iPhone 4S review

iPhone 4S review

Macro photography, however, proved to be more of a challenge. They
look great if focus locks on, but often the iPhone 4S fails to lock
focus. This might be an iOS 5 issue, and if so, hopefully Apple will fix
it in a future update.

The 5x digital zoom and flash are serviceable if you really need
them, but are really only useful when you have no other options.

For video, the iPhone 4S 1080p camera did a terrific job adjusting
between shade and light, though under bright backlighting the video
remained slightly underexposed. Image stabilization worked well for
walking and panning but couldn’t compensate for more extreme motion like
running.

Low-light was better than iPhone 4 but wasn’t great. There was
visible grain, and image stabilization didn’t work as well in low light
conditions, but iPhone 4S’ ability to compensate for color distortion
was impressive and a huge improvement over iPhone 4. Again, macro video
was incredibly sharp but iPhone 4S had trouble locking focus on very
thin objects.