iPhone vs Nikon (Page 2): Personally, I don't have a printer capable of anything larger than 12 x 14 but I have 15 or 20 photos hanging on the walls of the living room, dining room...

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

rook2c4 wrote:

As long as you work within the iPhone camera's technical limitations, it can certainly generate very nice (even professional-looking) images.
It will often be pointed out that you cannot blow up phone camera images to 16x20 successfully, which is probably true. However, many photographers don't even own a printer capable of printing that large, or are particularly interested printing to such size. And some don't seem to ever print anything at all.

Personally, I don't have a printer capable of anything larger than 12 x 14 but I have 15 or 20 photos hanging on the walls of the living room, dining room, den, bed rooms and office that are all 12x14 or larger (I don't print very many images on my printer because I can have Adoramapix and other professional labs print any of my images 8x10 or larger for less than I can buy ink and paper. I have several customers that I order prints for also. I would rather order my images from them and have a choice of type of paper, metal, glass, canvas or what ever than try to print the images myself and possibly ruin 2 or 3 sheets of paper to get one print. As for sending them cell phone prints, I have had a couple that we wanted to see if they could do (every now and then you get one of those "OH MY GOSH" shots on the camera phone that you couldn't get with the camera. When the processors got the image 8x10 was about as big as we could go without it being unusable or unsellable.
Now, what I have done in order to get around the problem, is to take 4 or more camera phone photos and put them together in a collage with none of the photos being larger than 5x7 or so. I might even put a couple of 8x10 images taken with a DSLR in the collage to give balance or separation to the smaller images.

WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

dcampbell52 wrote:

Iphones and the newest versions of Galaxy etc. take very good photos if you keep them under 8x10. If you enlarge them beyond that (especially to 10x16 or 16x20 they can't compare to a DX sensor much less an FX sensor. (Note the Nikon D5300 is a DX sensor). Cell phones are perfectly acceptable for photos that will never be enlarged and can make great 3x5 or 5x7 images. Just don't blow them up for display much beyond 8x10 and put them on the wall.

Balogna,

WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

rook2c4 wrote:

As long as you work within the iPhone camera's technical limitations, it can certainly generate very nice (even professional-looking) images.
It will often be pointed out that you cannot blow up phone camera images to 16x20 successfully, which is probably true. However, many photographers don't even own a printer capable of printing that large, or are particularly interested printing to such size. And some don't seem to ever print anything at all.

whitewolfowner

You can't begin to even try to compare these. If you want to compare, you have to take the same photo a the same time with both cameras and at least color correct them.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

WessoJPEG wrote:

Balogna,

You're entitled to your opinion, but I get paid for my product and I wouldn't use an I-phone to take those photos (for several reasons).

Amandy

I'm really just trying to find out if I'm taking clear pictures with the Nikon D5300 or can I make it better. To me the Nikon should look clearer than the iPhone. It's hard for me to tell on my computer if it is. I know I need a new computer but will have to do for now. This is an original picture from camera with only D-lighting retouching on camera in manual mode 1/400 F11 ISO 320 WB daylight.

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WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

dcampbell52 wrote:

You're entitled to your opinion, but I get paid for my product and I wouldn't use an I-phone to take those photos (for several reasons).

Some of the best photos I've seen were taken with an iphone. I don't have one but they are great.

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

flexibility, creativity, I'll stay with my 5300

whitewolfowner

Amandy wrote:

I'm really just trying to find out if I'm taking clear pictures with the Nikon D5300 or can I make it better. To me the Nikon should look clearer than the iPhone. It's hard for me to tell on my computer if it is. I know I need a new computer but will have to do for now. This is an original picture from camera with only D-lighting retouching on camera in manual mode 1/400 F11 ISO 320 WB daylight.

All I ca say right now is; what lens are you using and you need to have some post processing software and the skills to use it.

machia Loc: NJ

iPhone imagery are for small photographic prints and make beautiful photos for the computer or cellphone screen .
Large prints with a cellphone camera and you'll see a lot of grain .
But what really sets them a part is creativity . The SLR / DSLR is a photographic tool whereas the cellphone is a handy gadget . A capable gadget but with a lot of limitations . I like to make the comparison of a dedicated tool to a Swiss Army knife .
Which Nikon camera did you use by the way ? And which iPhone model are you using ? Just curious .

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

WessoJPEG wrote:

Some of the best photos I've seen were taken with an iphone. I don't have one but they are great.

Yes they are. As I said, they are excellent for what they are. Joe McNally used his to take a couple of shots from the top of the radio tower on the Empire State Building but, as he said, "it's a great camera for snap shots (meaning where you don't have the ability to hold a regular camera and get a shot) but it has limitations. Personally, I use mine for quick shots when it is not convenient to get out one of my DSLR cameras and lenses. I use it to take (and send) shots of places that I want to return to for photos and in places where either I don't have my camera with me or don't want to pull it out. But, NONE of these photos are of a quality that I could enlarge beyond 8x10 period.

Amandy

The lens was a 70-300 and it's a Nikon D5300. It's an iPhone 6plus. I do use post processing but someone in another commit asked me to send an original photo and that's what the picture of the girl with the dog is. When I zoom in on the photo in the camera screen the photo looks clear but when I upload it to the computer it's not that clear.

whitewolfowner

Amandy wrote:

The lens was a 70-300 and it's a Nikon D5300. It's an iPhone 6plus. I do use post processing but someone in another commit asked me to send an original photo and that's what the picture of the girl with the dog is. When I zoom in on the photo in the camera screen the photo looks clear but when I upload it to the computer it's not that clear.

Post it and hit the little square that says (store original) and it will be downloadable. Then we can download it and put it in software. That way we can get a real look at it and even rework it and send it back to you. Then we can much better see what is going on and try to help a lot more.

Jdh1951 Loc: Los Angeles

I'm curious to know which model iPhone and which model Nikon. Also, what lens you were using on the Nikon and were you shooting in RAW or JPEG?

machia Loc: NJ

I was just thinking that with all this technology , the best large print is still from film . A 16X20 print from Kodachrome 25 is still better than anything digital . The color saturation is remarkable . Just my opinion as I look at a 16X20 print of a DC-3 at Somerset County Airport that I shot in the summer of 1971.
I'm glad Kodak is at least bringing back Ecktachrome . Get ready you old Rokkor lenses and SRT-101 ! lol
You guys have a great weekend .