I'm one of those photographers who's always on a tight budget, so I usually hesitate to upgrade equipment. When I do upgrade, I'm careful to pick the most important pieces first (computers, camera bodies), and then look at extras (flash, softbox, tripod). I always buy with the expectation that it needs to last for the next 3-5 years.. depending on what it is.
That said, I've been working with the iPhone 4s since my iPhone 3GS was stolen in early 2012 (I guess the kid did me a favor; God knows I made him work for it though). I know, it's ridiculous, technology changes so much in that time. But with limited resources, upgrades have to count.
So I just started the next wave of serious upgrades. I traded my iPhone 4s for an iPhone 6. My 4s was still pristine, thanks to one super-janky Otterbox, but the iPhone 6 had me with the promise of shiny pictures, and shiny Retna display. It's quite possibly TOO shiny for creating gritty b&w Hipsta shots (my favorite on Instagram), but that may prove to be a small sacrifice, eventually.
It's definitely a huge improvement for social media and product pictures. Everything looks pretty. I also love that Apple went a little wider with the lens (from 35mm to 29mm), and opened up the aperture from f/2.4 to f/2.2.
I hear there's an added exposure control and image stabilization too, but I've been too amazed with Hipstamatic's insane quick-processing to play with iPhone's native camera app. Hipsta cranks out the shots on the 6 (including near-instant tintype and double-exposure turnaround; on my 4s it was a toss-up as to whether or not the app would crash while birthing just one or two of these images). I'm super excited to put it to the test over the weekend.
To see a comparison of the 4s and the 6, check out this fantastic link:
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Apple-iPhone-6,Apple-iPhone-4s/phones/8346,5257
Sorry, no photos from me yet! But the shots in this article from FStoppers demonstrate the iPhone 6's prettiness:
https://fstoppers.com/contests/17-outstanding-photos-apples-shot-iphone-6-world-gallery-61493
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