-
Welcome to the new forums! Please read this first. For known issues we are working to resolve, click here.
What do you think of this? (iphone milky way)
- Thread starter Camrarat
- Start date
Reproduced at that image scale, it's not too bad a result at all. If that's all you have, great. But anyone bringing out a tracker to mount their iPhone on will likely also have a camera with a much bigger sensor (meaning a lens with a much larger aperture area) and would have used that instead. (Most people who only own a phone as their main camera - and there are many people like that - aren't going to buy a tracker, even the least expensive.)
In comparison, the astro mode on the Google Pixel phones may be a "better" solution for this application. They use stacking of shorter, non-tracked images to do essentially the same thing (as well as being able to automagically generate a blur-free foreground for nightscapes). That would seem a more practical mode for most phone users who aren't "into" astrophotogaphy.
In comparison, the astro mode on the Google Pixel phones may be a "better" solution for this application. They use stacking of shorter, non-tracked images to do essentially the same thing (as well as being able to automagically generate a blur-free foreground for nightscapes). That would seem a more practical mode for most phone users who aren't "into" astrophotogaphy.
Last edited:
EricTheAstroJunkie
Senior Member
I think they are noisy, devoid of color, lacking detail, soft and blurry images indicative of what you'd have seen from DSLR's about 10 years ago. That's not to say people should be upset by the lack of quality, but you have to adjust expectations given the equipment used. Smartphones at this point in time are nowhere near as capable as even basic modern DSLR/MILC cameras and given the price point of the new smart phones I'm sure a lot of people are hoping for more from their smartphone camera. Alas, given the size of the sensor and the optics/lens limitations I'm not sure we're going to see much better in the coming years. But people should have fun and explore what they can.
Dino Anderson
Leading Member
- Messages
- 843
- Reaction score
- 1,553
Far behind than what you can do with m43, even without a tracker. And these were tracked. Not sure the settings were optimal though. 10k ISO at 30 seconds sounds like way too much, which might explain why these look overexposed. Oversharpened too and the color blotches are horrible. But hey, it's just a phone and if that's all I have with me I would use it.
swimswithtrout
Senior Member
- Messages
- 4,324
- Solutions
- 4
- Reaction score
- 3,231
Not even in the same league, not even remotely comparable.. To somebody who's never seen an actual tracked photo or even a still photo taken with a dSLR/mirrorless camera of any sized format, I'm sure they might be awed...until they saw what a "real" camera can do.
Michael S.
Veteran Member
Good Morning!
It's a phone, hence the not so good quality - no colours, lots of noise. Better use a real camera and a tripod.
;-)
best regards,
Keyboard shortcuts
- f
- Forum