Digital photo expert Styler Stalman joins David Sparks and Steven Hackett on Mac Power Users to discuss iPhone photography. It’s a great listen if you know a bit about cameras and photography (or want to learn) but came to this world from your phone.
- the ultrawide lens is 13mm, which is “beyond ultrawide” (typicallly 16mm)
- it’s not as good in low light as the 1x lens
- 4x is about 100mm: a standard portrait length
- 5x is 120mm
- Optical zoom = cropped zoom
- Don’t pinch to zoom: “be on the numbers” due to how the phone processes images
- He tries not to use Portrait mode when shooting due to the lack of natural blur compared to the camera’s natural bokeh (“be careful of how much Portrait Mode you use”)
- The latest selfie camera has a greater pixel count than previous versions
- Follow the path of least resistance: “Apple wants this to be easy for you”