When Apple introduced the iPhone 7, one of the biggest points it brought up was the dual camera on the 7 iPhone Plus. The second lens allows us, when the lighting is good, to take photos with zoom or, already in iOS 10.1, to use the portrait effect that highlights a main object and blurs the background. How does this function behave when compared to a DSLR camera?
AppleInsider has created a video that says face to face portrait effect iPhone 7 Plus with the same function of a Canon 5D Mark IV full-frame DSLR. Logically, the Canon will offer better results, something that should not be surprising if we consider that we are talking about a device created solely and exclusively to take photos that also has a much larger size, but the iPhone is not very badly off.
The portrait effect of the iPhone 7 Plus blurs the background more in close-ups
The first thing they mention in the video is that for the portrait effect of the iPhone 7 Plus to be activated, the person or object in the image has to be at a distance of about 2,5m or, otherwise, they are not guaranteed good results. The closer the image is, the more blurrier the background appears. Personally I like that the protagonist stands out well from the background, but I think the Portrait effect of the iPhone 7 Plus is passed in some scenarios.
Another thing AppleInsider mentions is that there are times when the edge of the main object is not as well defined as it should be. It is at this point when we have to mention that the portrait effect of the iPhone 7 Plus is currently in betaTherefore this is expected to improve a bit in the future.
What I can say that I have been testing the portrait effect since it was officially launched is that Photos taken of people are much better than objects, although it will also depend on the object photographed. In fact, on a weekend trip with friends I took several photos of them (which I will not publish for privacy) that we liked a lot. In this way, one thing is clear: the iPhone cannot replace professional cameras, but the iPhone 7 Plus is a great device for taking all kinds of photos, especially suitable for users who are not concerned with taking photos for catalogs and prefer carry something simple that works in most of the possible scenarios without knowledge of photography. What do you think?
The iphone camera is very ugly, all yellow