The iPhone has inexorably displaced many traditional cameras. However, there are a number of use cases where the iPhone requires, perhaps too many compromises or is not yet up to the job. Sports, particularly fast movement [1] is one example, while low light is often another.

A recent random left turn brought me to Michael Pendry’s “Les Colombes“.

Pendry’s immersive Pentecost [2] performance offered a great venue to compare the iPhone 6’s low light capabilities with a tradional, full frame sensor [3] digital camera.

iPhone 6 images:

Full frame traditional camera images:

I recorded a short video with this camera as well. Watch it here.

I was pleasantly surprised at the iPhone’s capabilities. While not great compared to the traditional camera, the iPhone performed much better than I expected. Perhaps the next generation or two will require further low light investigation.

View a log of the iPhone’s (growing) photo capabilities, here.

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1. iPhone 5s & Sports Photography?.

2. Pentacost.

3. Full Frame Sensor.

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Quite an impressive meal.

The morning light was sublime.

Visit. Wikipedia.

Pamela Druckerman:

Your first attempt will be terrible. A large part of the creative process is tolerating the gap between the glorious image you had in your mind, and the sad thing you’ve just made. Remember that everything great you see started out as someone else’s bad first draft. Version No. 20 of your work may still not be brilliant. But version No. 1 almost definitely won’t be. And if you think it is, look again. Whenever someone sends me a manuscript and says, “It just flowed out of me,” I usually think: Let it flow back into you for a while.
 
 Everything that happens is potential inspiration. Or as Nora Ephron reminded us, “Everything is copy.” When someone tells you a story, you notice a recurring theme in conversations, or you turn a corner and see something that moves you — use it. In fact, when you’re deep into a project, information about it will pour into your life. Write your thoughts down immediately. One of the great joys of a creative life is that your observations and loose moments aren’t lost forever; they live in your work.

The DDR museum – a must see.

Beautiful on Pentecost.

Les Colombes by Michael Pendry.

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The competition between traditional photography equipment and the iPhone’s supremacy “shot on iPhone 6 [1]” is on display in Barcelona.

The iPhone and its many apps are eating away at the dedicated camera/lens business, as indicated by the billboard size photos. I’ve kept a log of the market changes over the years, here:

www.zmetro.com/i6s/

As for me, both have their charms. I’m still often swayed by a great lens and “full frame” sensor.

1. World Gallery.