the watch is on the charger in the room with the iphone. it just turned off again as I was typing this. have to tap the screen to turn it back on. Its kind of a useless feature if it doesn't stay on.
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No, just as there's no reason to need a 48MP file if you're not a pro.
If you open the phone app and tap on the favorites if you're like me you have little icons representing each person or number.
iMessage has the same thing on the left side showing a little icon or custom picture for each contact with that setting on.
Coming from a iPhone 11 Pro Max with a 6.5" screen and I always used the zoom view and the little icons always appeared in iMessage.
Now I upgraded to an iPhone 14 Pro with a 6.1" screen and if you turn on zoom view and go to iMessage you no longer see the little icons for each contact. But if you the set the 14 Pro to standard view then the icons appear.
According to Apple my screen is too small to support that feature and was only available on the pro max devices. Apparently 0.4" is just too small for Apple to display the little icons no matter text size that you choose. This feature used to work on my iPhone 7 Plus which had a smaller screen than the iPhone 14 Pro but now it requires a even larger screen.
So Apple has made it that this feature is only available on the pro max device forcing users who need this feature to pay more for their device.
is this specific to the 14 Pro or will it also impact 12 Pro and 13 Pro when iOS is updated?
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Then I am not sure, if you are in zoom view on your 12 or 13 and you still see the icons then probably iOS 16 will continue, this may be a specifically programmed for all future devices starting with the iPhone 14.
My iPhone 14 pro is acting like the old iPhone X and it thinks it has a narrow screen on zoom mode, I have noticed other apps like my one email app we're normally you see three attachments across and now in zoom mode it only shows two across so it is thinking it's a more narrow screen phone. My iPhone 14 Pro is acting like the old iPhone X and it thinks it has a narrow screen on zoom mode, I have noticed other apps like my one email app were normally you see three jpegs across and now in zoom mode it only shows two across so it is thinking it's a more narrow screen phone.
Yes if it’s something you occasionally want to capture in very high quality and resolution. It preserves more of the details instead of merging it down to a 12MP image at the cost of being a very large file.
Ability to view passwords of saved networks is great. Turn on/off sounds are also nice.
It’s nice that the battery percentage shows, however, it doesn’t appear to show the remaining battery level matching up to the percentage. Am I missing something, or is this the way it is now?
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I’m still not sure I understand when 48MP photos are taken. Apple makes it sound like it’s sometimes with JPEG/EHIC photos (ie the text below about leveraging each pixel at other times?), or always with ProRAW. But this article suggests 48MP output is only possible with ProRAW. Which is it? My 14 Pro Max is waiting for me at home as I’m on vacation, so can’t test for myself yet…
Apple site wording (emphasis mine): “The quad-pixel sensor on the Main camera makes the most of 48 megapixels by adapting to what you’re shooting.
For most photos, you want to optimise for light capture. So the new sensor groups four pixels together into one large quad pixel, gathering 4x more light and producing spectacularly better photos at the practical 12MP size.
At other times, it’s better to optimise for detail. In those cases, the sensor leverages each individual pixel, providing more creative options for shooting and editing in pro workflows.
For the ultimate combination of detail and flexibility, shoot in ProRAW at 48MP resolution. A new machine learning model delivers sharper images and less noise for unprecedented detail. So you can reframe your photos while still retaining amazing resolution.
Welcome to total creative control.”
Apple site wording (emphasis mine): “The quad-pixel sensor on the Main camera makes the most of 48 megapixels by adapting to what you’re shooting.
For most photos, you want to optimise for light capture. So the new sensor groups four pixels together into one large quad pixel, gathering 4x more light and producing spectacularly better photos at the practical 12MP size.
At other times, it’s better to optimise for detail. In those cases, the sensor leverages each individual pixel, providing more creative options for shooting and editing in pro workflows.
For the ultimate combination of detail and flexibility, shoot in ProRAW at 48MP resolution. A new machine learning model delivers sharper images and less noise for unprecedented detail. So you can reframe your photos while still retaining amazing resolution.
Welcome to total creative control.”
Barely any, it’s basically a toggle where you choose human processing over the “photonic engine” processing of the captured images.
When you switch to proRAW, you’d be getting worse results, since the work being done by the photo processing algorithms would be avoided, hence the RAW naming.
In my mind, the setting could be interesting for occasional use, where you yourself would be post-processing images for a specific photographic shoot (as amateur or pro) or where you’d have some professional process the shots for you.
E.g. Don’t involve a stranger, a professional photographer, in your family event, but have a pro edit the pics together with you in his studio afterwards to get most out of them. Think wedding, family parties, honey moon,…
There are remote services over the globe to process images, it’s a business used by many ‘photographers’. Algorithms are perhaps better, unless you want to apply a very distinct style. In that case I personally would be sitting together with a pro, or grow into the process.
I guess it’s safe to say that algorithms’ help is most suitable for the vast majority of people. ProRAW really is for pro’s or pro involvement.
I had this issue when I was having an iPhone X from day one. That was a big mistake, and I sold the thing soon afterwards to go back to an 8 Plus, which is perhaps the most enjoyable iPhone ever, but it’s large.
I held off new iPhones until the 13’s came out, having read that since iPhone 12, the flickering issue that plagued sensitive eyes was vastly overcome.
So, after holding on to my iPhone 8 Plus, I took the leap to the 13 Pro Max for a good while, and can say that it’s much better, but it’s not totally gone. Now, I have the 14 Pro since Friday and I’m hoping that I will not regret it. The 13 Pro Max was too heavy and too large.
The size and features of the 14 Pro makes it reminiscent of the 5s. Design wise and feature wise this is a powerhouse in a compact form. I love this phone a hell of a lot very soon after purchase, and hope my eyes will be spared of frustrations.
Iphones actually are making very good photos. But pro's are still using professional cameras. Why is that? It is not just the sensor. It is all about lenses in front of that. Since Iphone never had something to change that setup, it isn't actually pro. But - most of us will never have the knowledge to make that perfect foto anyway. So - it's just a gimmick for the few who really know how to make pro pics and can deal with that.
This is just from my experience and POV. I worked as a travel photographer/videographer when Instagram & "Influencers" were starting to boom. Originally, what set our content apart and allowed us to grow a business was the fact that we used professional equipment (DSLR or Mirrorless cameras with a shallow depth of field and better dynamic range). Over time, phone photos improved and "desirable content" shifted on platforms. With the introduction of IG stories, snapchat, TikTok and other platforms exponentially expanding the number of professional photographers in the world, phones have become a fairly reliable source of content for these folks. My partner will post about 15% of her channel's content taken from her phone and that's not insignificant considering how convenient it is. I imagine there are many content creators where 75%+ of their content is shot on their phone. And that's fine, not every type of shot and lighting requires a professional camera. I can imagine having the larger 48MP option and raw photo is attractive to this specific market. I'm not sure how large this market is, but it continues to grow and at worst it allows Apple to match competitors claiming 48MP and raw photos.
I couldn't agree more. As i said er post; iphone pro is a very good device but it should be called max or plus. Living next door i have a graphic designer - we had many talks about that. Imagine making an picture in black and withe with that iphone...
But at the end; it is what it is. A very good phone with some flaws.
Higher resolution is actually more useful on wide angle shots. It allows you to capture the whole scene with plenty of detail for when you crop.
I have no idea how the technology works, but it’s disappointing there isn’t an option for some compression such as HEIC. A image that is 75MB basically makes it useless for the average person. I guess you could down convert it to HEIC in post, has anyone tested this?
"Hey Siri, tell the caller goodbye and hang up." would even be worst.
That is the whole point of RAW images. They contain all the sensor data without any compression or image processing allowing you to edit all the data in the image from highlights to colours etc.
If you don't edit then no there is no reason to use ProRaw.
What are you judging that on?
From what I just read up on headaches caused by PWM, it’s better when on higher duty cycles (brighter).
My guess is that your TV, being designed for distance viewing, is on maximum brightness. Try dimming it. It also might be that because you’re farther from the screen, effects are reduced.
PWM is how you dim LEDs (which is how you show color). LCDs used it too, but only on the backlight. The only other way is to filter it into an analog signal, which is expensive and wouldn’t be practical for every LED on the whole screen.
Sorry, did some more research and it turns out I was somewhat ignorant. DC dimming is a thing, and it would help. However, it’s not a setting Apple could just magically enable: it would require changes to both display and controller. And it would reduce color accuracy for everyone else. Perhaps they could engineer some kind of dual-mode display, so that DC dimming was optional, but it seems kinda complicated and expensive.
I also doubt your TV is using it. It’s probably just the fact that it’s at max brightness combined with being far away.