A video comparison of the new iPhone 7 Plus optical vs digital zoom. Compares 1X, 2X Optical, and 3X, 4X, and 5X Digital zoom in both 1080 and 4K.
How much zoom would you use?
How much zoom would you use?
Good video, better to post pics too by comparing them in this thread
Why downsample to 1080 with 4K examples?
Make the entire video 4K so the 4K examples show, um, what 4K looks like. I use a 4K (not UHD) display at 4096x2160 so, yes, I can definitely see the difference!
Ok that's more like it!
You can really see the loss of detail when switching indoors in lower light.
Most would argue that this did NOT come from a phone as well!
The red tail catfish are awesome too.
And to answer your original question I only use optical zoom unless I just need to get in closer for an ID or similar. I do find with UHD recording (up to) 4X optical zoom is still acceptable for 1080 final renders. Of course mileage always varies.
Imagine what the video would look like with a higher bit rate. The A10 could handle 200+ Mbps UHD output. It would be a space eater for sure but 256GB holds enough for now.
Thanks for the video, MrJavelina! as usual the video quality is on point and looking good. Hopefully one day i can get my hands on a iPhone and use the Zoom ^_^