Hey Surfers!
I am back with a new post and it's a little mix of things; allow me to explain.
Recently, my sisters' and I headed to Bournemouth beach on an impromptu road trip. I forgot my sunglasses and ended up looking furious in all of our pictures as I'm squinting so much!
I did want to take my Nikon to shoot some nice pictures for you all but there was no planning involved, my camera battery was dead and I decided that I would rather travel light... so the Nikon was left behind and we all jumped into the car and drove off.
I still wanted to make a blog post on my trip so I decided to to use the cameras on my phone and Ipod. As well as showing you that even with these "basic" tools you can take great pictures, I thought that I would make a mini comparison as I did with my three cameras. There aren't a great deal of pictures as my Ipod began to run low on battery (I really need to start charging things...) but I hope you'll enjoy what I do have.
Firstly I'll give you some specs. As mentioned in older posts I use the Samsung Galaxy S4 (above) which has a 14mp camera and a plethora of different modes which allow you to take amazing pictures. These include "beauty face" which gives you a perfect complexion and "Eraser Mode" which removes moving objects which could interfere with your photograph.
I've had this phone for over a year and am still finding out amazing little gadgets it has.
I also use an Ipod touch 5th generation (below). The Ipod has a "5mp I-sight camera" (according to the internet) which is significantly less than the Samsung, but produces some incredibly dynamic pictures. It features both HDR and panorama functions.
I used it to take the pictures of my phone and vice versa...now, on to the beach!
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I tried to take the exact same picture with each device though there will be slight differences.
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As you can see both devices produce stunning pictures though I do have to say that the colours on those from the Ipod are more dynamic; the pictures were shot using the HDR function which enhances colours and contrast. However looking at the crispness of the images the Samsung does seem to pick up more of the fine details thanks to the high megapixel count.
I also had a play about with the panorama function on both cameras, here are some of my favourites.
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| Ipod (all three images) |
You can see in the top corner of the second image that there is a dip in the picture where I didn't keep the camera straight. I had hoped that the Ipod would crop this out but it did not...
Also in the final image you can see the bends in the landscape, though this may say a little more of my inexperience using this function than the capabilities of the Ipod.
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| Samsung above and below |
Both devices have really good panorama fuctions though they did both struggle with the moving waves. I did find the Ipod slightly easier to use but it only let me pan in one direction whereas the Samsung starts you off in the middle and it will crop out little mistakes around the borders (as best it can)
I hope this comparison was informative. I don't pretend to be a tech genius so couldn't tell you exactly which one to buy. I do always personally favour the Samsung as the clarity of the pictures seems better and it has excellent focal points, if you want that professional blur; it also has many more features. The Ipod however has produced some superior images on this beach trip and I am going to make more of a habit of using it in my photography.
Even as the sun was setting I did not want to leave the beach! but we all have to head home eventually :)
I'll leave you with some of the final pictures of the day and will be back soon.
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| Samsung: all three images (above is edited) |
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| My sister's mammoth candyfloss! |
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| Ipod above and below |
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| who doesn't love the sun? |
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