Wide angle iPhone photographs

The extreme wide angle lens on my iPhone is 13mm (35mm equivalent), 2mm wider than the widest lens on the other camera systems I use. I learned many years ago that when it comes to wide angle lenses even a small amount of width is noticeable. Recently I thought I'd try out the phone in Gloucester Cathedral. The results, though deficient in a couple of ways (including being oversharpened), are better than I expected and the extra width brings more drama to the compositions.

 

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: iPhone

Harbour, Lyme Regis, Dorset

These photographs of Lyme Regis harbour were taken one minute and three seconds apart and illustrate a difference that a wider angle of view can make to a shot. Whilst the first shot offers information about the harbour and what can be seen there the second gives that information but in less detail. It also sets the harbour more in its geographical context and shows off the sky to better effect. It is, in my view, a better picture, more of a landscape than the first photograph.

 photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2