tourism? And why?
Kind of tourism: I'll be visiting London, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Germany, ...
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How can I capture RAW files with an iPhone?
With iOS 10 coming to iPhones starting today, I am wondering how exactly RAW capture works with the new OS. Are RAW files available only in third party apps that add that capability, or does the built ...
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Does Apple make its own lenses for iPhone cameras?
Does Apple make its own lenses for iPhone cameras? Or, does it at least design them? If not, does it source from a lens maker like Zeiss, or a camera maker like Canon?
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How do digital filters work? [closed]
I don't really know what to call them, but the filters most commonly used by mobile photo and video apps, which are part of post-processing. I'm not a big fan of them but I'm curious as to how they ...
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Why do phone cameras focus and defocus deliberately while clicking a macro shot?
I've tried this with many phone cameras and almost all of them focused well for macros but only for a moment before they defocus to focus something further behind. If the camera can focus on objects ...
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How can I record the zenith angle of camera within the metadata of a photo from smartphone (iphone)
I'm taking a series of hemispherical (fisheye) photos while I ride my bike down city streets as a part of a project to explore the structure of city street trees. I'm planning on using my smartphone (...
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Is distortion on an iPhone primarily due to perspective or does lens distortion play a part, and what can be done about it?
I am researching how to correct any facial distortions seen on an iPhone's front camera. Here is my current understanding of the issue:
close-up photos will enlarge nearer facial features such as ...
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How do I choose between a wide or ultra-wide lens for an iPhone?
I'm a novice photographer looking for a wide/ultra-wide lens to attach to my iPhone 6 Plus for use during a vacation. I know nothing about these lenses and how to use them, except that they seem to be ...
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What are the color temperatures of the iPhone 6's flash?
The iPhone 6 has a dual-LED flash. What are the color temperatures of the two LEDs? Are there any commonly occurring light sources or scenes that are outside this range? For example, a sodium vapor ...
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What would cause a green color shift in the same photo between my Mac and my iPhone?
I just finished editing a picture and saved it in JPG on my Mac, which look perfectly fine. I sent it to my iPhone and the color completely shifted and look dull.
I was wondering what could make such ...
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How can I import a single photo from Mac to iPhone library?
I want to import a single image file from my computer into my iPhone library so that I can, from there, import it into the LINE app. I do not want to sync my iPhone with my computer, because I only ...
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How to get original images when using the HDR mode on an iPhone?
I made HDR photos with an iPhone 4S (iOS 7.1.2). In many cases the result is very good; however, I found that in pictures where people are moving, you sometimes see "ghosts".
Is there a way to get ...
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Does the iPhone do automatic tone/color correction?
When I recently imported photos from iPhone into LR, I noticed that every photo had evenly balanced histogram, so I guess that after you take a picture with iPhone, it is immediately processed and ...
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Stuck on importing images to collection from Lightroom mobile
I am using Lightroom CC 2015. I have synced my iPhone images using Lightroom mobile. This leads to the images being available:
in the collection "iPhone Photos" in the box "From LR Mobile".
in the "...
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How can a super tiny iPhone 6 Plus lens produce significant DOF?
According to Apple specs the iPhone 6 Plus thickness is 0.28 inch (7.1 mm) and the lens length is only a part of that. And according to an article I found, Depth of Field is a function of "aperture (i....
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How to get Manual Control of my iPhone 4
I have an iPhone 4. How can I take manual control over the camera in my phone?
I would love to be able to take manual control over: ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed on my iPhone. But does my iPhone 4 ...
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Alternative to EOS Remote app for 6D?
Has anyone found an alternative app for iPhone/iOS that supports the 6D/70D over internal Wi-Fi? I have been vastly disappointed with Canon's EOS Remote and was curious if anyone has found an ...
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What's the dynamic range of the iPhone 6 Plus?
... or other mobile devices such as the iPhone 5s, Nexus 6 or iPad Air 2?
Everyone says that the dynamic range of mobile devices is lower, but how much lower?
For comparison, an APS-C camera like ...
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How does the iPhone 5s manage to take HDR photos at full-frame rate?
The iPhone 5s has a burst mode where it takes 10 photos per second. According to this review:
Even HDR shooting doesn’t slow things down much, and there’s no waiting for the phone to digest a long ...
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Will using snapseed make the quality of my photos worse?
I often like using simple editing software on my iPad, however if I were to shoot in RAW and then export a photo as a png/jpeg and then saving it on snapseed, would using the program make the ...
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Is it true that cameras with larger sensors are more likely to mis-focus under low light?
I use a Sony NEX-5R, and my single biggest problem with the camera is that it often mis-focuses under low light. I shoot a lot of low-light photos, and I work around it by using manual focus.
I have ...
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Does a .png file extension on an iPhone image mean that the photo was edited or altered in any way?
I've been told that a photo I took with an iPhone has a .png extension means that the photo has been altered or tampered with. I know I took the pic at that time.
Why are some of my photos in the ....
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What's a good software to combine all the frames in a video into a photo?
The goal is to reduce noise.
This is on my iPhone 5s, which has bad low-light performance, as you can imagine. So I wanted to see if I could take a video (without the phone moving), and then merge ...
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How do I reduce noise in a sequence of photos of the same subject over time?
I'm making a timelapse sequence on my iPhone 5s. It looks good enough when it's bright outside, but when the sun sets, the video quality really suffers due to the poor low-light performance of the ...
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How do I photograph the sunset without damaging my camera?
This applies to the Sony NEX-5R, and the iPhone 5S. I want to shoot a timelapse of the sunset. The Sony manual says not to point it at the sun. Other questions on photo.SE agree with that advice, but ...
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Why does my point-and-shoot take hazy photos?
My point-and-shoot (Canon SD 1100 IS, bought in 2008) has for the past couple of years (that I've noticed) been taking hazy photos, as if I'm shooting through fog. I cleaned the lens using an air ...
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Is HDR more important on a phone camera than a standalone camera?
I've had good luck using my iPhone's HDR feature when I'm out without my digital camera (Nikon COOLPIX S630); I tend to take the kinds of pictures for which HDR is useful. The standalone camera doesn'...
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Is it possible to tether a D7000 to a smartphone?
Is it possible to shoot tethered (wired) with D7000 using a smartphone? if yes, which OS, what kind of features and apps are needed?
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Hotshoe flash with adaptable color temperature?
The dual LED flash in the iPhone 5s allows changing its color from white
to amber, to approximate the color temperature of ambient light.
dpreview.com writes:
In fact, it features the first auto-...
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How iPhone 5S can have such a big aperture? f/2.2?
I thought that in order to have a big aperture such as f/2.2 a big amount of light should be able to enter to the sensor and in order to do it, a big lens was needed.
How is it possible that in the ...
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Backing up iPhone photos to iPad Mini on lengthy travel
I will be purchasing an iPad mini for my iPhone to back up pictures (among other uses).
I'll be traveling for approximately three months, and, as a traveler, I would say I don't take that many ...
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What do I need to do to take Aurora borealis photos by iPhone4S?
Is my gear and some application capable enough to photograph the Aurora Borealis?
My gear:
iPhone4S
olloclip 3-in-1 lens (macro, wide-angle and fisheye lens)
LightTrac Apps
Instagram Apps
I have ...
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What do I need to beef up my iPhone for my go-to camera on my travels? [closed]
Note: I know very little of photography.
I will be doing some extensive traveling in the coming months in Europe. Since I absolutely need to pack light, I've opted not to purchase a point-and-shoot ...
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What should be the stereobase to shoot 3d with 2 iPhone4?
I want to use 2 iPhone 4 (not 4S or 5) to shoot 3d photo and video. What should be the distance between their lenses and how do you calculate it?
Update:
The actual focal length on iPhone 4 is 3....
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what would the most effective metrics to compare the quality of photos taken from a smartphone/iPhone and a digital still camera?
Essentially, are there any criteria/metrics that would allow the viewer to tell whether a digital photo has been taken using a smartphone or iPhone compared to that of a DSC? Or is it a case that ...
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What caused the LEDs to not display properly in this photo?
I was taking a photo of a nuclear radiation counter with my iPhone, and the LEDs weren't displaying properly in the first photo, even though it looked "solid" and not flickering to me.
Was this ...
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What's the brightness depth of IPhone 5 camera in bits?
Likely this will be the same as the color depth in bits per channel.
For digital cameras it can be 8bit or 12bit and sometimes as high as 14bit. What is it for the IPhone 5?
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Can I trigger my flash with an iPhone?
I have a Canon 430EX flash and an iPhone 5. I really enjoy the quality of the camera in daylight, but of course in low light conditions the built in LED flash is quite poor. So would it be possible to ...
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Is it feasible to use an iPhone as a slide scanner?
Is it practical to scan a bunch of 35mm slides with an iPhone?
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Is there an adaptor/app that can connect an iPhone to a Canon DSLR as an external monitor?
I love the swivel monitor on my Canon 60D but as I am planning to upgrade to a camera with a fixed screen I am also looking into some small external monitors with swivel capabilities. I saw some ...
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How can you make the most of mobile phone cameras? [duplicate]
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How do I get the best results with a cell phone camera?
I don't always have my DSLR with me, yet someone in the group usually has at least an iOS or Android device with them. ...
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iPhone location scouting app that reads geo-location exif data
Does anyone know of a iPhone/iOS app that helps with scouting or keeping a file of good locations? The big caveat is that it should be able to read exif location data of photos previously taken that ...
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How can I get the best quality prints from an iPhone photo?
I have a photo on my iPhone that I'd like to print, but the quality is poor. Is there anything I can do so that I can print it?
I have Photoshop CS5.
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How to reproduce Instagram Lo-Fi filter in Photoshop?
I used the Instagram Lo-Fi filter a lot and wonder how I can reproduce the effect in Photoshop...
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Is there any downloadable Photoshop CS5 Lens Profile for iPhone (3GS)?
Either user- or Adobe-created, is there any downloadable lens profile for iPhone (3GS) cameras for Photoshop, for use with Lens Correction?
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What would be the must have mobile phone apps for photographers?
I am looking for apps for my mobile phone (Generalizing it to any mobile phone rather then being a specific Android, Apple or Windows phone) that I will find helpful while taking pictures on my DSLR.
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Is there a list of photo printing services that use the Flickr API?
Is there a list of known photo printing services that utilize the Flickr API so that images can be grabbed from your existing Flickr account rather than you having to create a separate account and re-...
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What are the best apps used to process photos taken by an iPhone?
Recently, I love taking photos using my new iPhone 4S. Since I am new to this world, and there are tons of iPhone photo editing apps out there, I wonder what the best iPhone apps are for editing ...
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Why is Lightroom 3 having trouble importing from my iPhone 3GS?
When I attach my phone to lightroom 3 it recognizes the device in the import screen but it does not show any thumbnails as available. When I try to import the images it will not do so and says they ...
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How can I import photos into Lightroom from my iPhone without getting the videos?
I am importing photos from my iPhone 4S into Lightroom 3.4.1. I don't want to import the videos. How do I tell Lightroom not to import video without me having to untick all the individual videos? I ...
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