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4K Video from iPhone 6S Plus Shows Striking Advantage of Optical Image Stabilization

DaveTo said:
I'm not fully buying this video. When you pan a camera, you aren't necessarily moving to cause the video to shake. Try it yourself. I think this is a case of someone trying to make the Plus model look better than it actually does. Not taking away from its better stabilization, but the difference is not that pronounced.
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so you think they had the 2 phones attached together (they DO take the same video), but intentionally managed to shake the Iphone 6+ while doing it?
hmmm... :rolleyes:
 
roeiz said:
so you think they had the 2 phones attached together (they DO take the same video), but intentionally managed to shake the Iphone 6+ while doing it?
hmmm... :rolleyes:
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It can be what they did last year in falsely showing that the 6 Plus had better video stabilization than the 6. They rigged the equipment so that the 6 had more play.

In this case (6s Plus vs. 6 Plus), however, the effect is real due to the 6s Plus actually having OIS for video. Last year's 6 Plus did NOT have OIS for video, only for still images.
 
oghowie said:
What about HD vs HD? Cant see myself shooting 4k very often due to all the memory it would eat up.
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You might be right, but 4K has advantages. One is that if you shoot in 4K but edit for HD, you can do software zooming and corrections to the 4K video and they don't harm the HD video. Also, after I shoot footage, I move it off the camera anyway, so storage is not a long term issue.
 
Marrakas said:
Spoken like a true fanboy
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Please, what else is out there? Shiny hardware running spyware OS?

Money talks, B.S. runs marathons. Apple makes over 90% of the profits, so they have vastly more to invest, to keep making superior products, and in turn they make even more money. It's a snowball effect, and Apple is too far ahead at this point. The only thing that can stop them is a disruptive product that catches everyone by surprise, that cannot be copied easily, that makes all smartphones obsolete in comparison. Even than $200B+ is no joke.
 
DaveTo said:
I'm not fully buying this video. When you pan a camera, you aren't necessarily moving to cause the video to shake. Try it yourself. I think this is a case of someone trying to make the Plus model look better than it actually does. Not taking away from its better stabilization, but the difference is not that pronounced.
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Most pans are terrible at keeping the camera stable. You're panning with the camera suspended at the end of your arms, not on your face with a viewfinder, where you would have a point.
 
baller1308 said:
$$$$

I actually can't see much of a difference unless they are side by side like in the beginning of the video. I wonder if HD is as noticeable compared to 4k. Not like I shoot much videos while moving around though. Would have liked to see OIS on the 6S.
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The difference is pretty significant, especially when moving with the camera; and I tought I had bad eyes!
 
Imory said:
That's the problem though. I doubt most people here would notice a difference between cinematic stabilisation (digital) and OIS, but since it's not activated when shooting 4K on the 6S, the difference becomes pretty visible.

Therefore when you shoot 4K, the 6S might not even use any stabilisation at all, while the 6S Plus will use OIS.
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I didn't realize it was disabled when shooting 4K. Bummer.
 
MacRumors said:



Last year, the iPhone 6 Plus had one camera feature the iPhone 6 did not: optical image stabilization for photos, which automatically adjusts the camera sensor to make up for any shakiness the camera may endure. With the iPhone 6s Plus, Apple has added optical image stabilization for video as well as still images. Tonight, Giga Tech has uploaded a new video that shows off the 6s Plus' optical image stabilization versus the iPhone 6s.


While the iPhone 6s doesn't have optical image stabilization, it does have digital image stabilization, which is the camera's software accounting for any shakiness. Giga Tech notes that digital image stabilization works well when the iPhone 6s is shooting in Full HD 1920x1080, but that it's not as effective when shooting in 4K, as shown in the video.

The video, which takes place in an old, abandoned airplane, offers a striking comparison of the two device's video capabilities. While the iPhone 6s footage looks fine on its own, the contrast to the smoother iPhone 6s Plus footage makes its shakiness seem more pronounced.

Article Link: 4K Video from iPhone 6S Plus Shows Striking Advantage of Optical Image Stabilization
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Question: Is iPhone 6s video much sharper than iPhone 6s+ or is it just me? Btw, was watching the 1080p version on iMac 5K. Any thoughts?
 
Imory said:
That's the problem though. I doubt most people here would notice a difference between cinematic stabilisation (digital) and OIS, but since it's not activated when shooting 4K on the 6S, the difference becomes pretty visible.

Therefore when you shoot 4K, the 6S might not even use any stabilisation at all, while the 6S Plus will use OIS.
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Why is digital stabilization precluded when recording 4K, or could that be based on old technology which has since improved?
 
I've been recording a bunch on a 6s right now. In 1080p60 and 4K. Shooting 15 second clips of the same subjects, keeping still in some areas and panning across a room slowly.

AirDropped the video files to a 5k iMac. 4K files are exactly double the size. 95MB for 15 seconds vs 47.5MB for 15 seconds of 1080p60.

Both look very stable, no shaking at all. Definitely can tell the improvement in resolution of the 4K video.

One huge difference though, panning across looks very jittery on the 4k (not shaky at all). The 1080p looks extremely smooth while panning across. My colleague has a 6s Plus; I'm going to ask him to try some similar recording.
 
roeiz said:
this probably was sponsored by Apple, as it seems to have took a long time to make..
but still, many excellent STABLE shots there.
some shots are lower quality, movement still looks meh.
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It's on a rig, oh well :/

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JayLenochiniMac said:
Why is digital stabilization precluded when recording 4K, or could that be based on old technology which has since improved?
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That's beyond my insight on the matter, but I've heard various theories. Some seem to agree upon on the theory that there's not enough room left from the sensor to compensate for the pan and tilt in 4K when using digital stabilisation.
 
wow that's pretty significant in the plane. hope iphone 7 has optical stabilization and no protruding camera!
 
ghost187 said:
Please, what else is out there? Shiny hardware running spyware OS?

Money talks, B.S. runs marathons. Apple makes over 90% of the profits, so they have vastly more to invest, to keep making superior products, and in turn they make even more money. It's a snowball effect, and Apple is too far ahead at this point. The only thing that can stop them is a disruptive product that catches everyone by surprise, that cannot be copied easily, that makes all smartphones obsolete in comparison. Even than $200B+ is no joke.
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I'm an enthusiastic user of both android and ios and both have their pros and cons. To believe one is so superior to the other is just pure nonsense, and I'd say the chance is high that you've never even tried android.

Spyware OS? Give me a break. I wonder who had the biggest security scandal ever with the icloud photos leak.
 
MacRumors said:



Last year, the iPhone 6 Plus had one camera feature the iPhone 6 did not: optical image stabilization for photos, which automatically adjusts the camera sensor to make up for any shakiness the camera may endure. With the iPhone 6s Plus, Apple has added optical image stabilization for video as well as still images. Tonight, Giga Tech has uploaded a new video that shows off the 6s Plus' optical image stabilization versus the iPhone 6s.


While the iPhone 6s doesn't have optical image stabilization, it does have digital image stabilization, which is the camera's software accounting for any shakiness. Giga Tech notes that digital image stabilization works well when the iPhone 6s is shooting in Full HD 1920x1080, but that it's not as effective when shooting in 4K, as shown in the video.

The video, which takes place in an old, abandoned airplane, offers a striking comparison of the two device's video capabilities. While the iPhone 6s footage looks fine on its own, the contrast to the smoother iPhone 6s Plus footage makes its shakiness seem more pronounced.

Article Link: 4K Video from iPhone 6S Plus Shows Striking Advantage of Optical Image Stabilization
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Having survived Microsoft's now-defunct Macintosh Business Unit ( formerly the source of MS Office for Mac ), I'm reluctant to say nice things about MS products.

Having said that, Microsoft's Hyperlapse app for iOS can be used for butter-smooth, rock-solid videos.

The app is MOSTLY for creating time-lapse videos (24 hours in minutes, etc).
That's a noble use, but the real treasure is when you take a video in Hyperlapse _and set the time compression to 1X.

What you get is a smooth, fully-stabilized video. If you've set your iPhone 6 to record high-rez video, you get fully-stabilized video.

Don't get me wrong -- I'm upgrading to the 6S as soon as possible, but if a 6S Plus is just too damn big for you, try Hyperlapse for stabilization.
 
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