iPhone 6s vs DLSR


Lee Morris at Fstoppers:

I used a Tamron 24-70mm 2.8 lens and locked it at around 35mm. I did some color/contrast tests and found that the footage out of both cameras looked about the same if I set the Nikon to "neutral." I then walked around a park near our office and grabbed a few shots. It was impossible to tell which footage looked best in the field but once we got back to the office the comparison was pretty shocking. The iPhone's 4k footage downscaled to 1080p was significantly better than the Nikon D750.

The key here is this comparison was done in basically ideal conditions where you'd expect a mobile camera to excel. And the test is down-scaling 4K to 1080p. Still, it's interesting that the new iPhone's best shot is good enough to beat higher end gear.