Phone Macro Comparison - TNY_20220605_113600

Phone cameras have (obviously) gotten better and better and I see people claiming that with computational photography, they are on par with "real" cameras now.

This might be true for shooting landscapes and portraits on Auto, but for a lot of other kinds of photography - it is far from the truth.

My phone, a Poco F3 has a dedicated macro lens an it really is quite awesome at macro shots - for a phone. But comparing the results to what I can achieve with my real camera it becomes very apparent that there is a long way to go.

Here is a female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) which has performed a successful ambus atop a dandelion and caught a male migrant hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae) at Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden.

Compare this shot to the same subject(s) shot using my real setup here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52151375950/

Taken in: Sweden / Stockholm / Sjötäppan (show map)

Taken on: June 5, 2022

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Poco

Pocophone

Åva

Stensjödal

Tyresta

Tyresta National Park

Misumena

vatia

Arachnida

Araneae

Araneomorphae

Thomisidae

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spindel

Spinne

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krabbspindel

Krabbenspinne

crab spider

flower crab spider

goldenrod crab spider

Veränderliche Krabbenspinne

la Thomise variable

blomkrabbspindel

yellow

maskros

dandelion

BuggyLunch

Bugs on Bugs

predator

prey

eating

lunch

ambush

camouflage

Eupeodes

corollae

nyfiken blomfluga

fältblomfluga

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Schwebfliege

Diptera

Brachycera

Syrphoidea

Syrphidae

Syrphinae

Syrphini

insect

Taraxacum

ruderalia

migrant hoverfly

Gemeine Feldschwebfliege

Feldschwebfliege

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Sets appears in: • Tyresta National Park • Buggy Lunch more » • Crab Spiders • Hoverflies • Spiders « less

Groups appears in: • FlickrToday (only 1 pic per day) • Groupe Charlie 01 more » • Groupe Charlie 02 « less

Camera: Xiaomi M2012K11AG, f/2.4, 1/100 sec, 4.1mm, ISO 88 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Xiaomi M2012K11AG
Aperture:	f/2.4
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	4.1mm
ISO:	88
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	D65
Color Space:	sRGB
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