I’m not totally convinced that the scene of the most devastating wildfire in California’s history is the most tasteful way to test the iPhone X camera, but I can kind of see why CNET’s senior photographer James Martin decided to do it.
News coverage requires a camera that not only produces good enough results for publication, but one that is sufficiently fast, reliable and flexible to cope with whatever might be thrown at it. In particular, you often don’t have much time for editing, so results have to be decent straight from camera …
And Martin does do it in a respectful way. The photo essay is focused on the clean-up operation rather than the fire itself.
He said that he always carries a DSLR with him, but didn’t need to use it.
Check out the photos over at CNET.
After I got home and scanned through the photos, I was shocked by the power and beauty of the images I’d captured with a phone. The fire was more devastating than I had ever imagined. These images will make sure I never forget.
