iPhone 11 Pro vs Sony A7III - How Pro is the Pro? By The Hybrid Shooter

I have reviewed the triple camera setup on iPhone 11 probe a couple of days ago, and I have to say that I was quite impressed. It takes very good stills, even better video and the additional ultra-wide lens makes the whole setup much more versatile. But there is one more question that needs to be answered. How Pro is the 11pro to find out? I took the iPhone 11 Pro and my main mirrorless camera Sony a7 3 on a trip to Scandinavia, and here I would like to share my thoughts about this very interesting topic. This comparison won't be fair by enemies, just the lens that I've used with a3 is more expensive than top-spec iPhone 11 Pro max. So it will be more about the overall state of iPhone photography and filmmaking before we get to the image quality.

Let's talk a bit about the most obvious difference between the iPhone and full-frame mirrorless camera, which is, of course, the size shape and the weight. Some say that the best camera is the one that you have with you, and that is a huge advantage of iPhone, because if you own it, you probably carry it all the time. So we shouldn't miss any important moment considering what it can do. Sony cell a3 is very small camera, but it is still something extra that you need to carry around. On the other hand, it has well shaped grip, proper shutter button function, buttons, dials, joystick, viewfinder and other stuff that makes using it more comfortable and faster and therefore much more suitable for professional work.

In this regard, the most important factor that determines your perceived image quality is actually the device that she used to view the images. If you are watching this video in 1080p on a smartphone, you will get completely different impression that you would get if you are watching it in 4k on 32-inch monitor, keep in mind that the image quality is just one part of a good photography. The subject, weather composition and overall mood are usually more important. The most significant specification, which determines how much different is the image quality is still the sensor size. It is not clear what sensors are being used in iPhone 11pro, but these are probably so-called 1 over 2.5 inch, sensors, Sony, a7 3 is 36 times larger thirty five-millimeter full-frame sensor. That means that it uses much larger area to gather the light.

It can take more pixels and capture cleaner signal by having larger individual pixels, which means that it prefers better in low light, and it also captures more dynamic range. Let's take a look at how does that work in the real world, a 7-3 has 24 megapixel sensor, which is still the best choice for all-around usable camera that shoots both Stills and video. iPhone 11 Pro uses 12 megapixels on all three lenses and, as you can see, the a7 3 really captures much more detail. Besides the resolution, it is also caused by the lens and the pixel density, because the pixels on a cemetery are spread across larger area. They, let's say don't scan the glass so precisely, and it won't pick up the imperfections so easily.

On the other hand, the iPhone is scanning tiny pieces of glass extremely precisely to provide the same amount of details. The glass on iPhone would have to be optically much better than the 16 dollar Sony, Fe 24 millimeters, F 1.4, G masterless. Having said that, to see the difference, you need a proper display device such as big 4k, monitor or at least medium-sized prints. The dynamic range is basically the range between the brightest part of the scene and the lightest part where the camera can capture certain amount of detail on a mirrorless camera. You usually extract the dynamic range by shooting in RAW format, raising the shadows and recovering highlights in editing a 7-3 is a total beast at this.

It can recover great amount of detail in both highlights and shadows. That is especially useful when you're shooting landscapes. You can also do that with iPhone. Of course, if you are shooting raw using third-party app, the iPhone can fight back using the HDR mode there. It takes multiple pictures, and it uses underexposed pictures to retain the detail in the highlights and overexposed pictures for the shadows.

It works really well. On the 11pro, it is quite easily done, so it is not that cheap HDR. Look, a 7-3 can do that as well, but you need to stitch the pictures in editing software such as Aurora HDR. If you do so, you will get much better results with a 7-3, of course, and a ton of dynamic range, but there is that extra step one world from a 7-3 is usually more than enough to extract as much dynamic. Ranch's I need, so I don't use this technique that often it is similar when it comes to low-light performance.

As I've explained, a 7-3 uses much larger area to capture the light, so the images are much cleaner. A 7-3 is a low light beast. It almost is in dark. You can use ISO 25600 usable results. If you really need to again the iPhone can fight back using the night mode.

He reduces long exposure combined with pictures taking and every drink to reduce the noise. I can see that it works well. It makes a big difference in comparison with older iPhones. It is definitely good enough for social media, but it is still not enough to even challenge full-frame camera. Full-Frame is just on another planet.

There is absolutely no competition. A 7-3 also has pretty effective in body image stabilization, which means that it can also take longer exposures and use lower ISO. You can also get a lens with very wide f 1.4, a picture that will let in a ton of light. There are also some full-frame cameras with crazy stabilization, such as Panasonic s1r. That will provide incredible low-light shots.

The lenses on both the iPhone and mirrorless cameras are just as important. I phone has an ultra-wide lens for the first time and I think that it is perfect. The image quality won't match the main iPhone last or ultra-wide lenses on mirrorless cameras, but it is perfect for a mobile device. It is 30 millimeter, full-frame, equivalent, so much wider than other smartphones. It is kind of like having GoPro in your iPhone.

The mainland's uses 26 millimeter focal lengths. The image quality is definitely the best on that one. It has everyone point for a picture, so it is also the best in low-light. The standard 52 millimeter lenses incorrectly described as a telephoto has actually perfect image quality as well. I think that this is very good, all-round usable combination.

That gives you a lot of creative options when it comes to mirrorless cameras. There is a huge choice of lances. My most favorite lenses for a 7-3 are Sony Fe, 24, millimeter, f1 point for GM fixed focal length, lens and tamarin 28 to 75 millimeters, F, 2.8 d, i3 red zoom less especially the 24 millimeter f1 point for GM has something that no smartphone lines has, and that is a character. It has beautiful rendition of outer circles, background great color, reproduction, excellent micro contrast and so on. The images that you can get with this lens just look stunning also worth mentioning, is the depth of field.

I found his f1 point for a picture on the mainland's, but there is a huge crop because of that sensor size, so you will get much shallower depth of field and that classy look with full frame or even Micro Four Thirds camera. The lenses are actually the main reason why smartphones won't be replacing cameras anytime soon when it comes to video that things get very interesting. The a7 3 uses the whole sensor to shoot video, so it captures 6k video, and it down samples that to 4k, but the details are preserved. So this is the best way to capture 4k with 24 megapixel sensor, and the video from a 7-3 looks great. The problem is the doing that requires a lot of processing power, which is why it can only shoot no crop 4k up to 25 frames per second and cropped 4k at 30 frames per second, unlike the iPhone, it can shoot.4K 60p at all the video on iPhone 11 Pro is very impressive, in my opinion, more impressive than the stills. Even if you use the stock camera app, you will get solid footage with a lot of details.

Nice, colors and solid highlights roll off. Besides that, you can use film Pro app, and that way you will get a hundred megabits per second nitrate, which is actually the same as with Sony a7 3. It will also allow me to shoot flat or even lock you will be able to use zebra, stripes focus, peaking and other professional tools. Importantly, it also allows you to shoot in 24 and 25 frames per second, which is not possible with the stock app. This way it beats a lot of DSLR and mirrorless cameras, especially those that cropped or pixel beam to low nitrate video.

Yes, here I'm talking about Canon, that is not the case with a era 3 though, so it definitely provides even better image, quality, more detail and more advanced picture profiles, but I wouldn't hesitate to use the 11pro ASAP camera and use the footage together with Sony a7, 3 or Panasonic s1 when it comes to autofocus. That is specific for every full-frame camera on Sony, 7, 3ds, excellent. It uses 693, phase, detection points and 425 contrast, detection points, and it is blazing fast and accurate. The object tracking is great. It has an autofocus that works on animals and so on.

You can also set it to be very fast or very smooth. It is one of the best autofocus system on any camera on the market. The iPhone 11 Pro has great autofocus as well. I have never had any issues, while filming video and since the depth of field on iPhone is pretty deep, it doesn't have that difficult job. It is very fast which is to be expected, but it is also surprisingly smooth on both white and telephoto lens ultra-wide lens uses, fixed focus, which is fine because at 13 millimeters and F 3.4, everything is in focus all the time. The stabilization is a complicated topic on iPhone 11 Pro.

It is great. The video is very smooth. It combines optical image, stabilization and electronic image stabilization with very good results. I was very surprised by how well it can smooth out walking the image. Stabilization is also very impressive on the standard or if you want telephoto lens 53 millimeter equivalent focal length is much more difficult to stabilized, but it does a very good job.

Sony a7 3 uses in body image stabilization to stabilize the sensor itself. That means that you'll get stabilization, even if the lens don't have optical image stabilization. If you use a lens with optical stabilization, it will work together within by the image stabilization beam, but image stabilization in a 7-3 is pretty good, especially if you use wide-angle lenses. There are cameras that have significantly better in body image. Stabilization, though, like, for example, Panasonic s, one with crazy six-and-a-half, stopped dual image stabilization and that one can easily beat iPhone 11 Pro butted, the price of very large camera body that weighs more than one kilogram.

Regarding the screen, the iPhone obviously destroys the a7 3 and every other camera. There are cameras with better this place, like the Panasonic s1 are by the OLED screen on 11 Pro is gorgeous. It is much bigger than on any camera. Having said that, you can connect an external display to a mirrorless camera, for example, this field display that can output 2200 needs, whereas the iPhone only goes to 800 needs or 1200 needs. If you are watching HDR content, the user interface is probably the biggest weakness of modern cameras, especially Sony cameras.

The SML 3 uses 2005 style menu system. It is actually not that big of a deal. If you know your way around it, for example, Panasonic is very good user interface, but it is meant for capturing the content not for editing or sharing, which is a big strength of smartphones in comparison with cameras. Smartphones can just do much more. The smartphone screen is still not very suitable for longer editing sessions, but it is very useful for editing and posting social media content on the go.

The reason why I have made this video is basically to see if the smartphone photography is a real deal, so is it or is it just overhyped? Well, the image quality of the stills is overhyped, but the smartphone photography in general is a real deal about the image quality. It really comes down to how you view the content. Nowadays, people mostly post one and a half megapixel photos to Instagram or read the pictures on smartphones. So if that is what she intended, you iPhone 11 Pro is way more than good enough. If you view the pictures on a proper screen or even print them, iPhone, 11, Pro or any other smartphone camera is no match for modern full-frame camera.

In terms of the image quality, there is no competition, some manufacturers use aggressive marketing strategies, and they use terms such as DSLR quality, professional camera and so on. But that is not the case. ? 11 Pro can be used professionally to shoot Instagram content for companies, for example, the journalists can use it for news-gathering and YouTubers can use it for cinematic footage. On the other hand, you should definitely not use it. It should f1 Grand, PRI, weddings events, larger prints or Hollywood movies.

I think the Steven Lederberg has proved that the video with film Pro is mighty impressive, though that is a real deal against the common perception. The gap between smartphones and cameras is not closing. It is the opposite. Actually, the main limitation of mirrorless cameras are internal policies that protect the expensive cinema cameras from being cannibalized by mirrorless cameras. Having said that, you can, for example, get Fuji film xt3 with smaller 26.3 megapixel APC sensor. That can shoot real 4k that is 4096 by 2160 at 60 frames per second 10 bites 4 to 0 and 400 megabits per second just for $1,500.

That was unthinkable. Even three years ago, there are smaller brands like the Z, cam or Black magic, doing amazing, affordable 6k cameras and so on. The smartphones are improving by the limitations imposed by the sensor and lens size are much more difficult to overcome. For now, the computational photography in smartphones is nowhere near being able to compensate for that. Smartphones have basically erased the entry-level market.

Although camera manufacturers gave up that segment without fighting because making $2,000 mirrorless cameras is just so much more profitable. I am still impressed by iPhone 11 Pro cameras. They are great for what they are, and I will definitely shoot a lot with the 11pro, as well as other consumer cameras such as DJ, a small pocket or GoPro cameras, because I don't need three quality all the time when it comes to direct comparison, though no iPhones won't be replacing full-frame cameras any time soon. So that's it for this video. Thank you for watching.

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