Nikon vs phone

[Stealth1304]

My brother decided to argue that his 13mp camera on his phone was just as good as my 12.2mp Nikon camera. Can you spot the difference?

 

[amintha1992]

top phone, bottom camera. is your camera a point and shoot or DSLR?

[X1XNobleX1X]

The top one looks better as it's capturing more light.

But, I'm no camera guru. 

[Stealth1304]

point and shoot

[nj4ck]

The bottom one is the Nikon. The pictures aren't ideal for comparison though because the angles are different and the lighting appears to be different

[Stealth1304]

My brother is saying he is winning because @X1XNobleX1X said his picture was better and @amintha1992 and @ didn't mention which one was better. Which one is better?

[nj4ck]

My brother is saying he is winning because @X1XNobleX1X said his picture was better and @amintha1992 and @nj4ck didn't mention which one was better. Which one is better?

the bottom one, there's slight artifacting and less detail captured in the top one.

[shadowblitz3]

lighting is way different but bottom has more detail to it so im picking it

[Stealth1304]

[Bsmith]

the bottom picture is better because there are more small details in the image, altough the difference in angle and light(?) make it harder to draw a proper conclusion.

 

I must also say, modern smartphone's are roughly the same quality as cheap/simple point and shoot camera's due to the small diffrence in sensor size.

[Scruffy90]

Top one is phone, bottom is DSLR. The top photo is noisy and the colors are over saturated.

 

I wouldn't let him bother you about it. There are some good cameras on phones, but it's all about the glass and flexibility that your camera provides in any situation.

[rmac52]

The MP count doesn't apply when there is a dramatic difference in sensor size. My old nikon d60 has a 12 MP sensor. My phone also has a 12 MP sensor but it's tiny In comparison. The dslr destroys the phone.

Your test images are not a good comparison. The bottom one is to dark.

[amintha1992]

The top one looks better as it's capturing more light.

But, I'm no camera guru. 

top one is a grainy mess, with poor sharpness.  that is because the ISO is way too high

[Silvercall]

You guys need to re take your sample shots.  They should be taken from the same perspective under the same lighting conditions.  That said, I think the top is from the phone while the bottom is the camera.  The phone looks a bit muddier but the camera shot was taken under poor lighting.

[dikanumur]

This issue happens due to poor version of camera firmware. Update the firmware version with following steps:

• Create a folder on the computer hard disk and name it as desired.
• Download F-D5300-V101W.exe to the folder created in Step 1.
• Run F-D5300-V101W.exe to extract the following file to a folder named “D5300Update”: • D5300_0101.bin (the camera firmware)
• Using a card slot or card reader, copy “D5300_0101.bin” to a memory card that has been formatted in the camera.
• Insert the memory card into the camera memory card slot and turn the camera on.
• Select Firmware version in the SETUP MENU and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the firmware update.
• Once the update is complete, turn the camera off and remove the memory card.
• Confirm that the firmware has been updated to the new version. 

Check more details at Nikon d60 Manual- guideusermanual.com/product-name-d60-manual&po=4316&lang=English. Good Luck. 

[AkiraDaarkst]

On 2/22/2015 at 8:19 AM, Stealth1304 said:

My brother decided to argue that his 13mp camera on his phone was just as good as my 12.2mp Nikon camera. Can you spot the difference?

 

In conditions that are ideally suitable for each camera, the photos taken by each can be comparable.  But outside of those conditions, a phone camera will be beaten by a DSLR every time unless you compare different generations of cameras (i.e. New iPhone vs 15 year old Nikon).

[xQubeZx]

The bottom one is defentivly better if we are talking image quality. However the angle and light should have been shot the same way to accuratly compare them. But the phones image look oversaturated and have lost a lot of detail that the other image has.