09-14-2017, 07:45 AM
First, the result is no big deal - even if the computing is awesome and most miraculous, but the result remains on beancounter's art level - which is what Apple became today. Says me, the Apple user.
It's no big deal to me because a face and black background need to have another reason than just being kind of a filter like toy camera, softener or whatever - it will get boring pretty soon because it's lame and it doesn't work well in bright sunlight. Or ist it also softening down harsh shadows?
Given the price of this "phone", I'm very tempted to ask "and that's all it can do? No more bells and whistles?" But then, there are coffee machines which cost much more than that and only brew coffee.
Don't get me wrong, Studor13: I haven't read much about this new function and I will keep it that way, as I will never buy an iPhone this expensive - so it would be a waste of time. This post is not because I like to put things in perspective. It can have all possible filters, functions and what else, but it still is a phone with all the limits of the screen and lens design and all the freedom coming with taking pictures without carrying a ton of gear.
I'm looking at the result and it doesn't convince me. Even if Apple bought the most expensive lenses and makes 150.000 pictures with blurred background to offer you a (basically) wallpaper for download from the cloud. That's totally lame and will usually nor fit in the situation - these highly expensive lenses do not only have great bokeh, but also sharpness - it's the effect of both, not only an exchanged background. which will lack the transition to the subject and I'm not even talking about foreground.
Forget that crap.
It's no big deal to me because a face and black background need to have another reason than just being kind of a filter like toy camera, softener or whatever - it will get boring pretty soon because it's lame and it doesn't work well in bright sunlight. Or ist it also softening down harsh shadows?
Given the price of this "phone", I'm very tempted to ask "and that's all it can do? No more bells and whistles?" But then, there are coffee machines which cost much more than that and only brew coffee.
Don't get me wrong, Studor13: I haven't read much about this new function and I will keep it that way, as I will never buy an iPhone this expensive - so it would be a waste of time. This post is not because I like to put things in perspective. It can have all possible filters, functions and what else, but it still is a phone with all the limits of the screen and lens design and all the freedom coming with taking pictures without carrying a ton of gear.
I'm looking at the result and it doesn't convince me. Even if Apple bought the most expensive lenses and makes 150.000 pictures with blurred background to offer you a (basically) wallpaper for download from the cloud. That's totally lame and will usually nor fit in the situation - these highly expensive lenses do not only have great bokeh, but also sharpness - it's the effect of both, not only an exchanged background. which will lack the transition to the subject and I'm not even talking about foreground.
Forget that crap.