Filmmaker Compares Iphone Xs Camera To 10K Cinema Camera

The enhanced capabilities of the iPhone XS camera is the headline feature of Apple’s latest flagship phone – even if not everyone is happy. DxOMark recently declared its video performance ‘outstanding,’ while our own tests have left us equally impressed.

But putting the iPhone XS camera up against a $10,000 cinema camera would seem to be hopeless endeavor. Not quite, says one filmmaker who decided to do it …

Ed Gregory said that he was inspired to conduct the test after being ‘shocked’ at how good the iPhone XS camera was at shooting video (and found no differences between the XS and XS Max).

For commercial shoots, Gregory uses a Canon C200, and for the comparison he paired it with a Sigma Art 18-35/1.8 as this gave a similar focal length to the wide lens on the iPhone.

He says the first big difference was that that the iPhone XS camera footage was almost ready to use.

The dynamic range also came close to matching that of the C200.

The big weakness, he wrote, was in the automatic sharpening applied.

But while ultimately (and unsurprisingly) Gregory concluded that they aren’t in the same league, he said that at times he couldn’t tell the footage apart, and that the iPhone XS camera gave ‘completely mind blowing results.’ Check out the video comparison below to see for yourself.