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My old iPhone finally died, so I need to replace it. Before I buy the replacement iPhone 12 (possibly the mini), is there an option better suited for model photography? (For obvious reasons, I need to do this quickly, hence this inquiry here rather than the photo section which doesn’t seem to get much traffic; sorry).Thoughts and suggestions appreciated,Otto K.
For me, my cell phone is first a camera, secondarily a phone, primarily used for model photography...but carried around for communication's sake.
...I also use a focus stacker app for my old Android Google Pixel 2 XL that will take up to 20 consecutive photos with a single push of the shutter in about 1/4 second between pre-selected close-focus and far-focus points. There SHOULD be similar apps available for iOS, but I haven't done any research on them. I combine the photos after I've taken them in Helicon Focus on my desktop....Cheerio!Bob Gilmore
My main consideration when looking at phone cameras is the position of the lens/lenses from the side of the phone. I want lenses that are position as near to the edge of the phone as possible...ideally a scale 5' 7"....which is eye-level for a six foot tall N-scale human so I can get model railroad photos that look like they were taken by that N-scale 6' tall human. This measurement is from the center of the lens to the edge of the phone.Although really good phone cameras are available for general photography, which includes "God's Eyeview" N-scale photography from high above the track, only a relatively few phone cameras are available that position the primary lens close enough to the edge of the phone....Good luck, and let us know what you finally decide okay?Cheerio!Bob Gilmore
(Moderators, please feel free to move this to the photo section. I only placed it here because I needed very quick feedback).Thanks, Otto K.
And you think that starting this thread in the proper forum to begin with would have not been this fruitful?
Otto, the new iPhones allow for adjusting the f-stop, which can help with depth of field. While one doesn’t, necessarily, want everything in focus, for illusion of real depth, you may want a bit more than in a couple of those photos.I’ve also gotten a phone holder for tripod mounting (and even a gimbal for videos)
I am curious as to what app you use to take a burst of photos for stacking. I have recently been looking for such a thing.I have recently recently received a few images that were stacked using Combine ZP. The sets of images for stacking were taken on a new iphone using the app Stay Focused to take the set.It would seem that it would be easier to write an iOS app because of the imited number of phone types compared to Android and the large number of phone types. I have also recently become aware that Android has something called Camera2 that controls the camera and that not all Android phones implement Camera2. There are scanners that will return what functions are available to the user. My phone only has limited implementation of Camera2 and that may be the real thing that limits getting sets for stacking.Fred J.
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