I thought I’d have a bit of fun!
Last time I looked at megapixels and how they really affect our photography.
So I thought this time I’d see if you can tell which photo was taken with which camera?
There are 3 photos below:
- 1 taken on a 5mp camera phone
- 1 taken on a very old budget 5mp point and shoot camera
- 1 taken on a 12mp 450d DSLR camera
Now we have 3 photos taken on 3 different types of camera that all have different sizes and quality of image sensors in them. So if I was to print the images out, then you would know immediately which is which because of the quality and print size (check the megapixels post) of the image.
But when they are on the internet like this and all set at the same size (500 pixels wide), then it levels the playing field a bit and it becomes a lot harder I think to tell the difference.
So take a look below and see if you can guess right – should be fun! Please leave your answers in the comments below…
I purposely chose images that have had very little post processing, so they’re pretty much out of the camera!
I look forward to seeing what you think, and I’ll post the answers in the comments soon….
Mandy





Hi, my name is Mandy Jones and I created the Photographer blog to help DSLR Beginners improve their photography, and get to know their camera better.
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My guess, for that is what is! …
lighthouse taken on the camera phone,
The Flowers was taken with the point and shoot and the Door with the DSLR.
Door = DSLR
Flower = Camera phone
Lighthouse = Point and shoot.
Those are my best guesses, based on colour tone and depth of field.
My amateurish guess
Door- Old budget Camera
Flower -DSRL camera
Light house.- 5 Mp camera
Great experiment! Hard to tell the difference on a monitor. Much easier when you look up the Exif data though, but that would be cheating…
Yes James, that would be cheating!!!
Door = DSLR
Flowers = Camera Phone
Lighthouse = point and shoot
I agree with Steve; these are also my guesses:
Door = DSLR
Flower = Camera phone
Lighthouse = Point and shoot
The bokeh of camera phone are so caracteristic, and easily done with “proxy” objects, no doubt the flower is one of them
so same as Steeve, Tom and Tammy
Door = DSLR
Flower = Camera phone
Lighthouse = Point and shoot.
Thank you for this fun game
Door = DSLR
Flower = Camera phone
Lighthouse = Point and shoot.
I enjoyed this and I agree with all the others!
Door -> Point and shoot only because it looks like a flash popped
flower -> dslr
Lighthouse -> camera
I Agree with some of the other posts!
#1 dslr
#2 camera phone
#3 point and shoot
All good shots. Shows that it isn’t always the camera but the person holding the camera that counts!
I think differently… eek. No doubt this means I am wrong
Door = point & shoot
Flower = phone
Lighthouse = DSLR
Door = Point & shoot
Flower = Camera phone
Lighthouse = DSLR.
Image 1 DSLR
Image 2 phone
Image 3 point and shhot
Hey Mandy,
This is my “guess”
1) Door: DSLR (Canon EOS 450d)
2) Flowers: Camera Phone (Nokia 6700)
3) Lighthouse: Point and Shoot Camera (DS5MP)
All had some post processing using Adobe photoshop CS Windows, Am I close
Hard to tell the difference but my guess would be photo 1 point an shoot, photo 2 DSLR, photo 3 camera phone.
Camera phone for the lighthouse
Point-and-shoot for the flowers
DS LR for the door
door-DRSL
flowers-old point and shoot
lighthouse-camera phone
Door – Old Budget Powershoot Camera
Flowers – iphone
Lighthouse – DSLR