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In the outdoor portrait, we have the opportunity to see what this sensor can do at its base ISO. You can download both original files in the links provided at the beginning of this article.

Notice the increased sharpness in the lips and teeth in the DNG compared to the JPEG. Needless to say, there's a lot more data in the DNG.īoth of these files were lightly edited for contrast and to somewhat match color. For reference, the JPEGs are each around 2 MB, while the DNG files are about 15 MB each. A moderate noise reduction in Lightroom provides a much better result that shows what these sensors can really do when not required to throw out a ton of data in the JPEG conversion. The noise that is present in the low-light DNGs is rather pleasing in comparison to the blotchy spots that are indicative of too much noise reduction when viewed at 100 percent. The photos taken from within the Lightroom Mobile app, which is one of the first apps to support raw image-taking in iOS 10 (even Apple's stock Camera app won't do that), are noticeably sharper, void of the harsh noise reduction and subsequent super-sharpening that gets applied to every cell phone image.

The first thing I noticed is the much nicer flattened color and contrast profile of the DNG files. Compare this with the downloadable DNG file in the links above. This is the JPEG with a typical high contrast and yellow-orange, muddy shadows that we're accustomed to seeing in just about every cell phone JPEG image.

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