iPhone camera scans, not snaps
A valued uberreader spotted that a photo of a London bus in a previous post had been distorted by the iPhone camera.
The bus was moving right to left. It appears that by the time the iPhone camera recorded the bottom of the bus, the bus had moved to the left. So, the bus in the photo has an extremely slanted front, rather than the sheer vertical of the original.
The uberreader reader tested this theory by taking a photo of an office fan. The actual fan only has five blades, but in this photo the fan appears to have many more, due to the scan effect. This photo was taken with the iPhone held vertically and the fan must be spinning clockwise to create this visual illusion.
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This is yet more evidence that cameraphones can’t be judged on megapixels alone. The lens, sensor, software, aperture control, type of flash and numerous other things are every bit as important.
