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iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by qbasic_forever »

rcarr wrote: post #99

Literally just had to leave a comment on this blog post after reading because he talks about how he's going to start leaving his Garmin InReach Mini at home because he can now use the satellite feature on his iPhone when he's out hiking in the Scottish mountains. As far as I'm aware, the satellite functionality is currently strictly for the US and Canadian markets only. I get that it's a big deal and a great technolo…

Another good reason not to give up the Garmin just yet is having two-way communication on your emergency beacon too. It's not really confirmed or known what Apple is offering here and if there will be any way to communicate with rescuers if you have to initiate a rescue.

With Garmin devices you can text both ways and it has been shown in many rescues to be a huge advantage at getting the right search and rescue or other team to you faster--they can find out what the situation is and if they need to skip right to a helicopter rescue for example. If I were an avid hiker I wouldn't ditch the Garmin just yet (but hopefully in a year or two we'll see if Apple and others try to compete in the satellite rescue beacon world and offer comparable features).

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Post by emkoemko »

aikinai wrote: post #71
t0bia_s wrote: post #56

I though era of "more megapixel = better picture" is gone, but apparently not. All that matters in technical quality of cameras is dynamic range. That is related to sensor size, more specific to pixel size that has ability to absorb light. It is simple physics. Those who need camera sensor quality should check this charts: https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm

I would agree with you, but read about what they’re actually doing with this camera. They’re actually binning the pixels back down to the same resolution as before and only using the extra size to enhance sharpness and dynamic range. You only actually get higher resolution if you shoot raw.

why not just have larger photodiode to increase dynamic range? can't see how using more photodiode would equal more dynamic range or better noise levels? never seen a sony,canon etc get less noisy and better dynamic range as they add more mega pixels..

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Post by skhr0680 »

itg wrote: post #25

The Verge also mentioned that Apple goes overboard when it comes to noise reduction lately with their phones. It becomes really obvious when you compare an iPhone 13 with say a Pixel phone and there have been many complaints about it. Instead it looks like they continued to double down with it on the iPhone 14. It's a shame since they have such good hardware and ruin the pics with their photo processing pipeline.

I noticed extreme DNR as far back as the iPhone5. There isn’t really anything they can do about it, the camera sensor is tiny

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by emkoemko »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #2

Quite impressive when they shot at 48MP, but the pictures taken at 12MP just look like your bad, few generations old, non-pro iPhone photo. As a very amateur photograph that doesn't want to carry his DSLR all the time I considered getting it for the 48MP but after reading the review and seeing what would be most of the pictures I would take (the 12MP ones), it's a hard pass.

get a mirrorless... DSLR are old, can't even compare these 48mp images to say a Sony at 48mp well i guess if your not that into printing large and only viewing your images on facebook i guess its fine.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by emkoemko »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #54
parkingrift wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s an odd takeaway from the article. You can trivially switch between 12MP and 48MP. Why not just… switch to 48MP when you want the extra resolution, and otherwise stick to 12MP. Perhaps switch to 48MP when you would otherwise use your DSLR…?

Because looking at the 12MP pictures I would NEVER want it, and I don't want to sacrifice the battery / storage with 48MP pictures the time. I expected the lower resolutions to be a leap compared to the current gen (I have a 13 non-pro) but there's basically no difference.

if you want image quality you will not find it in phones... this is a limitation of psychics

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itg wrote: post #25

The Verge also mentioned that Apple goes overboard when it comes to noise reduction lately with their phones. It becomes really obvious when you compare an iPhone 13 with say a Pixel phone and there have been many complaints about it. Instead it looks like they continued to double down with it on the iPhone 14. It's a shame since they have such good hardware and ruin the pics with their photo processing pipeline.

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Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by jeffbee »

At 48MP these things are starting to tread on the territory of the "super resolution" mode of my Olympus camera body. Of course, the top-of-the-lone iPhone is also larger than that camera body in 2 out of 4 relevant dimensions, and costs more. The new iPhones are so big and so expensive that the idea that I would rather carry one than a big expensive camera is starting to seem questionable. In fact, if I had a choice, I am quite sure I'd rather my camera with a cheap lens were stolen, rather than my iPhone.

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Post by mr_toad »

unstatusthequo wrote: post #85
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> forcing every new iPhone user to go all-in with eSim is ridiculous. That will work for many, yet it could be a painful issue for some Floppy disks. Java. Disk drives. Headphone jacks. This is Apple’s M.O.

You forgot power cable. Inductive for the win. I figure the cable is just a backup for real problems

Unless they’ve changed it you still need a USB cable to sync directly from finder for the first time.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by mr_toad »

cmelbye wrote: post #115
warning26 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing that strikes me as ridiculous is that in the US on CDMA carriers, there was the exact same thing as "eSIMs" for years. You had to beg and plead with your carrier to set up and provision your phone, since there was no physical SIM. So for Apple to pitch this as "wow, it's a new system where instead of just putting in a sim card you have to grovel to your carrier to set up your phone", it hardly strikes me as…

Have you tried eSIM? It’s dependent on carrier, of course, but it’s actually an incredible UX. My partner lost his phone (and SIM) recently and I was able to transfer his T-Mobile line to a different iPhone in a few minutes using eSIM. It was totally automated using the T-Mobile website — enter the IMEI then scan a QR code with iPhone camera. I saved a trip to the store to get a new SIM card and didn’t have to talk t…

What sort of security is there? How do they prevent anyone from registering your number to a new phone?
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