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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 asdfasgasdgasdg »

I’ve been kinda unimpressed with the iPhone 13 mini camera coming from the pixel 6 pro. I like everything else about the iPhone better, but the camera seems substantially worse. I have to edit pictures quite a bit to fix color balance issues. Here’s a recent example:

https://adobe.ly/3qEZRVx

(Lightroom won’t let me share both my edit and the unedited original but the blueish picture was taken at almost the same time and had the same general look as the edited picture.)

I’m not sure who would like the unedited version of the picture but I get weird color issues like this all the time on my mini. Here’s another one of my kid:

https://adobe.ly/3UerPEY

For anyone who has a doubt, I testify that my kid is not red and those cliffs were not blue.

Worst thing is it’s totally unpredictable when the issue is gonna crop up. It doesn’t happen in every picture. I don’t know what someone would do with a camera like this if they didn’t know how to edit to fix the colors.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by xu_ituairo »

llbeansandrice wrote: post #118
micromacrofoot wrote: post #86

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Yep, you're old and jaded. I can relate. iPhones and almost all of their features are old news and they're mostly pushing iterative updates or advanced features most people don't have a use for yet (satellite connectivity). Still fantastic technology no doubt, but certainly not the wow of 10 years ago.

Then don’t upgrade? I don’t understand the outrage. So the new iPhone isn’t that exciting to you, so what?

I don’t read it as outrage but rather lamenting how developments used to feel more fun and exciting when the phones were new (whether buying them or not).

Besides getting jaded, this feeling is maybe the case with any maturing technology. PC developments in the 90s were crazy year to year, and now I don’t bother to follow the scene.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by asdfasgasdgasdg »

localhost wrote: post #55

This is an excellent video review by Peter McKinnon. I really like his studio shot comparison between his Canon mirrorless camera and the iPhone 14 Pro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9wNWA6bSQ

I don’t think it’s any surprise that a smartphone can capture a decent image in perfect lighting conditions. That’s been the case for a while. You’ll notice though that all pro photographers still reach for their real camera when the quality of the pictures matter.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by cmelbye »

mr_toad wrote: post #130
cmelbye wrote: post #115

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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?

The usual: My account password, two factor auth, account security PIN. Additionally, an SMS is sent to the number that’s being transferred giving a chance to block (with a timeout to auto-approve if the device is lost).

I haven’t explored it but I would assume there is also an optional “high security mode” lock — something like requiring account changes to happen in-store with physical ID.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by macintux »

PapuaNewGuinea wrote: post #37
seanp2k2 wrote: post #11

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As a ~normal person who uses their phone at least 4 hours per day, it's the single most important tech device in my life. I enjoy getting the best thing out there every upgrade cycle (2 years). The progress feels incremental, but going back and using an n-1 gen phone reminds me how much slower things were. All of those extra half-second waits between interactions add up, and I enjoy having a quality camera with me wh…

Are you sure those half-second lags were there when it was new, or it’s just software becoming more inefficjent as usual, as newer models set a new performance baseline?

In the end, does it matter whose fault it is?

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by Haegin »

trevor-e wrote: post #79
stanislavb wrote: post #57

It's good that he's highlighting the potential issues with the eSim. To me, 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. Given that they still sell iPhone 14 with regular SIM cards, why wouldn't they allow that option in the US ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!?

It will be painful for an incredibly tiny number of people, and vastly superior for basically everyone else. Plus, it frees up valuable physical space inside the phone. another counterpoint: I just got back from a trip in Europe and had to swap my sim card back when we landed. I forgot to ask for the small (and easily losable) tool they give you to pop open the tray, but luckily my SO had an earring that was able to…

I realise this isn't for everyone, but if you're changing sim often enough those sim card proddy tools fit nicely on keyrings. I fly from Canada to the UK roughly once a year to visit family and haven't felt like it's taking up excess space the rest of the year.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by kccqzy »

legohead wrote: post #49
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.

Is that why my wife has been complaining all her pictures make her look like she has a smooth/filter-applied face? She just switched from Android to Iphone 13. I tried playing around with the settings but couldn't make it look 'normal'.

The article actually offers a solution that you can try:

> I do feel many of the images I’ve shot are a bit too processed and/or over-sharpened. When this happens, I’ve been bringing the ProRAW files into Lightroom CC and adjusting the “Apple ProRAW” profile slider to the left to reduce the HDR/sharp look if it’s too much for me.

Now you have to explain what exactly ProRAW files are, how to import them to Lightroom, and how to find the right slider to reduce that effect. What happened to the It Just Works™ simplicity?

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Post by laurencerowe »

vladgur wrote: post #112
alistairSH wrote: post #82

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How do you buy/activate a temp e-sim when traveling? And as most shops capable of doing so? My family goes to the UK often and usually get a local sim.

I used Airalo App to buy and refill multiple eSims while travelling through Europe this summer. I had an American Physical sim on my iPhone 11 and 2 eSims at some point with both physical and 1 eSIM being on at one time while the 2nd eSIM was off. When i would arrive in a ne country, I would switch one ESIM off and switch another one on. Note: you do need internet access to load an eSIM onto your phone, but you can p…

While clearly the future, in many countries you can only get expensive global eSIMs at the moment.

I’ve spent time in both the UK and Mexico this year and it would have cost 2-5x as much if I couldn’t get use a physical SIM.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by chem83 »

softfalcon wrote: post #102
n8cpdx wrote: post #9

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Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

On the note of will it be “noticeably slow in 2024” I have to say you might not even notice. I’m using an iPhone X here in 2022 and honestly other than the battery life being a bit lower than usual, the phone is super snappy, even on these latest iOS releases. It’s basically 5 years old and it’s still doing amazingly well.

I have an X myself and decided to throw the towel this year. I'm out of memory with the 64GB and have to keep pushing 5 years worth of photos and messages out. I also had to replace the battery once already and had to replace the camera (wobbly lens, all of the sudden) too.

I had to replace the screen twice (first time under the extended warranty/recall, second time I had to pay; it just becomes unresponsive and you get locked out of the phone). To make matters worse, the new one is arriving on Friday and the screen stopped working again last Monday. More than 90 days passed since the previous repair, so nothing to do and I'm locked out of the phone again because you can only unlock iphones through the touchscreen.

The phone is everything but snappy these days. I don't have tons of apps, but it stutters significantly from time to time.

One detail, phone doesn't have one scratch and is in perfect condition outside. Dropped it very few times and it was always inside a good case.

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