I just switched from iphone 15pro max to Fuji x-m5 and as someone who is always going for a filmic look...I gotta say, I couldnt be happier. Playing around with recipes and DIY cinebloom filter I'm creating some really dope looks.
The big reason I got the Fuji is for the file sizes so that images are print-quality. Most people probably don't need that, but I design book covers, and need that feature. Thanks for going over recipes briefly!
For the iPhone, I highly suggest using Dazz Cam. It can shoot RAW and JPEG at the same time, and its ProRaw gets rid of that nasty extremely over processed looking that smartphones have. If you pay, you get some awesome film simulations as well. If that’d make a lot closer to the fujifilm experience.
I did my street photography in summer New York on iPhone 15 Pro Raw and it felt like a limited in multiple ways. Now on my birthday, I finally got Fuji X100VI because of its compact and travel (take with you everywhere) size camera and I am more than happy with it. I love the colors, quality and they way it performs. Now I bring it everywhere with me on a trip's and it's a fun to use it. I wanted something like Sony A7 IV but I needed lens also and it felt little bit bigger for me. I am in love with this camera and I really suggest everyone to try it out because it's worth every cent. Thanks!!
I think the difference would be driving automatic vs. manual. Both will get you there but with one you enjoy the craft more and might get even more respect from the like minded drivers. The passengers probably don't care.
I think this will really depend on how you plan to use the photos. One trip, I relied on my iphone 13 for photos, even while having an x70 on hand. The issue I had with the iphone 13 is that it doesn't do well in low light situations - they look good on the phone, but looked so grainy and had a lot of noise when viewed on a bigger monitor/TV screen. Photos taken in well lit situations on a phone are fine, as with any camera, but the limitations of a small sensors on a phone will really show once it starts to get dark. While jpeg photos taken with APSC sensors will still have noise in similar low light situations, noise is handled better. If you only ever plan to view the photos on a mobile device, I think a mobile phone camera will be just fine for your needs. But an APSC cam or others with a larger sensor would still be better if you like to display the photos on larger screens or print large sized photos. In my case, I will probably still prefer using a camera with an APSC sized sensor for better image quality over a phone camera.
I think what he’s saying is sometimes it’s not about the destination but about the journey. The journey of taking photos on a dedicated camera is more pleasant imp compared to a phone.
You could use certain apps on IPhone to get more controls over the image and also counter the sharpness. In your examples the iPhone photos look often better, the color is more saturated and shadows are better. I also own both devices and the benefit of the Fuji for me os is the build in ND filter and the receipts.
You can just put your phone on Do Not Disturb, you can even put it on a schedule. You can also create a shortcut so when you’re using the camera your phone switched to DND automatically
The short answer is that it can, but it's not fun. I just like using a dedicated camera rather than a phone camera (even if it's a really good one). It's the same reason I use a fountain pen, even though it's a pain to maintain sometimes - it's just fun to use.
I'm a photographer and bikepacker so I really need to shave of the bulk of stuff that I'm carring. For about two years now iPhone is my only camera on all of my trips. With a bit of a skill and post processing most of the people can't tell that the pictures were taken with a phone rather than the real camera. All of my color pictures on instagram are taken with iPhone.
I love the that! I think knowing the limitations of your camera, and where it excels lets you take the best images you can. What’s your instagram account? I’d love to check it out
@ what statement? I’m glad you can see the difference, I’m assuming you own a camera and also shoot photos, so I hope you can see the difference. I’m seeing if I can use an iPhone when I travel and be happy enough with the pictures that capture my memories or not. I’m also curious how close I can get these images to look without much work. That’s all!
I really like the practicality of mobile devices, but the only thing I still dislike is the exaggerated contrast in their photos, which makes them look forced and crude. The cameras please me very much; the images are soft and of inseparable quality.
he should consider adding a Focus mode on the iPhone for when he wants to shoot photos. this would kill all notifications and would allow him to optimize the phone for photography.
i HATE the sharpening and other tech phone cameras have. the dynamic range and vibrancy overload looks terrible. fuji looks nice and superior in every shot
@@davey_gravy phone cameras have tiny sensors and lenses, no matter how good the software is the raw photos in slighty low light conditions come out as noisy mess most of the time, so they digitaly desnoise and paint over the photo using AI so salvage whatever detail they have left, that's the "digitally sharpened" look of mobile phone cameras. The detail on the fuji in your photo is real detail while on the iphone it's all fake, that's why in some photos(the one with boxes on the wall) the iphone image looks dirty compared to the fuji.
Bro how can you find the photo style section in post editing, when I shoot a photo in styles and try to adjust it after I’ve taken the picture; I just can’t find the “Styles” section?
I had this issue as well, are you shooting on a iPhone 16 model? If so, makes use your file format for your photos is High Efficiency, NOT Most Compatible. See if that works? Only floor is taken with high efficiency can have their style changed afterwards
You are talking about all that lenses on an iPhone. But you actually only have 3 - 13mm, 24mm and 77mm. All other „lenses“ - 28mm, 35mm, 48mm are just digital crops from the main 24mm sensor. You can crop on Fuji with the same results. Talking about Fuji, if you switch to HEIF instead of JPG, you will get much smaller file sizes, but with the same quality as JPGs. If you don‘t like the contrasty look of iPhone photos, you can always adjust the styles for a softer look. I‘d never consider blown highlights a „good“ thing or a feature, at least not on landscape pictures. iPhones are really doing terrific job there with their HDR „magic“. My opinion, as a hobby photographer who started with this hobby some 40 years ago, and went through all kind of gear, from mechanical viewfinder and SLR cameras to DSLR and mirrorless - I still have a DSLR with good lenses for a few occasions during a year when I might need them in a special situation, like a kid portrait lit by only one candle on a birthday cake, a real bokeh or just a longer lens. But for the Rest, I‘m happily taking my iPhone pro with presets set to my liking, and don‘t bother any further, the only post-processing being an occasional crop here and there…
From a technical standpoint you are comparing what an engineer at one company has decided is acceptable against what another engineer has decided is acceptable. Your question about which is right is spot on. There is no right unless there is an ISO-xxxx standard for perfect image. I took my s22+ on vacation and got some good images, but it couldn't beat my zs100. It can barely tie my s120. Needless i always keep a camera with me.
Totally! I think for something like this he need to decide what is important, the process of shooting photos, the feeling you get when shooting photos, the finished images, etc.
Firstly about some iPhone shooting suggestion. 1. If you want to shoot in phone without distraction, you can turn on a focus mode, then all your information won't pop up, actually I personally turn off almost all my social media notification, and it works great for my daily life. 2. I just have iPhone 15 pro, I shoot proRAW photo, with iPhone 16 pro series, you get a better choice of shooting RAW with JEPG XL format to get good size 48mp -------- the reason to shoot proRAW is not to get the 48mp huge file, but the in camera digital process is a bit too over-sharpening. To deal with the photo, I have two solutions, if the photo won't be so important, I will just choose them, and make an automator action in the finder, to one press process all of them to HEIF file, now I get a 3MB photo, and it is less over-sharpening. But if that's a very nice image, of course it is easy to go into lightroom. Also about the X100VI vs iPhone, to me I will add a normal interchange lens camera into the comparison, so I will for now choose maybe a full frame/APS-C camera that can change lens, and use iPhone as daily life snap shot or sometimes if I don't want to carry the camera. Especially when the Fuji X100VI become so popular and expensive.
Thanks! Every year the iPhone gets a little bit better and a little bit better, it’s going to be a while before the photos and these two cameras are in distinguishable, but I’m pretty happy with the photos coming out of the iPhone
@ not styles, changing the format, not necessarily raw but the newer formats available. That does affect the colours how things are rendered. There will be differences between a insanely small sensor camera to a standard comparatively larger sensor camera. There is only so much a phone camera can do without software taking over. Great topic for the video none the less , it’s a topic everyone battles with on trips 😅 especially since I just carried my R5C on a Japan trip ( well worth it though)
Hey! I have been using the ProCam app on the IPhones for years - it unlocks all the traditional photography settings in the iPhone, like the Shutter Speed, ISO etc - might find it useful
This is like comparing apples to pears… Phone photography is what got me into photography and all I had for a very long time. There is absolutely a place for it and technology, software and AI have come a long way since I was using a Samsung Galaxy S3. The results you can get now are worlds apart from the photos I’d get then but I just don’t see how a phone will ever compare to a dedicated camera. The iPhone might have better depth of field with everything in focus and better dynamic range with less blown out or falling into deep shadow but none of that is optical and it shows with all the digital noise, digital sharpening, even the shallow depth of field. It’s also baked in and you can’t change it. I get that you can’t do much with a Fuji JPEG either but iPhone RAW files also aren’t the same as a Fuji RAW file. They’re worlds apart. But more than anything it’s the tactile feel of an actual camera over a phone. When I take photo with my phone it’s only ever a snapshot or a photo for reference, it’s never done with any artistic intention now and whenever I do I almost immediately think “Wish I had me camera to take that shot”.
@ well that’s obviously going to be the phone given its additional functions. I’m never going to ditch my method of payment, navigation and communication, which also has a camera for a camera which does none of those things. As I said, you’re comparing apples to pears.
Iphone could not has a better dynamic range because sensor its to small! Its just process highlights and shadows in different way... Thats it. You could do the same or even more if you start to shoot raw on fuji and then process it.
Am I the only one who thinks that this comparison is ridiculous? Comparing a dedicated camera with a portable computer with the option to take photos :D :D
Yeah, both of you are correct. Maybe I've got the wrong impression from the entry words in the video. I am not saying the iPhone is not taking good quality photos. My point is that when I know that I am going to some place where I know it is possible to take good shots... I'll bring the x100vi with me because the quality will be better. After all, the Fuji X100 series are not on a heavy and big-dimension side cameras :)
after around 20 leica M with all the best lens, I moove to have only my Iphone . first it is a very discreet tool for street photo as everybody is handle one, then the quality is far better all film camera and is similar to first pro point and shoot camera. I am missing the telemeter and aperture setting but this is the future. of course I sell my fuji also ;)
Hi! I think comparing any camera with any cellphone does not make sense. Using a camera is a unique experiences apart from the image quality. I mean: you can also play the piano in a cellphone, so… 🤷🏽♂️
The comparison is lacking a bit to be honest..."iPhone has more dynamic range" no, it does not, the thing with phone cameras is that they do A LOT of trickery and math to pretend they're good cameras, the microscopic sensor of a phone camera cannot possibly have better dynamic range than that of a dedicated camera but what it *can* do is take multiple exposures to combine them and give you an HDR photo, something you can do with a camera as well, same thing goes for de-noising and other tricks to improve the final result on the image and while it is convenient to have that done automatically for you it also means that it is *always* on, should really contrasty scenes look HDR all the time? they sure don't look like that in real life so why must they in a photo? should every photo in low-light take a long time to take so that your phone can lower the noise of the image? or how lately every phone out there uses AI to make the images look higher resolution but you end up with a bunch of weird-looking text and faces in the background. The advantage of a dedicated camera goes beyond just quality (which will certainly always be better) it is also about features, ergonomics, fine-control, etc. To me it comes down to a few things: 1- FUN. using a dedicated camera to take photos instead of my phone is 100x more fun to me which makes me *want* to take pictures 2- Ergonomics. not just being way more comfortable to hold and take pictures from many different angles thanks to the tilt-screen but also how it takes 1/500th of a second to take a picture instead of the half a second my phone takes to do all that ugly sharpening and AI nonsense, by the time someone with a phone took 1 photo I've already taken 10 (great to make sure nobody is blinking) and this is particularly noticeable in low-light scenarios, the absolute worse photos people take are almost always on low light and even when I make a mistake on my camera the photo does not look half as bad as the phone image and MAN do I find myself in low-light scenarios OFTEN (hint: even your well illuminated home is low-light without sunlight coming through a window) 3- Memories. coming back to the whole "takes half a second to take a pic on a phone" it is because of this (and other reasons) that most photos with a phone end up being a "let's stay very still" game and while it is nice to have a couple of pics like that most people have like 3 poses they default to on every photo so you end up with 5000 photos of the same few poses with changing backgrounds add to that the over-sharpened, AI de-noised/upscaled, HDR photo and it looks so absolutely soulless to me that is not even worth looking at it ever again, photos with a camera (particularly fujifilm) look like an *actual* nostalgic memory that is worth printing. 4- Printing. please, please, take nice photos and *print* them, you don't understand how good it feels to actually print photos to hang or give away to loved ones and re-live that memory by actually *seeing* the photo instead of leaving it among 10k photos in your gallery. When printing, specially anything bigger than an instax photo, it is specially clear if your camera doesn't have the greatest quality or if it's oversharpened or if AI did some fuckery on the image; It all looks the same on your tiny phone screen, but soon as you go bigger it is really clear that the images aren't really comparable.
I don't own/know much about cameras, just wanting to see the differences between phones vs a higher quality camera. So far in a caucal's perspective, they both look good to me. They do have some differences but not big enough for me to spend couple thousands dollars for a proper camera, especially when I already have an flagship smartphone. What I'm looking for is something that can do exactly like my phone but able to zoom in A LOT, a minimum of 50x optical zoom. Unfortunely I have learnt such thing doesn't really exist. if I need something zoom in that much on a mirrorless, I would need a gigantic telephoto lens, that's too big and too expensive for just zooming to some pigeons / geese when casually walking around town & park. The best I could find was the superzoom bridge cameras, although I am keeping in mind that their image quality under 5x zooms are going to be much worse than my phone and there has not been any new models in the past few years. Maybe if I ask this 5-10 years later things would different but I'm definitely having a strong mixed feeling at the momment.
You can get a nice compact 50-230mm tele lens for a fuji, used for 200 bucks. Trust me 230mm is miles better than an optical zoom. Sure its not as compact as your phone, but there are options.
@@Psysso Actually the Tamron 18-300mm was one of my consideration, although I'm not sure if 300mm enough for how much I like to zoom. I have ordered the lumix fz80d bridge camera that has 1200mm equivalent optical zoom. Very low expaction and fully prepared to return it. will experiment with it and if I don't often go over 300mm then I will get a cheaper mirrorless + the Tamron 18-300mm instead
It's just the science colors lol However, can the Fujifilm camera text your pals or be able to make phone calls? LoL Comparing a camera with a smartphone is the dumbest idea. However, good video though. 👍
I though all digital camera have modes to take high dynamic range photos? some combine them in cameras while some take multiple photos at different exposures to combine into one in post-production? Also I bet if you tweak the raw photos of the fuji you'll get more details in the highlight and shadows, the high dynamic range in the iphone is just a bunch digital smear and processes over your raw photos so its not fair comparing to a raw photo from a fuji camera. I shoot aps-c sensors cameras and the dynamic range they really have after tweaking the photos in lightroom absolutely shit on any phone cameras I see including iphone you just can't beat the quality of a big sensor and lens with algorithms, at least not now
iphone DND mode...i like the comparison very much but the reasoning is the same reasons as everyone else for justifying a camera brand....so they can probably get free cam.
TBH, Iphone is the worst smartphone to compare to a professional fixed-lens camera. Try a chinese brand, you'll be surprised how far it has going forward. Somehow I kinda hate HDR by computational photography. Doesn't look natural at all.
It is not the right way to comparing them. I'm a fuji lover and I won't say that the iPhone is better. But you exploited almost all form the fuji and nothing from the iPhone. For example, using app as ProCam is possible save not processed (almost) photo, saving them both in jpeg and in raw that the same time (moreover, the photo app deal it in a good way). Then, you can choose very better how to process in the iPhone, in a similar way as happen in the fuji. I mean, you didn't try to fix the problems you said in the video about iPhone's camera. And way don't say anything about the sooo lower quality of the iPhone when there no enough light? The iPhone photos are terrible if you watch them on a desktop if is dark...
Fair! There is plenty of downsides to the iPhone photos, and I’ve actually made a bunch of videos that praise and hate on both cameras. I feel the Fuji is an incredible travel camera and so I need to look for the weaknesses where I think the iPhone excels
@@LowTierDev I like a camera is $6000 USD with almost the exact same specs as a Fuji, is that also a joke? 🤔 I believe specs are only important to a point, I think your experience using a camera may just be as equally important
Fair! But in the finished images, there’s a lot more detail retained in the highlights and shadows. Yes, that’s because of multiple exposures, I’m not trying to nitpick the whole process, basically just look at the finished images, but you are correct
@@RJ-dv5mg yeah do that with a portrait shot in low light. sure, a phone can take beautiful pictures while on holidays during a sunny day when conditions are perfect. thats what's compared in this video. but as soon as you get into difficult situations, any camera will kick smartphones out of the water.
@@davey_gravy pulling the highlights down to the point where the sky is of the same brightness as the rocks is not "retaining details". Yeah, you technically have no clipping, but this way iphone processing ruins the visual difference between lights and darks, compressing highlights and pulling shadows and shifting white point to muddy grey. The result is dull, evenly lit and lifeless without natural contrast. I'd rather have a smooth rolloff into clipping like cameras do.
As mentioned, iphone does not restore shadows and light from one picture, but takes several pictures and combines them. Then you can easily remove the information from the shadows if you don't need it. Also, you can just shoot with similar settings. But if you need to restore the shadows, you won't be able to do it anymore (unless you're shooting in pro raw).
Even a decade year old camera will outperform 2026 iPhone if its handed over to someone who knows how to use a camera. For general folks, iphone cooks something by itself. Has it's mind and eyes on its own.
The view that's kills it for me is the AI of details, it looks horrible in a phone. Its not realistic, like the roof and the blacks and almost everything looks artificial.
Even a nikon d1x is better than any iphone out there lol Fake sharpening sucks big fuxking time!!!! Please UA-camrs stop lying to people that have no clue And lenses make a whole lot of difference
@stevie0210 who cares about fitting ones in your pocket... personally i care about taking good photos with every equipments i have and i pixel peep lol And phones are just not good enough for me if it's good enough for you that's perfectly fine to me too
@@davey_gravy I'm sorry but have you ever zoomed in your photos in your lightroom?? iPhone photos are a mess!!!! I can't accept that as a photographer... i need fine details to work with not some mushed blurry mess
@ I have! But I’m shooting memories, for myself, my images are not being printed on billboard or book covers. I’m not pixal peeping, I’m capturing my memories.
I just switched from iphone 15pro max to Fuji x-m5 and as someone who is always going for a filmic look...I gotta say, I couldnt be happier. Playing around with recipes and DIY cinebloom filter I'm creating some really dope looks.
The big reason I got the Fuji is for the file sizes so that images are print-quality. Most people probably don't need that, but I design book covers, and need that feature. Thanks for going over recipes briefly!
So true, the resolution on the fujis would be useful for book covers
For the iPhone, I highly suggest using Dazz Cam. It can shoot RAW and JPEG at the same time, and its ProRaw gets rid of that nasty extremely over processed looking that smartphones have. If you pay, you get some awesome film simulations as well. If that’d make a lot closer to the fujifilm experience.
That’s such a great tip, thank you!
Surprisingly I liked iPhone looks more! Thanks for sharing ❤
I love that! Thanks for the comment!
I did my street photography in summer New York on iPhone 15 Pro Raw and it felt like a limited in multiple ways. Now on my birthday, I finally got Fuji X100VI because of its compact and travel (take with you everywhere) size camera and I am more than happy with it. I love the colors, quality and they way it performs. Now I bring it everywhere with me on a trip's and it's a fun to use it. I wanted something like Sony A7 IV but I needed lens also and it felt little bit bigger for me. I am in love with this camera and I really suggest everyone to try it out because it's worth every cent. Thanks!!
That’s so awesome!!!!
I think the difference would be driving automatic vs. manual. Both will get you there but with one you enjoy the craft more and might get even more respect from the like minded drivers. The passengers probably don't care.
That’s actually a great analogy
I think this will really depend on how you plan to use the photos. One trip, I relied on my iphone 13 for photos, even while having an x70 on hand. The issue I had with the iphone 13 is that it doesn't do well in low light situations - they look good on the phone, but looked so grainy and had a lot of noise when viewed on a bigger monitor/TV screen. Photos taken in well lit situations on a phone are fine, as with any camera, but the limitations of a small sensors on a phone will really show once it starts to get dark. While jpeg photos taken with APSC sensors will still have noise in similar low light situations, noise is handled better.
If you only ever plan to view the photos on a mobile device, I think a mobile phone camera will be just fine for your needs. But an APSC cam or others with a larger sensor would still be better if you like to display the photos on larger screens or print large sized photos.
In my case, I will probably still prefer using a camera with an APSC sized sensor for better image quality over a phone camera.
Great points!
Comparing the cameras based on the final photo is like comparing cars at top speed on a track with a 40 km/h limit.
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...not really
I think what he’s saying is sometimes it’s not about the destination but about the journey. The journey of taking photos on a dedicated camera is more pleasant imp compared to a phone.
The blues on the iPhone photos are not "smartphony", they are real, clear-blue sky. :D
The Fuji photos and colours are filmic colours...
I would bet that if you added a Fuji-like preset and using the ShortStache Filter on your phone that you could get it even closer...
That’s a great point, I probably could. The Photographic Styles are great, but they do have there limitations, I need to play with them some more
This is something I’d be curious to see results of!
On the fuji you can use the dynamic range DR 100/200/400 modes to enhance the contrast.
So true!
You could use certain apps on IPhone to get more controls over the image and also counter the sharpness. In your examples the iPhone photos look often better, the color is more saturated and shadows are better. I also own both devices and the benefit of the Fuji for me os is the build in ND filter and the receipts.
Great point, the ND is a great feature that the fujis have. So nice that its internal
You can just put your phone on Do Not Disturb, you can even put it on a schedule. You can also create a shortcut so when you’re using the camera your phone switched to DND automatically
I like the idea to turn your phone into DND when using the camera, that’s a great tip!
The short answer is that it can, but it's not fun. I just like using a dedicated camera rather than a phone camera (even if it's a really good one). It's the same reason I use a fountain pen, even though it's a pain to maintain sometimes - it's just fun to use.
Thats actually a great example! And I think you're right, fun does play into using a camera like this
Which recipe did you use on your fuji?
@@sr49yt I believe I mentioned it in the video, Porta or Gold from Fuji X Weekly
I'm a photographer and bikepacker so I really need to shave of the bulk of stuff that I'm carring. For about two years now iPhone is my only camera on all of my trips. With a bit of a skill and post processing most of the people can't tell that the pictures were taken with a phone rather than the real camera. All of my color pictures on instagram are taken with iPhone.
I love the that! I think knowing the limitations of your camera, and where it excels lets you take the best images you can. What’s your instagram account? I’d love to check it out
I looked at the photos. You can immediately see that it is not a camera. so the statement is not true
@ what statement? I’m glad you can see the difference, I’m assuming you own a camera and also shoot photos, so I hope you can see the difference. I’m seeing if I can use an iPhone when I travel and be happy enough with the pictures that capture my memories or not. I’m also curious how close I can get these images to look without much work. That’s all!
I really like the practicality of mobile devices, but the only thing I still dislike is the exaggerated contrast in their photos, which makes them look forced and crude. The cameras please me very much; the images are soft and of inseparable quality.
Checked your profile.. your photos do not look like they were shot on a camera.. so definetily can tell the difference
Nice video! I enjoy consistency and not care of looks, so iphone is perfect for me, so fast for streetphotos also video is unbelievable
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
he should consider adding a Focus mode on the iPhone for when he wants to shoot photos. this would kill all notifications and would allow him to optimize the phone for photography.
or just the airplane mode?
I think that’s a great idea!, Someone even suggested creating a shortcut where the focus mode turns on automatically when the camera app is opened
i HATE the sharpening and other tech phone cameras have. the dynamic range and vibrancy overload looks terrible. fuji looks nice and superior in every shot
Maybe I need to get a promist filter for my phone’s camera
@@davey_gravy phone cameras have tiny sensors and lenses, no matter how good the software is the raw photos in slighty low light conditions come out as noisy mess most of the time, so they digitaly desnoise and paint over the photo using AI so salvage whatever detail they have left, that's the "digitally sharpened" look of mobile phone cameras.
The detail on the fuji in your photo is real detail while on the iphone it's all fake, that's why in some photos(the one with boxes on the wall) the iphone image looks dirty compared to the fuji.
That first picture got me. I love the deep blue tone but didn’t expect it to be the iPhone instead of the Fuji
That’s what I’m talking about!!!!
Bro how can you find the photo style section in post editing, when I shoot a photo in styles and try to adjust it after I’ve taken the picture; I just can’t find the “Styles” section?
I had this issue as well, are you shooting on a iPhone 16 model? If so, makes use your file format for your photos is High Efficiency, NOT Most Compatible. See if that works? Only floor is taken with high efficiency can have their style changed afterwards
You are talking about all that lenses on an iPhone. But you actually only have 3 - 13mm, 24mm and 77mm. All other „lenses“ - 28mm, 35mm, 48mm are just digital crops from the main 24mm sensor. You can crop on Fuji with the same results.
Talking about Fuji, if you switch to HEIF instead of JPG, you will get much smaller file sizes, but with the same quality as JPGs.
If you don‘t like the contrasty look of iPhone photos, you can always adjust the styles for a softer look. I‘d never consider blown highlights a „good“ thing or a feature, at least not on landscape pictures. iPhones are really doing terrific job there with their HDR „magic“.
My opinion, as a hobby photographer who started with this hobby some 40 years ago, and went through all kind of gear, from mechanical viewfinder and SLR cameras to DSLR and mirrorless - I still have a DSLR with good lenses for a few occasions during a year when I might need them in a special situation, like a kid portrait lit by only one candle on a birthday cake, a real bokeh or just a longer lens. But for the Rest, I‘m happily taking my iPhone pro with presets set to my liking, and don‘t bother any further, the only post-processing being an occasional crop here and there…
if the notifications on the iphone are your only concern why dont use the iphone exclusevely for photography then?
Thats a great idea. Right now the iPhone is my cell phone. I own one phone. Having a phone exclusively as a camera would be ideal!
Can also put the iPhone into airplane mode for a while whilst taking pics so you don’t have the notifications
@ that’s a great idea!
From a technical standpoint you are comparing what an engineer at one company has decided is acceptable against what another engineer has decided is acceptable. Your question about which is right is spot on. There is no right unless there is an ISO-xxxx standard for perfect image.
I took my s22+ on vacation and got some good images, but it couldn't beat my zs100. It can barely tie my s120. Needless i always keep a camera with me.
Totally! I think for something like this he need to decide what is important, the process of shooting photos, the feeling you get when shooting photos, the finished images, etc.
Apples vs oranges.......but nice info...thank you!
@@srlkngl Thanks pal!
Fuji all the way 💯🙌🏻😎🥰but I Don’t have Fuji camera 😅😅
Firstly about some iPhone shooting suggestion.
1. If you want to shoot in phone without distraction, you can turn on a focus mode, then all your information won't pop up, actually I personally turn off almost all my social media notification, and it works great for my daily life.
2. I just have iPhone 15 pro, I shoot proRAW photo, with iPhone 16 pro series, you get a better choice of shooting RAW with JEPG XL format to get good size 48mp -------- the reason to shoot proRAW is not to get the 48mp huge file, but the in camera digital process is a bit too over-sharpening.
To deal with the photo, I have two solutions, if the photo won't be so important, I will just choose them, and make an automator action in the finder, to one press process all of them to HEIF file, now I get a 3MB photo, and it is less over-sharpening. But if that's a very nice image, of course it is easy to go into lightroom.
Also about the X100VI vs iPhone, to me I will add a normal interchange lens camera into the comparison, so I will for now choose maybe a full frame/APS-C camera that can change lens, and use iPhone as daily life snap shot or sometimes if I don't want to carry the camera. Especially when the Fuji X100VI become so popular and expensive.
I like your idea about shooting and processing the images, thank you! I will need to try this approach out
Hmm. Looks like my home country. Original photos look like Óbidos
another great video! I agree, the fuji looks better, but the iphone is definitely a great camera to always have on you.
Thanks! Every year the iPhone gets a little bit better and a little bit better, it’s going to be a while before the photos and these two cameras are in distinguishable, but I’m pretty happy with the photos coming out of the iPhone
@@davey_gravy damn this is really popping off!
I think changing the settings on the iPhone should have been done. It makes a lot of difference on how the colours turn out.
@@karanshetty2530 changing the Photographic Styles?
@ not styles, changing the format, not necessarily raw but the newer formats available. That does affect the colours how things are rendered. There will be differences between a insanely small sensor camera to a standard comparatively larger sensor camera. There is only so much a phone camera can do without software taking over. Great topic for the video none the less , it’s a topic everyone battles with on trips 😅 especially since I just carried my R5C on a Japan trip ( well worth it though)
Fun!! I haven’t played with the photographic styles but I love the Fuji photos so much.
I’ve really been enjoying them!
Just try real blur. Go f2 with a lens vs with a phone.
@@faustvii3692 did you watch the video?
@davey_gravy actually not
You should include low light scenarios and there you have the weak spot.
It could replace your camera in places where it’s not allowed to bring and take photos with it. And won’t mind mobile phones.
Can’t believe your video has less than 100 likes at the time I’m writing this. You deserve many more for this awesome comparison!
Wow, thank you! I appreciate the kind words 🙏🏼
Hey! I have been using the ProCam app on the IPhones for years - it unlocks all the traditional photography settings in the iPhone, like the Shutter Speed, ISO etc - might find it useful
Nice! I will check that out, I’ve tried a few different third-party camera apps and I’m willing to try even more. Thank you!
I really enjoy shooting video with my iphone over a camera, the other way around regarding photos though!
They phone is just so easy for shooting videos
Amazing comparison. Thanks again Davey
Thanks for watching!
This is like comparing apples to pears…
Phone photography is what got me into photography and all I had for a very long time. There is absolutely a place for it and technology, software and AI have come a long way since I was using a Samsung Galaxy S3. The results you can get now are worlds apart from the photos I’d get then but I just don’t see how a phone will ever compare to a dedicated camera.
The iPhone might have better depth of field with everything in focus and better dynamic range with less blown out or falling into deep shadow but none of that is optical and it shows with all the digital noise, digital sharpening, even the shallow depth of field. It’s also baked in and you can’t change it.
I get that you can’t do much with a Fuji JPEG either but iPhone RAW files also aren’t the same as a Fuji RAW file.
They’re worlds apart.
But more than anything it’s the tactile feel of an actual camera over a phone.
When I take photo with my phone it’s only ever a snapshot or a photo for reference, it’s never done with any artistic intention now and whenever I do I almost immediately think “Wish I had me camera to take that shot”.
The question is if you have to take only one with you : the phone or the fuji ?
@ well that’s obviously going to be the phone given its additional functions. I’m never going to ditch my method of payment, navigation and communication, which also has a camera for a camera which does none of those things. As I said, you’re comparing apples to pears.
ProCAM and a tripod solves many iPhone deficiencies.
Sick! I will check out ProCam, thank you
Iphone could not has a better dynamic range because sensor its to small! Its just process highlights and shadows in different way... Thats it.
You could do the same or even more if you start to shoot raw on fuji and then process it.
@@recmydream gotcha, I’m just trying to see what camera I should use on vacation. Any thoughts?
Am I the only one who thinks that this comparison is ridiculous? Comparing a dedicated camera with a portable computer with the option to take photos :D :D
How dare I do this! No one takes photos on their portable computer!!!!!
Why? They are both legitimate options for someone who wanted to produce comparable outcomes.
Yeah, both of you are correct. Maybe I've got the wrong impression from the entry words in the video. I am not saying the iPhone is not taking good quality photos. My point is that when I know that I am going to some place where I know it is possible to take good shots... I'll bring the x100vi with me because the quality will be better. After all, the Fuji X100 series are not on a heavy and big-dimension side cameras :)
@@ivanvelev8229 not everyone does that. Since the iPhone camera became so good I have never brought more than my iPhone camera when I travel.
after around 20 leica M with all the best lens, I moove to have only my Iphone . first it is a very discreet tool for street photo as everybody is handle one, then the quality is far better all film camera and is similar to first pro point and shoot camera. I am missing the telemeter and aperture setting but this is the future. of course I sell my fuji also ;)
That’s so cool to hear! The phone is an incredible tool for taking photos
Hi! I think comparing any camera with any cellphone does not make sense. Using a camera is a unique experiences apart from the image quality. I mean: you can also play the piano in a cellphone, so… 🤷🏽♂️
@@alonzoescamilla4960 But I did compare them!!! And the results are very similar. How can that be possible?
@ you’re right! The cellphones are really amazing!! The AI is braking every boundary
The comparison is lacking a bit to be honest..."iPhone has more dynamic range" no, it does not, the thing with phone cameras is that they do A LOT of trickery and math to pretend they're good cameras, the microscopic sensor of a phone camera cannot possibly have better dynamic range than that of a dedicated camera but what it *can* do is take multiple exposures to combine them and give you an HDR photo, something you can do with a camera as well, same thing goes for de-noising and other tricks to improve the final result on the image and while it is convenient to have that done automatically for you it also means that it is *always* on, should really contrasty scenes look HDR all the time? they sure don't look like that in real life so why must they in a photo? should every photo in low-light take a long time to take so that your phone can lower the noise of the image? or how lately every phone out there uses AI to make the images look higher resolution but you end up with a bunch of weird-looking text and faces in the background. The advantage of a dedicated camera goes beyond just quality (which will certainly always be better) it is also about features, ergonomics, fine-control, etc.
To me it comes down to a few things:
1- FUN. using a dedicated camera to take photos instead of my phone is 100x more fun to me which makes me *want* to take pictures
2- Ergonomics. not just being way more comfortable to hold and take pictures from many different angles thanks to the tilt-screen but also how it takes 1/500th of a second to take a picture instead of the half a second my phone takes to do all that ugly sharpening and AI nonsense, by the time someone with a phone took 1 photo I've already taken 10 (great to make sure nobody is blinking) and this is particularly noticeable in low-light scenarios, the absolute worse photos people take are almost always on low light and even when I make a mistake on my camera the photo does not look half as bad as the phone image and MAN do I find myself in low-light scenarios OFTEN (hint: even your well illuminated home is low-light without sunlight coming through a window)
3- Memories. coming back to the whole "takes half a second to take a pic on a phone" it is because of this (and other reasons) that most photos with a phone end up being a "let's stay very still" game and while it is nice to have a couple of pics like that most people have like 3 poses they default to on every photo so you end up with 5000 photos of the same few poses with changing backgrounds add to that the over-sharpened, AI de-noised/upscaled, HDR photo and it looks so absolutely soulless to me that is not even worth looking at it ever again, photos with a camera (particularly fujifilm) look like an *actual* nostalgic memory that is worth printing.
4- Printing. please, please, take nice photos and *print* them, you don't understand how good it feels to actually print photos to hang or give away to loved ones and re-live that memory by actually *seeing* the photo instead of leaving it among 10k photos in your gallery. When printing, specially anything bigger than an instax photo, it is specially clear if your camera doesn't have the greatest quality or if it's oversharpened or if AI did some fuckery on the image; It all looks the same on your tiny phone screen, but soon as you go bigger it is really clear that the images aren't really comparable.
I don't own/know much about cameras, just wanting to see the differences between phones vs a higher quality camera.
So far in a caucal's perspective, they both look good to me. They do have some differences but not big enough for me to spend couple thousands dollars for a proper camera, especially when I already have an flagship smartphone.
What I'm looking for is something that can do exactly like my phone but able to zoom in A LOT, a minimum of 50x optical zoom. Unfortunely I have learnt such thing doesn't really exist. if I need something zoom in that much on a mirrorless, I would need a gigantic telephoto lens, that's too big and too expensive for just zooming to some pigeons / geese when casually walking around town & park.
The best I could find was the superzoom bridge cameras, although I am keeping in mind that their image quality under 5x zooms are going to be much worse than my phone and there has not been any new models in the past few years. Maybe if I ask this 5-10 years later things would different but I'm definitely having a strong mixed feeling at the momment.
You can get a nice compact 50-230mm tele lens for a fuji, used for 200 bucks. Trust me 230mm is miles better than an optical zoom. Sure its not as compact as your phone, but there are options.
@@Psysso Actually the Tamron 18-300mm was one of my consideration, although I'm not sure if 300mm enough for how much I like to zoom.
I have ordered the lumix fz80d bridge camera that has 1200mm equivalent optical zoom. Very low expaction and fully prepared to return it. will experiment with it and if I don't often go over 300mm then I will get a cheaper mirrorless + the Tamron 18-300mm instead
It's just the science colors lol
However, can the Fujifilm camera text your pals or be able to make phone calls? LoL
Comparing a camera with a smartphone is the dumbest idea.
However, good video though. 👍
Bro you need to expand to phones like Vivo. That's a comparison, not with a silly iphone.
@@jonbikaku6133 I’d be happy to try that phone out, but I’m using the gear I own. If you’d like to gift me that phone to test, we can make that happen
@davey_gravy lol I wish I could! I expected you to have sponsors/parent company because of production value 😅
I though all digital camera have modes to take high dynamic range photos? some combine them in cameras while some take multiple photos at different exposures to combine into one in post-production?
Also I bet if you tweak the raw photos of the fuji you'll get more details in the highlight and shadows, the high dynamic range in the iphone is just a bunch digital smear and processes over your raw photos so its not fair comparing to a raw photo from a fuji camera.
I shoot aps-c sensors cameras and the dynamic range they really have after tweaking the photos in lightroom absolutely shit on any phone cameras I see including iphone you just can't beat the quality of a big sensor and lens with algorithms, at least not now
iphone DND mode...i like the comparison very much but the reasoning is the same reasons as everyone else for justifying a camera brand....so they can probably get free cam.
TBH, Iphone is the worst smartphone to compare to a professional fixed-lens camera. Try a chinese brand, you'll be surprised how far it has going forward.
Somehow I kinda hate HDR by computational photography. Doesn't look natural at all.
Well… it’s the phone I own so it’s the phone I compared it to 🤷🏼♂️
How is the Fuji with emails, phone calls, txt messages and navigation, to name a few?
It’s not so great, I can’t even connect my AirPods
it has none of those distractions! It's awesome if you're serious about photography!
It is not the right way to comparing them. I'm a fuji lover and I won't say that the iPhone is better. But you exploited almost all form the fuji and nothing from the iPhone.
For example, using app as ProCam is possible save not processed (almost) photo, saving them both in jpeg and in raw that the same time (moreover, the photo app deal it in a good way). Then, you can choose very better how to process in the iPhone, in a similar way as happen in the fuji.
I mean, you didn't try to fix the problems you said in the video about iPhone's camera.
And way don't say anything about the sooo lower quality of the iPhone when there no enough light? The iPhone photos are terrible if you watch them on a desktop if is dark...
Fair! There is plenty of downsides to the iPhone photos, and I’ve actually made a bunch of videos that praise and hate on both cameras. I feel the Fuji is an incredible travel camera and so I need to look for the weaknesses where I think the iPhone excels
As of right now this Fuji is almost 2000 usd, that’s an absolute joke for the specs you get with this camera
@@LowTierDev I like a camera is $6000 USD with almost the exact same specs as a Fuji, is that also a joke? 🤔 I believe specs are only important to a point, I think your experience using a camera may just be as equally important
No phones can match any camera with interchangeable lens ..
@@ksaravanakumar8042 okay. What did you think of the video?
iphone is doing layering of multiple exposures, it does not have better dynamic range...
Fair! But in the finished images, there’s a lot more detail retained in the highlights and shadows. Yes, that’s because of multiple exposures, I’m not trying to nitpick the whole process, basically just look at the finished images, but you are correct
@@RJ-dv5mg yeah do that with a portrait shot in low light. sure, a phone can take beautiful pictures while on holidays during a sunny day when conditions are perfect. thats what's compared in this video. but as soon as you get into difficult situations, any camera will kick smartphones out of the water.
@@davey_gravy pulling the highlights down to the point where the sky is of the same brightness as the rocks is not "retaining details". Yeah, you technically have no clipping, but this way iphone processing ruins the visual difference between lights and darks, compressing highlights and pulling shadows and shifting white point to muddy grey. The result is dull, evenly lit and lifeless without natural contrast. I'd rather have a smooth rolloff into clipping like cameras do.
As mentioned, iphone does not restore shadows and light from one picture, but takes several pictures and combines them. Then you can easily remove the information from the shadows if you don't need it. Also, you can just shoot with similar settings. But if you need to restore the shadows, you won't be able to do it anymore (unless you're shooting in pro raw).
My experience trying to shoot portraits of moving subjects with the x100vi was that I frequently got blurry photos, and usually not on purpose.
nothing can beat dslr,mirror less or any other digital camera...celphone camera is trash the post processing is unnatural
Hmm…
Even a decade year old camera will outperform 2026 iPhone if its handed over to someone who knows how to use a camera.
For general folks, iphone cooks something by itself. Has it's mind and eyes on its own.
The view that's kills it for me is the AI of details, it looks horrible in a phone. Its not realistic, like the roof and the blacks and almost everything looks artificial.
@@poemsjones4184 huh????
@ I'm saying the Fujifilm is the best out of both phones details look horrible, like its using ai to fill in details.
@@poemsjones4184 Which photos look bad? Tag them with timestamps
proceeds to make a 10 minute video for a 2 letter answer: NO
I disagree… I think this is a worthy conversation. There is going to be times I chose to use my phone over my camera
Even a nikon d1x is better than any iphone out there lol
Fake sharpening sucks big fuxking time!!!! Please UA-camrs stop lying to people that have no clue
And lenses make a whole lot of difference
Are you accusing me of lying?
Yes, and a D1X fits perfect in my trouser pocket while travelling 🙄
@stevie0210 who cares about fitting ones in your pocket... personally i care about taking good photos with every equipments i have and i pixel peep lol
And phones are just not good enough for me if it's good enough for you that's perfectly fine to me too
@@davey_gravy I'm sorry but have you ever zoomed in your photos in your lightroom?? iPhone photos are a mess!!!! I can't accept that as a photographer... i need fine details to work with not some mushed blurry mess
@ I have! But I’m shooting memories, for myself, my images are not being printed on billboard or book covers. I’m not pixal peeping, I’m capturing my memories.