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To some degree we can say the task of using software for compensating miniaturisation was successful. Starting with Nokia Lumia phones and continuing with modern iPhones, image quality became acceptable and in some cases even pretty good. Modern phones offer advanced and automatic HDR, multiple shooting modes, the chance of saving in RAW, a plethora of apps for doing sophisticated shooting and editing on the go and, of course, extreme ease of sharing. So, what is the role of compact cameras today?
This post will be focusing on two major actors of this confrontation: the iPhone and the Ricoh GR II. One is the most popular camera smartphone, the other one is the most acclaimed digital pocket camera today, together with the Sony RX100 line. I think most of the considerations will also be valid for other phones and cameras bands and models.
In the end I tried shooting the GR the way I usually shoot it, that is, mostly at f2.8 and sometimes at f4, following the principle that this is not a scientific lab test but more like a report based on direct experience.
And we are not talking of being pixel peepers: an iPhone screen is smaller than a 15*10cm photo print, that is as small as you would probably print. So you must zoom in or watch it enlarged if you want to enjoy the photo at the same magnification level of a small printed photo.
For this reason, in this article I am focusing on jpg photos, because shooting only RAW would stop the comparison here: the RAW files coming out of the APS-C sensor in the GR are orders of magnitude better than the ones coming out of the iPhone small sensor and lens, and with proper post processing we can make them crush whatever the iPhone can hope to produce in RAW without its software wizardry.
This is something to consider. With extreme low light, the only way to shoot the GR is in RAW and using some software like DXO PureRaw for improving the quality before editing. And results could still be disappointing.
But what if we have enough light? Well, then things are also quite different. In this post I am including many photos, and even if they are resized they can still illustrate the reality behind this comparison. When necessary I am posting full size details.
Shooting with the iPhone and the GR seems on paper quite a similar experience: we are using a big screen for framing, we have autofocus, we can shoot a photo with one hand. But this is not telling us the whole story.
The iPhone on the contrary requires us to mostly use two hands for holding and operating the touch screen, and there are no useful physical controls. We can set the volume key as shutter but it has no half way state and using it can create camera shake that is not present if using the onscreen shutter. The old Lumias did much better, with their real two states dedicated shutter button.
The autofocus on the iPhone is much better than the one in the GR. It sticks to objects, it recognises subjects like people, animals, faces. The autofocus on the GR II is slower and it offers basic face recognition only when we shoot in full auto. I only shoot my GR in center focus, so I do focus and recompose.
One thing to keep in mind when talking of autofocus is that the small sensor on the iPhone has a huge depth of field, while the large APS-C sensor of the GR has much less. This means that the autofocus on the iPhone has a much larger tolerance for missed focus, and this (together with the lower resolution output) contributes to the feeling of dealing with a magic autofocus that never misses a shot.
On the GR we have better focus planes separation, even if you should not expect too much: in the end we are talking of an APS-C sensor mounting a 18mm lens f2.8 (equivalent to 28mm on Full Frame). But it still much, much better than the iPhone.
The GR on the contrary is a real camera, meaning that it tries to capture visible reality according to its own limitations. It is a proper tool for capturing light and there is no advanced software interfering and altering reality. Yes you can use filters but that is optional and something else entirely, it is a matter of stylistic choices, something that can also be applied with iPhone. I can shoot Positive Film with the GR or I can apply some RNI filter to the iPhone photo after I shot it, and that is just a possibility.
There are also times when we want to capture reality as it is. When we want to have a much higher image quality. When we want to shoot with a comfortable one hand grip. When we want to use flashes. When we want to capture important moments and make sure they will look great in bigger screens, or printed, and so on. In these situations, the GR makes much more sense.
Smartphones approach to photography depends on their makers and how they see photography. Right now they see it as a way for feeding social media and giving instant gratification to users. There is no care for photography as a way for preserving real memories.
Will this change? Hard to say. Software will always be necessary for overcoming miniaturization, and even if it will be tuned to being more respectful of reality, it will still be a software interpretation nonetheless.
Since the small sensors and optics will not be enough, AI will step in and fix the issues by creating data that is simply not existing or with an unacceptable signal to noise ratio. I am not particularly enthusiastic about this future.
Some are thinking that cameras will survive only if they embrace AI and software, but I think it is the opposite: cameras can only stay meaningful and relevant if they offer a practical and high quality way for capturing reality as it is, in the most faithful way, without poisoning the images with artificial data and software interpretation.
Cameras are already doing their best for capturing reality as it is, so if this is important for you, they still are a better choice than a smartphone. No matter how old or limited a compact digital camera is, it will still tell you more truth than a smartphone.
Thank you very much Ian! The original text was longer but I did cut the part about video. I may add it back at some point, and I also want to add more photo examples and text about portraiture, because it is an interesting topic. I will send a newsletter after I update it!
Hello Gerardo! Or Gerardi ? ? I am glad you like the blog! The LightPix offers a very different experience compared to the GR II in-camera flash. The LightPix is more powerful, it can use small colored filters that allow for creative solutions, and most importantly it can be used off camera, so you can actually create nice volume rendering on the go, especially for portraits. I guess the next post could be about GR II + LightPix flash! I have no particular recipes, my camera setting are mostly the same I described in the GR II review, and I usually keep white balance on daylight so that all photos have the same wb and I get warmer tones in portrais. Thanks for reading and commenting!
Hello Andrea, a really useful comparison between smartphone and camera. Thanks a lot for this detailed description. I am using digital cameras since 2001, full format since 2008 and a compact digital cam since 2016. All what you said isthe truth, twice and thee or four times.
I do not like digital manipulation of pictures. As a journalist I do not manipulate pictures (only brightness and contrast as we already did with analogue film) and I think what iphones or android phones do is changing reality.
Thank you very much for your detailed insights.
Thomas
Thanks for your comment! My positive film settings are still the same ones I described in the Ricoh GR II review. I may tweak them a bit depending on the scene, but most of they time I just keep them like that. Thanks for reading the blog!
Congratulations for the work done and your generosity. There is also a comparison online between the images taken with the cheaper Canon S95 and the iPhone 12, the same considerations apply and evidently it is also a matter of taste. It is certainly too easy to shoot with a smartphone, while shooting with a camera requires knowledge of photographic technique to get the best results. Not only will photo acquisition software evolve in the future, giving more or less questionable results, but also post production software applications that will allow you to obtain great results with everything. The trouble is that today only expensive, high-end cameras are sold, whereas the cheaper but more valid ones would still have made sense to be widespread on the market.
Hi Dominic, thanks for your comment! Your last sentence is quite true indeed. There is a sort of collective hallucination saying that smartphone took the place of everyday compact cameras, and so only expensive high end gear makes sense. In reality, a couple of tests prove that smartphones are not replacing compact cameras, they are just a different kind of compact camera, a kind that sacrifices image fidelity and quality for the sake of comfort. Camera brands are supporting (creating?) this hallucination, hoping to sell more high end gear, even to people that would have been happy with a good pocket camera. There are many ways the market could evolve, but right now this seems to be the one chose by brands. We will see! Have a great day.
I appreciate all of the good observations on using IPhone and a DSLR camera together. The phone camera does well in situations where security is involved. I have moved to DSLR cameras in more open sites and fast moving sports events. Although if I had the disposable funds for developing film I would keep using my several solid, substantial SLR film cameras. I learned photography on those over 30 years ago. They just bring an aura of seriousness and professionalism to taking pictures.
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