It really is not the camera

[Ed Richards]

Just to keep things in perspective:

http://fstoppers.com/iphone/

[Thom Bennett]

Uh oh. Birds falling from the sky and now this. The end is near, Ed.

[mikebarger]

Great video

[walter23]

Heh, kind of silly. Of course it captures the light from all that studio equipment just fine

[Greg Blank]

Pretty girl, nicely lit, nicely styled. What else is needed? Of course noone says how much time they spent in post production.

[Mark Stahlke]

What else is needed?

A longer focal length lens.
In a couple of the finished photos the model seems oddly proportioned, like there is some distortion from a wide angle lens.

[Ed Richards]

http://www.geekiegadgets.com/2010/zo...ns-and-tripod/

[Brian C. Miller]

"... I see Photoshop as a necessary tool for every image I make."
-- Lee Morris

OK, sure. Retouching has been a part of photography from the beginning. The 3GS has a 3Mp camera, and the iPhone 4 has a 5Mp camera. Come on, isn't it sort of a no-brainer that a good sensor and lens results in a pretty decent shot? Never mind that it was done with a phone, this could have been done with any point and shoot, given the same lighting.

Here's a good question: From the images after touch-up, can anybody tell the difference between a phone, a P&S, and a SLR?

[Ash]

I can tell a few of them had way too much post-pro. She's way too plastic in a couple, and when you put the series together the image effects become really obvious. They're excellent photos, but they blew out some highlights on her forehead and nose, which are rookie errors.

Even so, they proved a point to many gearheads.

[Matus Kalisky]

Point taken, but blurring in PS does not look appealing to me.

All those shots are base on getting good visage for models and making the light right. Both require experience and skill. The camera really played little role there.

On the technical side - these shots are most probably only suitable for web presentation. I may be wrong but after all the PS done on them they would probably not be suitable for the magazine cover ...