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CanvasPop: iPhone 4S has 'highest quality on board cameras on any smart phone'

by Steven Sande Oct 13th 2011 at 6:15PM

The folks at CanvasPop do a lot of photo printing, so they wanted to see how well the camera on the new iPhone 4S worked with their large-format canvas printing service. The results were great!

One of their in-house printing experts grabbed a sample image from the gallery that Apple posted last week, then wrote a review of the 8-megapixel camera based on the quality of a print that was made. How did he like the quality?

Lo and behold, the printed image came out stellar. Even enlarged to a final size of 18″ x 24″, it retained all of its detail with not even a hint of a pixel showing in the finished print.

The reviewer chalks up the quality of the original and printed images to the new optics, stating:

The 4S includes a better sensor along with a wider aperture. A wider aperture means the camera is more capable of receiving light. More light means - once again - more detail.

The bottom line? "It's entirely possible that the iPhone 4S comes loaded with one of the highest quality onboard cameras in any smartphone to date. Imagine the endless possibilities."



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mmo

I have an 4S and can't get the quality Apple announced in the first sample photos :-/

October 14 2011 at 4:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob James

No phone camera beats Nokia's N8.

October 14 2011 at 5:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sip

The iP4S will be my first real point & shoot camera

October 14 2011 at 3:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Xank

It's almost not mentioned here that canvas prints use a lower DPI/PPI than your typical photo print. With that lowered bar, the quality of the image would "feel normal" in appearance because the image is a smoother print that doesn't require the hard, crisp lines of an HD resolution shot. While the iPhone may make great canvas prints at that size, it is unlikely to retain a fine resolution when printed on paper at the same size.

October 14 2011 at 1:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
steve

You guys need to watch for your headlines indicating things that aren't in the accompanying story. According to the story, the quote was "It's entirely possible that the iPhone 4S comes loaded with one of the highest quality onboard cameras in any smartphone to date." which is a lot less strong than the headline's "iPhone 4S has 'highest quality on board cameras on any smart phone'"

October 13 2011 at 10:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ibarhim Yusuf

you wanna know what is the best camera on a smartphone? I can tell you, a Sony Ericsson, like Xperia Ray, Arc, Arc S or Neo there are the best if it's come to the onboard Camera with there ExmorR Technology

October 16 2011 at 1:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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