I got a new G11 a month or two ago and am thrilled by the improvements in the images over my G9 , especially at higher ISO's.
A few days ago I got my iPhone upgrade from the 3Gs to the 4. I have used the iPhone cameras all along and would post the photos amongst my friends on facebook. But I always had to really pump them up in iPhoto or LR.
I mean face it, it's a cell phone camera but that was part of the challenge and for what it was, I sometimes got some neat shots just because it was with me.
I posted a bunch of photos on faceboog last night from the iPhone 4 that I did absolutely no processing to and am amazed. I haven't even tried to mess with anything in Lightroom 3, it is weird though, some of my DNG files are 3.7MB, that seems awfully large. Some had some crazy but expected artifacts in the sky and others were pretty darn good considering.
So what does this mean, and remember that is a freaky tiny sensor, what will Canon be able to come up with next generation and yes I'm one of those waiting for Canon to come out with the worlds best larger sensor point and shoot. I'm still fantasizing a G12 that is larger but has a full frame sensor (and no shutter lag) I really do think there is a place for this in a compact point and shoot camera with a retractable zoom.
And oh guess what, the iPhone has no shutter lag- None, this means it can be done!
These are from the iPhone 4, with no corrections and the late sun color is pretty much like it was, it's also amazing what the camera will to blend in white balance from different sources. Of course they look a lot better in lightroom before being reduced and posted here.
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Now here's one I also did some sharpening/color and a little noise reduction
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