The new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have taken the first and second place spots in the DxOMark mobile camera test, outscoring the Samsung Galaxy S5 which previously held the number one spot along with the Sony Xperia Z2 & Z3.
The iPhone 6 devices scored 82 points, three points higher than any previous smartphone has been able to obtain.
From our industry-standard series of tests both in the lab and real world use, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus perform very similarly. They have very good, generally reliable auto-exposure in a wide range of lighting conditions and they have both fast and accurate autofocus. Output from the 8-Mpix stills improves the high level of detail in both outdoor and indoor lighting. In low light, noise reduction is handled well with images revealing fine-grained luminance noise and little of the distracting color (chroma) noise.
Notably, while the optical image stabilization on the iPhone 6 Plus helps reduce noise in still photos, it does introduce a video stabilization artifact.
The main differences between the 2 cameras come from the OIS present in the iPhone 6 Plus. On one hand, the OIS helps to increase still images exposure time in low light, leading to better noise performance. Ghosting on HDR images also seems smaller with the iPhone 6 Plus, probably helped by the OIS that ensure a good registration between images. On the other hand, we have observed a video stabilization artifact, on the iPhone 6 Plus, most likely linked to the OIS control that lead to a video stabilization score slightly lower for the iPhone 6 Plus than for the iPhone 6.
Hit the link below to see the detailed analysis of both devices.
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The iPhone 6 devices scored 82 points, three points higher than any previous smartphone has been able to obtain.
From our industry-standard series of tests both in the lab and real world use, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus perform very similarly. They have very good, generally reliable auto-exposure in a wide range of lighting conditions and they have both fast and accurate autofocus. Output from the 8-Mpix stills improves the high level of detail in both outdoor and indoor lighting. In low light, noise reduction is handled well with images revealing fine-grained luminance noise and little of the distracting color (chroma) noise.
Notably, while the optical image stabilization on the iPhone 6 Plus helps reduce noise in still photos, it does introduce a video stabilization artifact.
The main differences between the 2 cameras come from the OIS present in the iPhone 6 Plus. On one hand, the OIS helps to increase still images exposure time in low light, leading to better noise performance. Ghosting on HDR images also seems smaller with the iPhone 6 Plus, probably helped by the OIS that ensure a good registration between images. On the other hand, we have observed a video stabilization artifact, on the iPhone 6 Plus, most likely linked to the OIS control that lead to a video stabilization score slightly lower for the iPhone 6 Plus than for the iPhone 6.
Hit the link below to see the detailed analysis of both devices.
Read More [via Enzo]