Our quick take
iPhone 5 camera - 4.0 / 5
Take me anywhere
The hype
The images
No manual control
Exposure and focus lock
Stabilisation? What stabilisation
No zoom
Panorama
Share me
Just for fun: iPhone 5 vs Nikon D4
To recap
It’s the take anywhere, snap anything pocket phone. Great in good light, not so much in dim conditions where the lack of true user control is an issue. Add some blips in the panorama mode, no zoom, image stabilisation or next-phase innovation and there are still arguments to get a standalone compact camera. It’s good stuff within its given category, hence the respectable score, but it’s not quite a replacement camera killer just yet. Immediate sharing is on its side though, as that’s an area where standalone cameras just can’t compare.
