The battery on my old iPhone 8 had developed a serious problem. It would just unexpectedly die. The phone even gave me a message that something was very problematic with the battery and I should get it changed. Well, fat chance of that in tiny McBride, and when I did inquire with the talented local computer technician, he said the batteries on my iPhone where glued in, and really couldn’t be replaced.
That being the case, I decided to get a new iPhone. I checked the online Apple Store to see what was available and considered the available models. I liked the small size of my old phone, and the phone that was closest to being the same size was an iPhone 16, which was just a tad bigger. The rest of the phones were much larger. I ordered the 16, then waited a couple of weeks for its arrival.
When I was checking the information on the various phones, I didn’t really pay much attention to the camera on the phone. I did notice that it had two lenses on the back, but didn’t really pursue it any further. The 16 wasn’t really one of the high-end models, but I figured for as much as I use a cell phone, it would work well for me.
My new phone arrived and since its operating system was a lot newer than on my old phone, I spent a bit of time just figuring out how to use the various new functions.
Yesterday, disgusted with myself for spending so much time sitting on the couch, I forced myself to go trudging around the pond, through the snow. While it really wasn’t a spectacularly photogenic day, while I was out there, I decided to try out my new phone’s camera. I stopped at the near end of the pond, and took the photo above. It gave me a nice view of the sky.
My sister had told me that one of her grandkids had a 16 model phone and she was amazed at how well it’s camera’s zoom function worked, so I gave it a try on my camera.
I was blown away at how much it allowed me to zoom in. See the blue rectangle in the photo above, while standing in the same place, I was able to use my phone camera to zoom in and capture that area. (photo below).
Practically all of the still photos you see on my many blogs were taken with my camcorder. I bought it because of the amazing range it has to zoom in close or far-away for a photo. I was very excited to see that I am now able to do much of the same thing with my new phone.
Like I said, my new phone is not really a top-of-the-line model, I am sure those offer more advanced technology to take even more amazing photos, but I was very surprised to see what my new phone camera can do, and very happy with the results.
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