The first generation iPhone comes equipped with a two megapixel digital camera on the back of it. To see exactly what size of image to expect to see taken from this tiny camera, I have provided a scaled-down picture I took with my Canon Powershot A70 a few years ago on a frosty morning. Click on the picture to enlarge it to full two megapixel screen size.

iPhone camera sample picture Whether we’ll be able to get this type of macro quality out of the small iPhone camera or not is yet to be seen, but what’s not left to worry about is if the size of the photo will be enough for printing 4×6 prints, or even 5×7 prints. They will look as sharp as your skill as a photographer lets them.

A word of caution: don’t plan to be bobbing your head to the beat of a soulful tune playing on the iPod section of your iPhone while taking a picture with the iPhone camera. Doing so will likely lead you to a road of disappointment in picture quality, due to the fact that your shaking will make for blurry portraits.