As someone who’s stuck it out with an iPhone 3GS for the past two years, my upgrade to the iPhone 4S has me most excited about its improved camera.
Today I went around Long Island City and took some side-by-side shots with both the 4S and the 3GS, then shrunk both sets of images down to the same size. You can click each image to see the 3GS version because I am amazing at Javascript.
Overall the 4S photos are sharper, a little brighter, and seem to display more dynamic range across the board. There’s also better flare control, as you can see in the last photo. This is by no means a scientific or accurate comparison – just a little real-world example of what types of improvements we can expect with the 4S.
Click the photos to see the 3GS version. Seriously, why aren’t you clicking already?
Since it’s official that Condé Nast is moving into 1 World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower, formerly the site of, well, you know) I thought I’d document some of the building’s construction. With my iPhone pressed up against my trusty Nikon spotting scope (more on that here) I’m able to get a fairly decent view from my apartment in Long Island City.
Word is they’re building a floor a week, so let’s see how accurate that is. From the photo above it looks like they prop up a section of the floor with some type of scaffolding, then build around it. Let’s see what happens.
The only thing that makes this closeup of Zack Miller‘s new forearm tattoo by East Side Ink more badass is the fact that his brother is, among other things, a professional poker player.
Look for them both in an upcoming episode of MTV’s new series World of Jenks. You heard it here first people.
Clearly I’m notthefirstdude to weigh in here, but I wanted to get a real-world sense of the increased resolution on the iPhone 4′s “Retina Display.”
In these photos I’m holding an iPhone 3Gs in front of two computer displays running Apple’s iPhone Simulator. The Simulator is running a virtualized version of iOS 4.0.1 set to mimic the iPhone 4 device. The iPhone 4 simulator looks huge on the computer screens because today’s Macs have pixel densities in the 72-120 range, while the iPhone 4′s pixel density is 326.
Pre-dousing any flamey comments, I’m fully aware this is 100% unscientific so I offer this information purely for my own delight. That said, if you have something positive to share, surprise me. :-)
An iPhone 3Gs held roughly 30″ away from a 27″ iMac running a simulated iPhone 4 interface. Badass.
Same as above, but with a 1920×1080 display. I needed to hold the iPhone roughly 34″ away to get the sizes to match.
Couldn’t decide which photo to use so I used them both. You’re looking at some of artist Michael Sanzone‘s latest work, photographed two weeks ago at the Here Arts Center in the West Village. I love how the reflections toward the top-left look like Apple’s Aqua user interface buttons.
Those curios about the artist might enjoy this entry.
Those curios about everything else might enjoy everything else here.
Shot and edited this with my trusty new Canon G11 and iMovie this morning (before heading to work, appropriately).
Is it wrong that I feel this way when gazing upon my burgeoning spirits collection? Perhaps. But big ups to Paul at what I’m convinced is the best wine and spirits store in the country for the suggestions on what to buy, and a personal plug to Carly, Greg, and the editorial whippersnappers at The Spirit for the cocktail inspiration.
One of the perks I get from working at the world’s largest wine website is that I get to drink and review a lot of wine. And after writing reviews for upwards of 557 different wines, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was reusing some words.
So in the interest of being a huge geek, I exported all my written reviews from Snooth and ran the text through the tag cloud generator at http://www.wordle.net/. Then I did the same thing with Snooth’s resident wine expert Gregory Dal Piaz – just for shitting and giggling.
Can you figure out which is mine and which is the expert’s?
… … … … iPad MEMORY SYNC COMPLETE. HUMAN NEUTRALIZED.
--10
~g 02.02.10 at 9:55 am
Look what i just made for you, mom !
--8
~29andstillatparentshome! 02.03.10 at 11:19 am
This is unbelievable.
This is how we think different.
This will be the best experience you’ll ever have.
This is our new product that we have been working on for decades, and this is called :
iPad
iP(lease you)a(ll to give us your pretty)dollars.
--20
~playfans 02.03.10 at 4:16 pm
cmd z!
--7
~Undo 02.04.10 at 3:33 pm
The latest from Apple Russia:
iMatryoshka!
(aka: iRussian Nesting Doll)
+38
~kdavison 02.04.10 at 3:45 pm
iClone iClone iClone…
+28
~kdavison 02.04.10 at 3:49 pm
am i that abyssal dumb?
--21
~coman12 02.04.10 at 8:33 pm
My ipad doesn’t have wing but it can capture all my inhibitions !
--15
~woops 02.07.10 at 10:28 am
…and I can do this… even *without* a built-in camera!
+10
~kdavison 02.07.10 at 4:07 pm
Look at this Dude !
How deep do you think it is ?!
+1
~Bob 02.08.10 at 8:35 am
Those are definitly not my hands.
--7
~bab 02.08.10 at 3:30 pm
did you notice I’m married ? … no ?…. oh you were looking at the ipad… of course… story of my life
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This month I’m donating a banner ad (see above) to Movember – described as “an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues – specifically prostate and testicular cancer.” Check out the site, register as a fundraiser, and spend a month growing a mustache – that is, if you have the balls.
“I’m shrinking!” “Proof?” “Yes, right here on my iPhone”.
01.31.10 at 11:55 pm
Hey- dipshit hipster guy from the Palm Pre announcement. Yeah, you, ya douche. Get a load of THIS.
02.01.10 at 12:52 am
Look! The iPod Touch just got bigger, and so did my eyes!
02.01.10 at 5:18 am
“… and this is what happens when you use the iPad to divide by zero.”
02.01.10 at 9:09 am
hey ppffflaghhh blah blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhfff
02.01.10 at 12:49 pm
Here you can see our three revolutionary devices, one from past, one from today and the iClocks.
02.01.10 at 1:32 pm
Holy crap! Have you ever held two mirrors up to each other? It like, parallels into infinity, man! This is so awesome! I AM SO HIGH!
02.01.10 at 4:04 pm
iPad. Now with Time Machine.
02.01.10 at 5:52 pm
… … … … iPad MEMORY SYNC COMPLETE. HUMAN NEUTRALIZED.
02.02.10 at 9:55 am
Look what i just made for you, mom !
02.03.10 at 11:19 am
This is unbelievable.
This is how we think different.
This will be the best experience you’ll ever have.
This is our new product that we have been working on for decades, and this is called :
iPad
iP(lease you)a(ll to give us your pretty)dollars.
02.03.10 at 4:16 pm
cmd z!
02.04.10 at 3:33 pm
The latest from Apple Russia:
iMatryoshka!
(aka: iRussian Nesting Doll)
02.04.10 at 3:45 pm
iClone iClone iClone…
02.04.10 at 3:49 pm
am i that abyssal dumb?
02.04.10 at 8:33 pm
My ipad doesn’t have wing but it can capture all my inhibitions !
02.07.10 at 10:28 am
…and I can do this… even *without* a built-in camera!
02.07.10 at 4:07 pm
Look at this Dude !
How deep do you think it is ?!
02.08.10 at 8:35 am
Those are definitly not my hands.
02.08.10 at 3:30 pm
did you notice I’m married ? … no ?…. oh you were looking at the ipad… of course… story of my life
02.09.10 at 5:32 pm
You’re feeling veeeeeeeery tired…
You’re falling asleep…
Your looking at it
Yes, keep looking at it…
02.10.10 at 11:07 am
Well, this little spatio-temporal vertex bug will be fixed in version 2.0
02.14.10 at 10:45 am
cmd c
cmd v
cmd v
02.14.10 at 5:27 pm
hm.,,,, o, its me :D
02.15.10 at 2:23 pm
lol
02.16.10 at 11:39 am
lol
It is so strange)
But I hope thet it have no great idea
02.16.10 at 11:40 am
iEgo
02.16.10 at 1:52 pm
iMirror 2.0
02.16.10 at 1:57 pm
iMe
02.16.10 at 1:57 pm
…as you can see here… all new iPads come with the application Narcissism 3.0…
*Warning: Narcissism 3.0 is only compatible with technology beginning with the letter i.
02.16.10 at 2:06 pm
I made it from my own image…
02.16.10 at 2:11 pm
At Apple, we know you love you!
02.16.10 at 2:16 pm
iPad, technology that connects with the real you!
02.16.10 at 2:17 pm
…For those who want it all… Apple offers the iPod, the iPhone, and iPad, all in one!
(just like the turducken!)
02.16.10 at 2:23 pm
iRabbit Hole
Follow meeeeeeeeeee…..
02.16.10 at 2:24 pm
i don’t think you are taking us seriously…
02.16.10 at 2:27 pm
We’re here for the Max Headroom audition…
02.16.10 at 2:30 pm
…and once all your data is uploaded to the iPad… your body can be disposed of using the built-in cryogenics app.
02.16.10 at 2:44 pm
That would make more videos.
03.06.10 at 3:40 am
Yes, look like 2 mirrors, but is easy make this with Photoshop. very nice effect…
Think different. Think with your head!
03.14.10 at 3:51 am
LOOOk i found the never ending mirror!!
03.19.10 at 1:00 am
Look kids, this is why we geeks waited so long on the iPad (read: another way to waist another 500 bucks)!!!!
04.09.10 at 1:55 pm
kjokot
05.01.10 at 9:56 am
erdemcolaker@hotmail.com
05.07.10 at 5:38 am
Ok, you cannot have Flashplayer…
BUT, but, show me someone at ADOBE who can do …
THAT !!
05.07.10 at 2:56 pm
“Ever wished you could fit into a space the size of an iPad? … Well, there’s an App for that!”
05.15.10 at 12:07 pm
TIME PARADOX
05.16.10 at 7:19 pm
So that’s where Beebs got his teeth frm ??0ah ha !
05.19.10 at 5:50 pm
iSad
06.18.10 at 2:17 pm
look my idiot face infinite times
07.17.10 at 10:15 pm
fgoi
07.20.10 at 5:13 am
coooooooooooooooooool
07.20.10 at 5:13 am
Look at this! With the new Ipad you are bether then Chuck Noris!
07.31.10 at 12:17 am
truckpult
08.08.10 at 2:07 pm
Inception with ipad
09.09.10 at 11:53 am
And this is the model that we, erh left on a bus months before release for a unsespecting reporter to find and release information about!
09.11.10 at 4:15 am
dude i can see my eyes from here
09.15.10 at 10:07 pm
does anybody else feel like cotten candy?
09.25.10 at 8:46 pm
10.01.10 at 12:22 pm
So, your highness, as you can see, there’s no justification, at any scale, for my haircut. I say: Hang the barber from a tree!
I rest my case.
10.07.10 at 3:31 pm
Doing the most useless thing on the planet?
There’s an app for that!
10.30.10 at 2:28 pm
wana see somthn cool?….. THIS!
11.06.10 at 1:53 pm
giggety!
11.16.10 at 12:26 pm
Don’t want to diminish? Go for Android!
12.14.10 at 11:06 pm
These are my only friends.
12.20.10 at 7:33 pm
Weight loss support
01.07.11 at 10:25 pm
Do these frames make my butt look big???
02.01.11 at 3:46 am
im a homo!
02.16.11 at 9:53 am
i take it up the arse
02.16.11 at 9:54 am
Whata a… Oh, no, I’m inside it! Wait… No, here’s another guy… Thats me! Heyyy… I just ate myself many times… But how?………
02.24.11 at 1:54 pm
Pay one, take as many as you can see…
03.03.11 at 11:33 am
The new iLookarightprat available now.
03.03.11 at 1:16 pm
I am Infinite, with my I-pad…
03.04.11 at 7:05 am
well now you have a lot beautiful ipads in one. by the way I’m pretty sexy,
03.16.11 at 3:39 pm
***Note: Apple is not responsible for ripping the space time continumm.
03.18.11 at 3:28 pm
how for does it go!? fuck…
03.23.11 at 4:32 am
“I’d buy it.”
03.28.11 at 2:37 pm
Picture in a picture in a picture – Incepicture.
04.13.11 at 12:16 pm
My penis keeps getting smaller
05.03.11 at 7:47 pm
Need to lose weight? No problem! Here Is the all new product from Apple, the iShrink!
06.29.11 at 6:37 pm
Perfectly indited content , thankyou for selective information . – Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window. Attributed to Steve Wozniak
07.04.11 at 10:54 am
I need a joint
08.12.11 at 2:49 pm
My brother suggested I might like this web site. He was once entirely right. This post actually made my day. You cann’t believe just how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
08.15.11 at 12:28 am
Inception Generator
08.26.11 at 7:57 am
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08.26.11 at 1:18 pm
Inception biatch!
08.27.11 at 12:06 am
IPadCeption.
08.27.11 at 2:45 am
i have the weirdest boner…
08.27.11 at 9:59 pm
Hello have you previously asked yourself to publish regarding Nintendo Dsi handheld
09.16.11 at 12:52 pm
ipadception
01.05.12 at 7:29 am
“This is sooo Photoshoped!”
01.08.12 at 8:43 pm
-1′
01.18.12 at 5:07 pm
Yo dawgi herd you like ipads so we put a ipad in yo ipad so ypu can ipad while you ipad
01.19.12 at 11:59 am
Yo dawg I heard you like pictures of yourself holding ipads. so…
01.24.12 at 5:04 pm
Here’s a picture of an iPad with me in it holding an iPad with me in it holding an …
01.25.12 at 2:02 am
Im in an Ipadception!
01.26.12 at 3:21 am