Two shots of a small slightly banged-up battery with some text on it. the top one is captioned "iPhone 13 mini" and has a lot of processing done to it, making lines very crisp but kind of squiggly the bottom one is captioned "EM10mk3" and is overall less crisp but straight lines remain straight and curves remain smooth

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1. Esther, an actual photographer (esther@strangeobject.space)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 07:13:47 JST Esther, an actual photographer

   While writing this post earlier today I noticed again how much modern phones mess with images in order to compensate for the physical limitations of their cameras. https://strangeobject.space/@esther/110458757289951800

   Here's an example shot of the exact same subject in the same light shot with an iPhone 13 mini and an O-MD E-M10mk3 (a micro-four-thirds camera, nothing too fancy).

   Both are just like the come out of the camera with no processing other than scaling them to the same size and adjusting exposure for consistency.

   You can see how the iPhone emphasises edges to make the image appear sharper but in doing s distorts the edges turning them into slightly squiggly lines. Look closely at the letters and straight lines on the battery.

   If you ever wondered why phone photos often look a bit "off" or uncanny, this is a big part of why.

   #photography