Who knew the iPhone camera was this good?
By Will Park on Sunday, March 1st, 2009 at 11:32 AM PST In Apple, Hottest Hardware, Photos, iPhone, iPhone OS
We certainly had no idea.
The iPhone and iPhone 3G’s meager allotment of 2-million pixels on its image sensor leaves a lot to be desired. In a day and age where even business-oriented smartphones are sporting high-quality 3.2-megapixel cameras, the iPhone’s 2-megapixel shooter seems woefully inadequate. But, these latest set of artsy pics shows off what the iPhone’s camera can really do – not to mention completely turning our view of the iPhone’s camera on its head!
The pictures prove that, done correctly, pics taken with an iPhone need not be blurry, out of focus or otherwise crappy. Although, we’d imagine it takes a steady hand to get your iPhone to take pictures like the images you see here.
Photocritic has a full, 100 picture-strong photo gallery filled with artsy photos taken with the iPhone or iPhone 3G’s 2-megapixel camera. For now, enjoy this limited sampling.
[Via: Gizmodo]
…except that it needs to be postage-stamp sized to look any good. Click Original size on any of the photos and have a look.
Having managed to take moderately good pics (when as noted, sized appropriately) with crappy phone cams for years, I can say I’m not surprised. But then, anyone who knows anything will tell you that even the butt of a droopy tailed dog gets a little sunlight once in a while. Let’s see the other 9,999 shots that don’t quite come off that well. Oh, and throw some 640 X 480, 30 fps video in there too. I enjoy almost everything about the iPhone but the camera is possibly the largest deal breaker for me.
noah, you must stop being a troll…with decent light, the iphone is one of the best 2mp shooters out there…its actually very good…and means its suited for small prints, not stamp
i guess you´re just a really crap photographer…
Can anyone say Photoshop? These images are not the original photos, they’re processed.