{"id":5418,"date":"2013-10-10T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T01:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2013-10-13T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T02:28:40","slug":"iphone-5s-sports-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=5418","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 5s & Sports Photography?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have long enjoyed taking sports photos, particularly those of our children along with their friends, teammates and from time to time, competitors.<\/p>\n

Lugging around a big, but excellent Canon zoom<\/a> with the occasional extender<\/a> offers its rewards. The images are sublime:<\/p>\n

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Yet, technology marches on, possibly leaving the incumbent camera manufacturers in the dust<\/a> (Scroll down a bit to catch “Fake Chuck’s” worthwhile rant on smartphone competition). <\/p>\n

Apple has continued to improve the iPhone’s still and moving image capability. The photos are remarkable for such a small yet powerful computer. I recently had an opportunity to capture a number of outdoor tennis images with the new iPhone 5s<\/a> (unlocked<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Lack of a big zoom requires quite a bit of moving around, something that is not always possible in an active sports venue. <\/p>\n

Seated about 20 to 25 feet (6 to 7.6m) away from the players, I used the iPhone 5s’s camera app, digitally zoomed in and tried to focus on the moving player. I attempted to anticipate<\/em> action. I then pressed and held<\/em> the camera app’s shutter button. The iPhone 5s captures ten (!) frames per second<\/strong> in “burst mode”. <\/p>\n

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While the iPhone 5s will not completely supplant the big lens crowd, perhaps the next generation or two might<\/a>. What software techniques might drive the next round of improvements? Three come to mind:<\/p>\n

1. Focus Stacking<\/a>. Focustwist app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Lytro<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Panoramic techniques<\/a> used in combination with one and two above.<\/p>\n

Next, a look at the Sony’s WiFi camera lens<\/a> for iPhone and Android. A fascinating concept, though constrained by usability and battery issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have long enjoyed taking sports photos, particularly those of our children along with their friends, teammates and from time to time, competitors. Lugging around a big, but excellent Canon zoom with the occasional extender offers its rewards. The images are sublime: Tap to view a larger version. Yet, technology marches on, possibly leaving the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5418"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5445,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions\/5445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}