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by frostburg 2069 days ago
IBIS and a f/0.95 lens would get you there (or a flash, which phones mostly can't synch to).
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snowwrestler 2068 days ago
That shot is testing the low-light autofocus with no modelling light, which I think is a test that any f/0.95 lens/body combo on the market right now would fail?
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sudosysgen 2068 days ago
Most modern cameras can autofocus in perfect darkness using a small AF light. Especially at f/0.95!

But really, I recreated the shot, in a perfectly dark room with a phone light as the only light source, and it focused adequately and the image came out more than adequate at 1/20x ISO 2066 @ f/2.8, or 1/30 ISO2400 f/1.4, all with good AF.

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Nition 2069 days ago
Ah well, F/0.95 is cheating a bit though, I meant assuming you were doing a hand-held three second exposure with another camera.

Of course it's a reasonable point you make that a "proper" camera wouldn't need such a long exposure for the same amount of light.

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