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4K Video from iPhone 6S Plus Shows Striking Advantage of Optical Image Stabilization
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It was there the entire time. Source: Go watch Erica Griffin's review of the iPhone 6/6+, released just a few weeks after they came out last year, where she mentions it and then points it out on the spec page.
No, that's cinematic video stabilization, which is listed on the spec page for iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, and 6s Plus. Erica Griffin admitted on twitter that she confused it with OIS.
I'll have to find it, but I specifically remember her pointing it out in her review, that the 6+ had cinematic video stabilization, and not OIS for video, and she demonstrated it in her review by taking video with both a 6 and 6+ and noting that the stabilization between them was the exact same. The post I was quoting claimed that the Apple spec sheet never differentiated between the two (or it just wasn't listed on the spec sheet until now), which is false, since I remember this from last year by watching her review.
Either way, the point being that 4K video is harder to software stabilize due to the sensor not having enough extra space still holds true.
It's the only reason I ordered the Plus, so well played Apple. Keep breaking John Gruber's heart.
OIS on your 6 Plus is only for photos. The new 6S Plus offers OIS on both photos AND video.
You'd be correct. We've had cinematic video stabilization in the 6 and 6 Plus all along.
4K screens are quite plentiful and affordable. You can get a 27" Dell 4K IPS display for just under $500 now, and I've seen both LG and Samsung 4K TVs around the 47 to 55 inch mark going for $600-$900 recently.
I don't get why they make same iPhone (called) and add extra features on one as they like?? Not a good news for me. I don't like the way they are heading with '"pay more get better". Bet all started from intro to 5c.
I would love to have Steve Jobs back. Hopefully one day "somehow" someone will do something.
RIP Steve for now
I would love to have Steve Jobs back. Hopefully one day "somehow" someone will do something.
RIP Steve for now
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do 4K videos automatically downsample and therefore look sharper/better than regular 1080p HD videos taken on the 6S?
I need to know as I take a lot of family videos that everyone watches, but no one has a 4K screen... If there is some sort of benefit, visually to shooting in 4K, I'll enable it - but if not.... might as well save the space and shoot 1080p.
I need to know as I take a lot of family videos that everyone watches, but no one has a 4K screen... If there is some sort of benefit, visually to shooting in 4K, I'll enable it - but if not.... might as well save the space and shoot 1080p.
I know of a particular company making 5K desktop all-in-one computers. You might have heard of them.
Your question has two parts:
Who really has a 4K tv?
I do. I use it as a secondary monitor with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014). I like/sometimes need to have a lot of windows open, and it shows more lines of code at one time than my main screen does.
to actually watch it though?
I don't watch much 4K content on it so far. The Amazon TV App has 4K versions of some of its shows, but after I checked out some of them I end up watching them on my phone anyway. My GoPro Hero 4 can do 4K, but it doesn't have OIS either, and it's pretty shaky.
I'm a big believer in 4K, 8K, 16K eventually becoming standard, but for watching TV right now it's too much of a hassle. When I buy TV episodes on iTunes, I end up getting the SD versions, because I don't want to pay an extra buck for HD.
****ing fragmentation. How people can have a consistent experience if you ****ing add and remove features as you wish.
1: Yes, a video that was taken in 4K looks better, when you downscale it to HD, than the same video taken in HD. There are more details, more sharpness.
2. Another benefit of a 4K video: If you're familiar with video editing software like Adobe Premiere oder Final Cut (maybe even iMovie?), you can create a HD Timeline and insert the 4K footage, and just use certain cropped details of your 4K footage, or do some pans and tilts with the same footage. i.e. if you're doing an interview, you can use the whole frame, and cut to a close up view of the same footage... of course, this is more of an advanced usage of 4K, but IMHO it is a huge benefit, since you don't have to use 2 cameras for your interview. (Now, I don't know how many interviews are shot with an iPhone... )
Unless the 6S stabilization is somehow worse than the 6, I know you can get way more out of the cinematic stabilization than what's demonstrated in this video. I don't think the differences will be that striking with a steady hand.. and in the fountain shots there's really not a big difference.
OIS would be nice, but I don't want a near tablet sized phone.
OIS would be nice, but I don't want a near tablet sized phone.
I often wondered if my 6+ was faulty because I could see no evidence of OIS in my videos, yet had seen YouTube videos (including reputable sites like digital rev) talking about the stabilization. It would make perfect sense to me if there was no OIS in videos on the 6+.
What? Are you seriously considering a 1000$ CameraPhone comparable to a 25,000$ Camcorder? Nobody who needs "4K for their profession" is going to use a Camera phone. This is for taking impulse video's like babies being born, babies first word, baby learns a lesson about playing with kitty...
An iPhone is good-enough for amateur video and photography, mostly outside. If you're going to record a wedding or a school play, you're still better off with a dedicated camcorder that has appropriate low-light performance.
OIS brings the iPhone's outdoor performance closer to that of a late-90's camcorder. Indoor performance is improved by OIS by allowing the shutter speed to be slower. But you're not going to beat an actual tripod or steadycam setup.
Sorry to be pedantic, but someone has to stand up for our language.
It's "could have", not "could of".
I thought so as well. Now I'm upset with and disappointed by my 6 Plus for no good reason. It's cowering and whimpering in the corner even though it hasn't done anything wrong.
But I also seem to recall part of the keynote for the iPhone 6/6 Plus being a couple of video clips demonstrating the new digital image stabilization, and it seemed to work pretty well on both phones. So I really don't get why even the 6s video here is so jittery. The stabilization difference with OIS is massive. I now want a 6s Plus even more than I already did. I don't know if I can hold out and wait for the 7 or 7s Plus. Sometimes I hate being an Apple aficionado. -_-
What about dimensions? No way I can use it as my daily driver
Can't see myself shooting 4K because I don't have any 4K display where review it ....
It's a shame it's only on the plus phone.. Not everyone wants to talk into a device the size of a shoe box lid.
I have a SONY 4K TV.. they're not that rare now, anyone that bought a TV the last year has one if they wanted one.
I have a SONY 4K TV.. they're not that rare now, anyone that bought a TV the last year has one if they wanted one.