Gasp! All I had was an Iphone6: Waiting on line yesterday matinee. I noticed his forked goatee when he was full face, but by the time I got the phone out and set to max telephoto, all...

daldds Loc: NYC

Waiting on line yesterday matinee. I noticed his forked goatee when he was full face, but by the time I got the phone out and set to max telephoto, all I got was this profile. But, as some hog once said, any camera is better than none. The only edit was to darken the sign a little.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

daldds wrote:

Waiting on line yesterday matinee. I noticed his forked goatee when he was full face, but by the time I got the phone out and set to max telephoto, all I got was this profile. But, as some hog once said, any camera is better than none. The only edit was to darken the sign a little.

Nice try, but an iPhone X would have done a better job of capturing the detail in the hair and skin.

daldds Loc: NYC

Really? My 6 texts, gets emails, and lets me talk to people...right?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Nice try is about all this amounts to. Lots of blown highlights.
--Bob

daldds wrote:

Waiting on line yesterday matinee. I noticed his forked goatee when he was full face, but by the time I got the phone out and set to max telephoto, all I got was this profile. But, as some hog once said, any camera is better than none. The only edit was to darken the sign a little.

tommy2 Loc: Fort Worth, Texas

daldds wrote:

...any camera is better than none...

Yep, absolutely!

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

berchman wrote:

Nice try, but an iPhone X would have done a better job of capturing the detail in the hair and skin.

And so would 50 other cameras but the reality is the op got the picture. A bird in the hand...

dave_roe Loc: Rome Italy

If you like it then it is a good shot.

A phone at times is better than nothing. Too bad it was not perfect to those that never have a bad shot.

Naptown Gaijin

Who is this, some celebrity, I presume?

berchman Loc: South Central PA

daldds wrote:

Really? My 6 texts, gets emails, and lets me talk to people...right?

My wife has an iPhone 6. The technical quality of the pictures she takes does not match the quality of my iPhone X. The only reason I spent the obscene amount of money on the X was for the camera.

daldds Loc: NYC

I understand, and appreciate that the X can and does take some awesome shots...looking on the screen. My step-daughter has one. Probably it can do most of what my cameras from 20 years ago could do.
I also know that there are countless youngsters out there (I'm 84; that's almost everyone, to me) who are not at all interested in printing, or enlarging, or pp. They enjoy their photos as is for personal use and social media. Great for them. I'm not of that group.
A couple of days ago, I posted some composites of pelicans being pelicans. Your X could not even begin to capture those separate images. Over the past years, I have posted other shots which could not have been captured with a cell phone camera. Yes, it's easier to carry just a cell phone, but none to date has the sensor or lens to meet my needs.
So, I would rather spend 4 figure money on a new lens, or even my pocket Sony RX100 VI.
Btw, as an aside, how about that guy who tried a selfie overlooking the Grand Canyon with a cell phone?

berchman Loc: South Central PA

daldds wrote:

I understand, and appreciate that the X can and do... (show quote)

When I have my two Fuji X-T3's with me, one with the Fuji 50-140 f/2.8, the other with the 16 f/1.4, I use them instead of the iPhone X.

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

Good shot since I would have been able to shoot with an iPhone 5s. Not too many older out there

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good shot.

Paul J. Svetlik Loc: Colorado

Not too bad - for a telephone?

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

daldds wrote:

Waiting on line yesterday matinee. I noticed his forked goatee when he was full face, but by the time I got the phone out and set to max telephoto, all I got was this profile. But, as some hog once said, any camera is better than none. The only edit was to darken the sign a little.

I think it was a beautiful capture! I have an iPhone XR and I don’t know how good the camera is. Don’t use it enough