I'm at something of a loss as to why the iPhone 7 shot is blurry and the Lumia 950 one isn't, since both have multi LED flashes and both used around a 1/17s exposure with similar aperture. No original images this time, to spare my blushes in terms of dentistry and complexion.! But here are the interesting central 1:1 crops, just wait to make sure the page has fully loaded and then use your mouse or trackpad pointer to compare the images: Here's the overall scene, as shot by the Lumia 950: ![]() My infamous drink-in-hand dancing party mock-up, with me chatting and deliberately moving and with someone else operating the phone camera. Lumia 950: 6 pts, iPhone 7: 7 pts Test 7: Party time! The iPhone does take a win here, but it's only slight because I'd argue that the Apple image processing goes too far the other way, and that the soft materials and weaving have been 'hardened' too much. It's not clear whether this is a focussing issue (though conditions were the same for both) or just a lack of sharpening compared to the Apple algorithms. Time for the iPhone 7 to win a round, I think - the Lumia 950 shot, which seemed fine on the phone screen, is clearly a little 'soft' when examined at 1:1. Lumia 950: 7 pts, iPhone 7: 7 pts Test 6: Material detailīack in the museum, there's a replica of the Bayeux Tapestry, with some wonderful detail. Maybe the subtle difference in focus between the sign and the tubes was enough to affect the light handling? In any case, I'm going to call this one as a draw - the iPhone's is more useable as a snap, but the Lumia's has, ultimately, more detail. I'm torn here, the 950 and the iPhone 7's photos have very different versions of the neon colouring - the Apple iPhone gets slightly closer to what my eyes saw, though the detail on the tube fixings in the 950 photos is quite impressive. Just trying to push the light boundaries again, with neon sign writing on a dark background with texture and electrical components. Lumia 950: 9 pts, iPhone 7: 7 pts Test 5: Neon contrast Regardless, and even though the detail is essentially there, I have to dock the iPhone 7 a couple of points for not getting the shot I actually wanted. My guess is that because the iPhone 7 has a wider field of view, the brightness of the clock wasn't taken into account as much as on the Lumia 950. However, look more closely, as here, and the iPhone 7 made something of a mess of the exposure on the clock face. I swear this test isn't biased - the above results really are those from the two phones and the iPhone 7's rendition looked fine on the phone screen. And here are the interesting central 1:1 crops, just wait to make sure the page has fully loaded and then use your mouse or trackpad pointer to compare the images: In case you want to grab the original images to do your own analysis, here they are, from the Lumia 950 and Apple iPhone 7, click the links to download. Here's the overall HDR scene, as shot by the Lumia 950: ![]() The famous lion of Reading against an overcast sky - HDR needed, methinks. This comparator may not work in IE or Edge on Windows phones. Please be patient while this page loads, if you see a pair of images above each other than you've either not waited long enough or your browser isn't capable enough! You ideally need a powerful, large-screened tablet or a proper laptop or desktop. Note that the interactive comparator below uses javascript and does need to load each pair of images. In each case, the overall scene is shown as the 950 sees it - you'll say this is because this is AAWP and I'm biased, but it's more that, having looked at the shots below from both phones, I judged that the 950's were better on the whole, plus the AAWP audience will be very familiar with the Windows 10 Camera image processing, so it's a known starting point.All shots were on 'auto' apart from forcing HDR or flash on as needed and described below.There's no 'sunny scene' shot here because the sun hasn't been out for about 4 days in the UK - we're in late September now! If it appears in the near future, I'll revisit this piece and add an extra test shot.The Lumia 950 (and XL) has a choice of resolutions - the 16MP (non-oversampled) mode was the best one to go for in matching the 12MP resolution and wide field of view of the iPhone 7' - I tried the 8MP photos from the Lumia 950 and there was too much mismatch in framing! It's worth noting that on the iPhone there's no way to change the capture resolution, plus the 12MP is at 4:3 and again you can't change this.
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