I figured if I always have a phone with me and I always have a mirrorless camera, why not test them out against each other?
This wasn’t about keeping things apples to apples to find out which tool is better. Instead, it was about traveling with both and learning where they excelled, where they were good enough, and where they let me down. Now that I’m back home and have had a chance to collect my thoughts, I’ve come to some conclusions.I took pictures of landscapes under harsh lighting as well as portraits with studio flashes and even some low-light shots to round things out.
In most situations, the iPhone will be perfectly acceptable when you want to isolate a subject from its environment, and is far more impressive than the results on earlier phones.Timing action shots is another story, as the iPhone seems to be calibrated with a more casual photographer in mind.
The Nikon Z8 can easily work with flash units to create strong portraits. This is basically a no-go with a smartphone.Where the iPhone truly shines is in its ability to capture a wide range of exposure, especially when you consider how small the sensor is. By compiling multiple images spread over many different exposures, the phone can handle high levels of contrast in a scene.
An iPhone 15 can’t quite compete with the Nikon Z8 regarding overall resolution, though. Although the main camera can shoot 48-megapixel RAW files which come close detail-wise in bright light, the noise reduction makes images much softer in low-light situations. Furthermore, the iPhone 15 Pro Max can only provide 12 to 24 megapixel files when using any of the lenses other than the main 24mm camera. This is not an issue for the Nikon Z8.
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