finn5975
Banned
I just went and watched the iSight camera video advertisement on Apple.com. Not surprisingly, they make some very impressive claims of the camera and back up those claims but providing a myriad of perfect looking shots. I would watch that video, and at face value, I would think I was getting one of the greatest cameras ever to be made.
However, I know from life never to just stop at face value. Number one, they are trying to sell me something. So, everything is going to look fantastic. They don't tell you if they took 20 photos of that mountain or sunset before finally getting the perfect shot. They don't tell you if they are using a tripod, if they are adjusting the angle 14 times to get the right amount of light, etc. The images they show are images of still objects. They are in perfect lighting. They are not giving you examples of photos taken at a concert, inside a dark kitchen, of a running dog, a quick moving kitten, etc. None of the pictures they show you are cropped or zoomed...not one! They are giving you controlled examples in perfect conditions to demonstrate what the camera 'can indeed do' if you do so in the same way.
Even in the photo they show of the group at dinner in low light, you can tell that some of the folks are 'fuzzy'. The photos where they use the two-tone flash are of subject matter close to the camera, not far away because they realize the flash will only work to a certain distance. A consumer has to use a bit of common sense when researching a product. A consumer needs to know that only the best selling points will be used in a video designed to sell you the product. It doesn't mean the camera on the iPhone cannot do all of the things they show and claim....but it doesn't mean there weren't extremely controlled conditions in arriving at the examples they showed either.
However, I know from life never to just stop at face value. Number one, they are trying to sell me something. So, everything is going to look fantastic. They don't tell you if they took 20 photos of that mountain or sunset before finally getting the perfect shot. They don't tell you if they are using a tripod, if they are adjusting the angle 14 times to get the right amount of light, etc. The images they show are images of still objects. They are in perfect lighting. They are not giving you examples of photos taken at a concert, inside a dark kitchen, of a running dog, a quick moving kitten, etc. None of the pictures they show you are cropped or zoomed...not one! They are giving you controlled examples in perfect conditions to demonstrate what the camera 'can indeed do' if you do so in the same way.
Even in the photo they show of the group at dinner in low light, you can tell that some of the folks are 'fuzzy'. The photos where they use the two-tone flash are of subject matter close to the camera, not far away because they realize the flash will only work to a certain distance. A consumer has to use a bit of common sense when researching a product. A consumer needs to know that only the best selling points will be used in a video designed to sell you the product. It doesn't mean the camera on the iPhone cannot do all of the things they show and claim....but it doesn't mean there weren't extremely controlled conditions in arriving at the examples they showed either.