iPhone 4 Camera

Got an iPhone 4 last week - wonderful device. The antenna problem referenced around on the 'Net is real, which is a shame; I expect Apple will recall to fix it. Nevertheless, it's truly worth seeing if you've not seen it yet.


Tracy and I went for a walk this evening. It was sprinkling, which was okay, as it's been really hot lately. On the way home, though, the rain stopped and clouds broke up. There was a gorgeous rainbow framed by the pale orange of the sunset on the clouds to the East. All I had was my iPhone 4 on hand, but I got some very respectable pictures.


These are with no post-processing at all. The brightest part of the rainbow blew out in orange and red, which was a pity, but still, the lighter bits came out well.


The biggest problem I ran into shooting these was the lack of exposure control. Or, more precisely, the lack of an exposure lock. I'm so used to being able to tell my 5D to meter here and take the picture there; the iPhone doesn't give you that. So the framing wasn't quite what I wanted.

But I have to agree with whomever first said that the best camera is the one you have with you. I'd have never gotten the rainbow nor these gorgeous pictures of the layered clouds bottom-lit by the sun: by the time we got to our street, the colors had already all faded.