Viability of Mobile phone cameras in professional broadcasting: A case study of camera Efficiency of Apple iPhone 11

Abstract

In recent years, technological advances and mass production of smartphones have made them both applicable and accessible for a range of photography and videography. Many electronic media organizations are broadcasting mobile footages as part of their citizen journalism using their smartphones. The video and audio quality of smartphones are weak in terms of brightness, contrast and colour balance compared to traditional television cameras, also known as electronic news gathering (ENG) cameras. Cell phones currently come installed with high-resolution video recording facilities, yet major television news networks despite everything aren’t utilizing it to record news stories. Superior video quality depends on several factors like image sensor, optical Zoom, Physical IRIS and shutter, which is available in all ENG cameras. The audio quality of ENG cameras is also relatively crisper and more precise due to the availability of many manual settings and external microphone attachment options. The latest smartphones can record a video of decent quality subject to good lighting conditions. This paper reviews the art of learning visual communication through lenses, sensors, and other physical attributes of video cameras while drawing a comparison between the ENG and Smartphone cameras (iPhone 11). Experimental design was used to test the Depth of field, brightness, contrast, and colour fidelity. The results of the study’s experiments indicate that ENG camera’s image quality is superior compared to iphone 11 under low lighting conditions.