The lying iPhoneXr camera and half-lying iPhone 8 Plus camera

Last Wednesday was an extremely gloomy day in Hong Kong with a strong monsoon hovering us these past few days. Our office has a stunning view of the eastern harbour, it was extremely dark, but guess what- iPhone 7 took the most realistic (closest to what the naked eye can see) capture:

Taking a pic of the gloomy eastern harbour in Hong Kong, via iPhone 7, iPhone 8 plus, and an iPhoneXR:

The harbour short using an iPhone 7 camera — This is closest to what the eye sees
The harbour shot using an iPhone 8 Plus camera
The harbour shot using an iPhone Xr camera

The iPhone 7 took the closest-looking picture (though not as dark as the actual eye can see) but in this instance you can see how by default, the newer iPhone cameras don’t really tell you the truth. Well, it’s good for ladies’ selfies, other than that, the newer iPhones tend to significantly lighten up dark scenes.

Originally published at https://luvkosiinday.com on March 10, 2019.

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Cheryl Fuerte
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A full-time web geek passionate about web usability. Multiple web awards. “Creative does not have to be unintuitive, and user experience is relative.” -me