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First public picture taken with iPhone 5’s 8-megapixel camera?

PocketNow shows what it thinks to be an image taken with an iPhone 5.

This (very attractive) photo claims to have been taken by an iPhone 4, but the rest of its EXIF data tells a different story: although the image has been cropped to 2235×2291 (5.12 megapixels), the original picture was a much larger 3264×2448 — or just shy of eight megapixels. What’s more, the lens was recorded as a 4.3mm f/2.4, which is closer to that of a point-and-shoot than the iPhone 4’s actual 3.85mm f/2.8.

We’ve remarked on a number of occasions that the camera holes in the purported iPhone 5 cases seem significantly bigger than the current iPhone 4 cases.  Could this be an indication of some serious glass?

Interestingly the EXIF Data (comparisons below the fold) points to a GPS location here.

This one was “supposedly shot by an Apple engineer eating his lunch at work.”

YUM.

Update: Here is the original image on Flickr

Update 2: Taken down.  That’s obviously a good sign.


Here’s the Sushi photo:
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Here’s a picture from an iPhone 4

EXIF:

Camera Model Name iPhone 4
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Software QuickTime 7.6.6
Modify Date 2011:07:22 12:04:18
1 month, 15 days, 20 hours, 1 minute, 22 seconds ago
Host Computer Mac OS X 10.6.8
Exposure Time 1/30
F Number 2.4
Exposure Program Program AE
Exif Version 0220
Create Date 2011:07:22 11:52:50
1 month, 15 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes, 50 seconds ago
Components Configuration Y, Cb, Cr, –
Shutter Speed Value 1/30
Aperture Value 2.4
Brightness Value 4.364414843
Exif Image Size 3,264 × 2,448
Make Apple
ISO 64
Date/Time Original 2011:07:22 11:52:50
1 month, 15 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes, 50 seconds ago
Metering Mode Spot
Flash Auto, Did not fire
Focal Length 4.3 mm
Subject Area 1604 1224 610 612
User Comment {
AddDebugInfoToUserComments = 1;
Orientation = 6;
“{Diagnostic}” = {
AEAdjustedMinWeight = 0;
AEAverage = 250;
AECenterMean = 0;
AELimitsReached = 0;
AEOverallAverageLuma = 0;
AEPatternMean = 0;
AEPatternScene = 0;
AEStable = 1;
AFStable = 1;
AFStatus = 4;
AGC = 275;
AWBBGain = 7719;
AWBGGain = 4096;
AWBRGain = 9562;
AWBStable = 1;
AccelerometerDeltas = “(0.0049 0.0074 0.0096) @ 0.0200″;
AdaptedFilterStrength = 0;
AdaptiveLuxValue = 172;
AddDebugInfoToUserComments = 1;
ApertureValue = 3;
AverageFocusScore = 161343;
BinningGainFactor = 256;
BinningMode = 0;
BrightnessValue = “4.364414846505206″;
Build = “5.0 (9A268a)”;
CCT = 5397;
CameraDriverName = AppleH4CameraInterface;
CurrentFocusPosition = 56;
CurrentFrameRate = 20;
DetectedFacesArray = (
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ExposureBias = 0;
ExposureTime = “0.033333″;
FDExposureDebug = “face avg:0 wgt:0 scene xl:7 xm:67 xh:83 target:246 scale:1524 (0.6EV) aeBlend:0 aeAverage:250 aeTarget:246 darkOut:3 brightOut:27″;
Fnumber = “2.4″;
FocalLenIn35mmFilm = “34.7″;
FocalLength = “4.28″;
FocusBand = “64.31 in [27.01, 108.73]“;
FocusPeakSumArray = (
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FocusScan = “(0,36.39) (29,50.26) (56,56.73) (81,34.88) (105,23.27) 3.7s ago”;
FocusScoresArray = (
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FocusWindow = (
398,
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);
FullyExposed = 0;
GlobalMotion = 0;
GlobalMotionHistory = 0;
GlobalShutterFlag = 0;
HistogramBinMode = 256;
HistogramImageDataType = 1;
ISOSpeedRating = 68;
LowerLimitGM = 0;
LumaLUTUpdated = 0;
LuxLevel = 1730;
MeteringMode = 3;
MotionHistoryB = 0;
MotionHistoryGb = 0;
MotionHistoryGr = 0;
MotionHistoryR = 0;
MotionLUTUpdated = 0;
MotionSumB = 0;
MotionSumGb = 0;
MotionSumGr = 0;
MotionSumR = 0;
NoiseReduction = “S:0 C:0 Y:0″;
NormalizedSNR = “35.3″;
OneFrameAEMode = 0;
OverflowOccurred = 0;
PowerBlur = 1;
PreviousFocusBand = “50.02 in [19.80, 57.81]“;
PreviousFocusScan = “(0,22.49) (29,33.62) (56,32.77) (81,18.79) 6.0s ago”;
PreviousGlobalMotionAdjusted = 0;
RelativeEntropy = 0;
RollingShutterSkew = 44064;
SNR = “35.3″;
SensorID = 325;
Sharpness = 0;
ShutterSpeedValue = “4.906905022631062″;
TimeMachine = 1;
TimeMachineSelection = 2;
ToneCurveDebug = “up:N level:0.023 (6) black:0.023 (6) scale:1.156 s0:0.852 s1:0.605″;
ToneMapping = “black:0.00000 scale:0.000 s0:0.000 s1:0.000 (0.00 0.00 0.00) saturation:0.00 warm:0.00″;
UpperLimitGM = 0;
WYSIWYG = 1;
WaitForAF = 1;
WaitForAFSkipCount = 0;
ispDGain = 273;
sensorDGain = 256;
};
“{Exif}” = {
ApertureValue = “2.526068811667588″;
BrightnessValue = “4.364414846505206″;
ColorSpace = 1;
DateTimeDigitized = “2011:07:22 11:52:50″;
DateTimeOriginal = “2011:07:22 11:52:50″;
ExposureMode = 0;
ExposureProgram = 2;
ExposureTime = “0.03333333333333333″;
FNumber = “2.4″;
Flash = 24;
FocalLenIn35mmFilm = “34.7″;
FocalLength = “4.28″;
ISOSpeedRatings = (
64
);
MeteringMode = 3;
PixelXDimension = 3264;
PixelYDimension = 2448;
SceneType = 1;
SensingMethod = 2;
Sharpness = 0;
ShutterSpeedValue = “4.906905022631062″;
SubjectArea = (
1604,
1224,
610,
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WhiteBalance = 0;
};
“{TIFF}” = {
DateTime = “2011:07:22 11:52:50″;
Make = Apple;
Model = “iPhone 4″;
Software = “5.0″;
XResolution = 72;
YResolution = 72;
};
}
Flashpix Version 0100
Color Space sRGB
Sensing Method One-chip color area
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Scene Capture Type Standard
Sharpness Normal
GPS Latitude Ref North
GPS Latitude 37.332167 degrees
GPS Longitude Ref West
GPS Longitude 122.030333 degrees
GPS Altitude Ref Above Sea Level
GPS Altitude 74.04375 m
GPS Time Stamp 19:13:10
Compression JPEG (old-style)
Resolution 72 pixels/inch
Thumbnail Length 4,921
Y Cb Cr Positioning Centered

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