Phone X and iPhone 8, NAps ter
Mobile lovers of course are interested in the launch of the latest iPhone, which always promises the best photography quality from smartphone devices.
Of course, the camera will never miss to be excellent in the iPhone event. Let's start a review of iPhone X.
IPhone X camera specs
On the iPhone X, there are dual cameras with vertical configurations each carrying a 12MP sensor with f / 1.8 openings, as well as telephoto lenses with 12MP sensor and f / 2.4 openings with 2X zoom capability. A new one, is additional optical stabilization or OIS installed in two camera modules.
Sensors used in the iPhone X is claimed to be larger than the previous generation iPhone. This certainly affects the image results are also better. There are also interesting features such as 4K video with frame rate of 60 fps, as well as the ability to take full HD video with 240 fps frame rate capable of giving slow slow motion results.
Last thing about hardware, dual configuration iPhone X-shaped vertical camera to be more friendly content Augmented Reality is being promoted Apple through its ARKit.
Portrait Lighting
In the iPhone X camera application there are also lighting effects that can be applied after the photo is taken. This effect can add to the dramatization of the object in accordance with the lighting options we want.
Intelligent lighting effects that Apple called "Portrait Lighting" is a Studio Light, Contour Light, and Stage Light. Studio Lighting mode is capable of mimicking the lighting of a photo studio, while contour light is able to highlight facial features with dramatic lighting. While Stage Light can give a black background to your photos.
This effect uses deep learning ie TrueDepth (which is also used for Face ID) to separate subjects and backgrounds and learn which parts need more dramatic lighting.
Portrait Mode
In addition, portrait mode is also increasingly refined, where the results will be much more natural like the original bokeh using a remote lens. Again, the TrueDepth feature is also used to intelligently separate the subject from the background very neatly.
In this latest X iPhone, portrait mode can now also be used on the front camera. Previously, portrait mode can only be used in rear camera.
Quite a matter of iPhone X, let's discuss about iPhone 8.
Camera specifications between iPhone X and iPhone 8 do look the same. One of the interesting similarities of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X is, Apple claims that the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus carry the sensor with a larger size. This means the quality of the image is certainly better.
Similar to iPhone X, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus also got camera software update in the form of intelligent lighting effects such as Studio Light, Contour Light, and Stage Light. Portrait Mode was also installed in the line of iPhone 8 with the same development with the iPhone X.
The video aspect also increased rapidly, with Full HD video recording capability with a very smooth frame rate of 240 fps for slow motion.