The best camera to have is the one you have with you.
Still 12 MP but an awesome upgrade to the camera from an iPhone 6s.
However, a quality 12 MP image can produce a fine art print up to a sofa-size 36×24 inches and even a bit larger This new iPhone certainly provides the quality.
The image size and quality even leaves room for some creative editing.
Of course it is great to have all possible tools available. But just about everything in photography, as most things in life, is a trade-off.
Post response…to an art thread with iPhone 12 Pro sample shots. It was noted by the photographer that he was still awaiting a tripod he had ordered…
Indeed, Sir, those are quite impressive. There is a lot of nice detail in those 12MP images. They will easily make quality prints up to (my favorite size) 36″x24″ and even a bit larger. I looked at them with the (green box) loupe and didn’t see motion blur – so you might not really “need” that tripod for daytime/outdoor shots.
I will do an upgrade of my old iPhone 6s. Probably be a bit too busy this week but I will pull the trigger soon. I won’t be moving up to the 12 level but may move to an SE or XR. I can plop down $399 and get a new SE on my account and have no further payments – and still have my 6s as a backup.
I am also going to do some test shots with it my phone “clamped” to a tripod, use the self-timer as a vibration-free shutter release – and compare shots between tripod and hand-held. There was a time, albeit a long time ago, that I could hand-hold a film camera (35mm w normal lens) at 1/15 second with no perceptible motion blur. I’ve been watching the displayed shutter speeds (Pro Camera) and see that most shots are over 1/200 sec with my 6s.
Well that plan has been changed. See the new iPhone 12 here: LINK.
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The keys in this photograph make up just over an octave of musical tones on a piano.
The black keys are the “sharp” or “flat” sound of the keys next to which they are located. Twelve tones make up one complete octave – which then repeats in several locations (seven plus) on a full-size piano keyboard, which contains 88 keys in total.
The pair of black keys separate the C, D and E tones, while the trio of black keys divide the F G, A and B notes (tones).
The subject piano, in this image, is a Baldwin Spinet Piano built in the 1980’s.
Image created in an iPhone6 and post-processed with Photoshop Elements and Nik Collection filters by DXO Software.
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