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“This image was shot handheld on a first-generation Canon EOS 5D in the twilight \u2013 try shooting that on your camera phone”<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

The proliferation of smartphones has introduced or reignited the love of photography with their owners, but I for one am not happy with the quality of images produced by them.<\/p>\n

Just to give you a little background, I became well known as a photographer in the late 1990s\/early 2000s because I carried a compact film camera everywhere I went, and I shot a wide variety of subjects, which pretty much describes the majority of people\u2019s experience with photography.<\/p>\n

For a while I was seduced by my iPhone 4\u2019s camera and the fact that it would let me post an image online immediately after I took it. Sometimes, if I really liked an iPhone image, I would shoot it again on a \u2018real\u2019 camera so I had a higher quality version, but I did not always do this. Unfortunately, I have a lot of images that I shot only on iPhone 4, which, outside of Instagram, look a little pants.<\/p>\n

In 2013, I got my first smart camera, which enabled me to shoot DSLR-quality pictures and wirelessly transfer them to my phone for posting online. Now I have the best of both worlds \u2013 a high-quality raw file and the ability to post great-looking images online in the moment.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2014 I acquired an iPhone 6. I was expecting to be impressed with the camera on this model, seeing as though it was generations ahead of my iPhone 4, but I was underwhelmed. Apple recently released its World Gallery, which showcases 60 images that where shot with the iPhone 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The images look great and some of them have been blown up to the size of billboards, but one thing you might be quick to notice is that all but two of the images were shot in daylight. One of those photographs was taken in Germany\u2019s bright Berlin subway and the other is of Japan\u2019s well-lit Tokyo Tower at night, so they\u2019re hardly challenging lighting conditions. None of the images was shot in low light and none of the images uses the iPhone 6\u2019s built-in LED flash.<\/p>\n\t\t

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The Apple iPhone 6<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Sure, camera phones are getting better, but I reckon for the foreseeable future a bigger lens and bigger sensor are always going to outperform the tiny cameras in phones. If you\u2019re serious about photography, I highly recommend getting a camera that can fit in a pocket or handbag \u2013 and don\u2019t let me catch you shooting on an iPad!<\/p>\n\n

Kevin Meredith is an obsessive documentary photographer and author of several instructional books. He regularly runs workshops in Brighton and sometimes further afield. Follow him on Twitter: @lomokev<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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