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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 rcarr »

creativenolo wrote: post #196
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…

> he can now use the satellite feature on his iPhone when he's out hiking in the Scottish mountains He does not say this. He explicitly says he did carry his garmin when in Scotland. From the article: > (for the last week in Scotland, we’ve not had cell service), so I have a Garmin inReach MINI I carry with me The author's point was that he travels a lot in the US and abroad, and that he will keep his Garmin but use…

The author stated: > Now, with the release of Emergency SOS via satellite on iPhone 14 Pro, I don’t plan to carry the inReach nearly as often, and I’ll pause the subscription to save the monthly fee, with the added benefit of weight savings in my pack. Keep in mind, the Garmin has its advantages with super long battery life and an extremely durable build made to withstand the rigors of multi-day expeditions, so I think it’s worth keeping around. But probably the most exciting aspect of satellite connectivity being built into iPhone 14 Pro is that loved ones like my wife, Esther, will have it with them all the time. It’ll be ready for them to use whether they’ve planned for it or not.

The author has also replied to my comment saying he wasn't aware that the satellite service was North America and Canada only and that he will make sure to take his Garmin on international trips. My critique was not aimed at the author, but at the marketing materials which need to hammer this point home, even for North American residents such as this author. Based on this evidence, I think it was a pretty justified comment.

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Post by ploppyploppy »

qbasic_forever wrote: post #121
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 ot…

Don't forget you'll likely have your iPhone out a lot when taking photos etc, which means it's at greater risk of being lost or damaged or the battery running out, rendering the satellite features useless. Having a Garmin in your pocket that you never take out has its advantages therefore.

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Post by ksec »

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.

They have been doing this since iPhone X. Somewhere along the line "Computational Photography" took over. And the old iPhone where they value true to life photo style turns to HDR high contrast smooth looking Instagram photos.

I remember the old Apple guards used to trash the Samsung / Android photo as being unrealistic. How the tide has turned.

The new Apple resembles very little of the old Apple.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by nzrf »

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…

Or let’s talk about just how about the Garmin is actually a rugged device and usually clipped directly to an individuals clothes/pack. I can’t imagine iPhone is as durable and that typical protective case can be or will be attached to the individual hiking.

There are still situations I think sos on iPhone 14 does make sense. Like driving in middle of nowhere without signal and having car troubles.

I would also though agree people may get this false sense of safety, but I’m sure having something is better than nothing and having 2 options is better then 1 and maybe someone else hiking may find an someone who needs emergency help and doesn’t have inreach and able to help. The iPhone isn’t useless as sos device, but I will know I’ll be counting on my inreach on my adventures as my emergency beacon even if I did have iPhone 14.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by iLoveOncall »

gdubs wrote: post #160

Feels like the iPhone could use a micro SD card at this point. If I'm gonna use a phone as a cinema camera, shooting 4k and 48 MP stills I don't want to be clogging up my bandwidth uploading a ton of footage to iCloud when I'm probably going to cut it in Premiere or something on my desktop. My drone is like this — it has an internal hard drive, but it's way more flexible and convenient to shoot to its optional micro…

Never going to happen, it doesn't make Apple any money.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by asdfasgasdgasdg »

astrange wrote: post #177
asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #141

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…

Do believe that first one's blue because your finger's in it. The other one seems like a bug. Could always go complain about it.

I understand why you might think my finger is the cause but there are other pictures from that day and that series that lack the finger and still have the blue cast.

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Post by asdfasgasdgasdg »

shaklee3 wrote: post #162
asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #141

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…

this is true. you can follow @dalevon_digital on Twitter and he frequently does slr/iPhone/pixel blind comparisons. the pixel has won every single one when compared to a reference SLR picture.

For what it’s worth, I’ll take my ILC photos over my p6pro every day. But I’ll take the p6 over the iPhone. I will check out that account though!

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Post by dereg »

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #141

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…

Turn off scene detection.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by dereg »

kaba0 wrote: post #190
PapuaNewGuinea wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I don’t think any of the apps truly make an iphone from the last 4-5 years sweat at all - I would even question the “lag” parent commenter claims. It’s just probably a psychological effect of the new being better + promotion does make everything appear smoother.

It’s simple to replicate a lag. Just take a series of photos or a 4K video. It takes a non trivial amount of time for the phone to process it.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by drexlspivey »

112233 wrote: post #153
drexlspivey wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ProRAW is regular DNG raw files. In the DNG format you can store metadata like tonemapping masks etc but those are non destructive adjustments, it’s like a layer on top of the raw data. You can open the ProRAW files on any app that reads RAW files and undo any processing without loss of information and do your own processing.

are they regular DNG files, or linear DNG files? I remember Apple explicitly mentioning linear DNG, which means they at least have demosaicked the image, probably a lot more

You are right that they are demosaiced raw files but that’s about it

> Instead, ProRAW stores results of computational photography right inside the RAW. This is another reason they need to store demosaiced data, as these algorithms operate on color, not RAW data. Once you demosaic, there’s no going back. I mean, what would you even call that, remosaic?

> Smart HDR does this in the least destructive way. Apple worked with Adobe to introduce a new type of tag into the DNG standard, called a “Profile Gain Table Map.” This data gives your editor everything it needs to know to tone map your photo image and end up with results identical to the first party camera. Because it’s separate data, you can turn down its strength, or turn it off completely.

source https://lux.camera/understanding-proraw/

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