Color problem with iphone photo.

Trying to compare a Canon Mirrorless camera shot, from a clearly different angle relative to the scene to an iPhone photo isn't honestly a very fair comparison. Plus you admit you had to edit the Canon photo in Lightroom.

I'm not sure what your point is? iPhone takes pretty great photos. But they aren't the equivalent of photos from a camera, which for some the Canon Mirrorless Cameras cost as much if not more than an entire iPhone. I would personally hope and fully expect your Canon to be superior to your iPhone.

Of course angle of the camera relative to a scene can make a huge difference. I'm curious what settings you chose when you took the photo on your iPhone? Did you just point and shoot or did you take advantage of the settings, such as Depth of Field, White Balance, available to you on your iPhone?

My point is that you're comparing a photo from a more expensive device than your iPhone. And it would appear you may not know you can change settings for better photos on iPhone?

sasanque wrote:

I did just point and shoot with the iPhone. I know I can make adjustments, but I didn’t this time. I was on a group tour and my photography suffered from the distraction. Unfortunately I can’t go back and try again.

Guess I’ll have to find a more accessible stained glass window to run some tests.

incidentally, the camera and the iPhone cost about the same. Sometimes the iPhone takes a better picture, sometimes the camera. And the iPhone is way better at super wide angle in tight spaces, like among buildings. The camera generally does better at telephoto shots. So I use both.

thanks for your suggestions.

But keep in mind the cameras in an iPhone are but only one component of the phone, whereas the Canon is a dedicated camera with but one mission, which is to take photos. The fact that an iPhone is capable of taking an equal or better photo in certain situations is in itself a remarkable accomplishment!

I hope you had a great holiday and you're welcome.

Different brands and different models within brands will display different colors. Color is a perception and not an absolute. Colors between different devices will almost never match unless they have been calibrated or have a calibrated mode. The topics you need to understand are camera color science and camera color management. If you Google them, you’ll see thousands of articles. This is a common issue with any two different cameras.

The fix is to learn to edit one photo to match the other or only shoot with one camera. Probably not the solution you were looking for. If you want assistance editing the photo, post a reply.

Just because I saw this as a bit of a challenge, I spent, oh, about 5 minutes on this in Photoshop. Not perfect, but a much better match to the Canon.