If someone told you an iconic magazine like Sports Illustrated put a smartphone photo on a cover, you probably wouldn’t believe them. But, this has actually happened. Sports Illustrated hired a photographer Michael LeBrecht, who has already created some memorable photos for this magazine. But this time, they posed him with a challenge to take the shots with a smartphone – and so he did. In my opinion, the results are remarkable.
Michael’s “weapon of choice” was Motorola’s new model, Moto-Z. Michael paired it with Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mod attachment to achieve the best results. The attachment provides Moto-Z with a 12MP 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS sensor with sensitivity up to ISO 3200. It has 10x optical zoom (a 35mm equivalent focal length of 25-250mm), and an f/3.5-6.5 aperture. As for the light setup, Michael started with the available light, and the slowly built in continuous light to increase the overall quality of the images.
I know smartphone images can rarely be compared to those taken with a DLSR. Also, we often hear that everyone calls themselves a photographer these days. But, we can’t deny that Michael LeBrecht really did a great job. And if Sports Illustrated decided that smartphone images are good enough for their cover, maybe we should also change perspective a little.
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Thier first photoshoot with a really crappy smartphone add-on camera.
Just another gimmick to convince people smart phone photos are amazing. Now let’s see if anybody ever has the guts to say if SI and / or the photographer were paid by the equipment companies to do this for the sole purpose of implied advertising and clickbait for blogs that love this type of stuff.
The headline is a bit misleading when you read the article.