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Apple Launches New Website and Videos Featuring iPhone 7 Photography Tutorials [Updated]

jerry16 said:
How about an iPhone videography series?

Step 1: Hold the iPhone in landscape mode
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Is that the reason they are switching to a vertical camera (rumored) on the new phone? I feel like almost everyone takes photos in portrait mode, same with videos.
 
Apple really pulling the stuff out the bag this month - and next month I've heard their marketing budget is earmarked for a yellow phone! Keep it coming guys!!!!!
 
I will definitely check out these videos, even though I have an iPhone SE (I realize my camera phone probably can't do half of the things suggested by Apple).
However, I've long wanted to explore the photo capabilities of the iPhone, but have been turned off by the UI of the app itself. What do all those icons mean?! Filters? Special effects? (Well, at least I know to the shoot the videos and most pictures in landscape mode!)
Anyway, this will certainly help me use the iPhone photo feature more, considering how poor Apple's documentation has been for this feature.
 
False advertising: The webpages and video content says "iPhone 7", but the portrait video is all about Portrait Mode. Only that video title says "iPhone 7 Plus".

I hate it that iPhone 7 and Plus are so different and it confuses many customers.
 
I didn't know you could set the exposure by sliding to the right of the focus box. I had been clicking multiple areas of the picture to force the camera to lighten up a darker subject. I think this series is good and hope they expand it to cover all the nuances of the camera software that aren't obvious to a person that has only used point-and-shoot cameras.
 
coolbreeze said:
I know Apple is being defensive against the S8, but they really don't need to continue going bezerk about the 2nd lens. We get it. Samsung doesn't have it...and we know how to click a photo, thanks. Supposed to be very easy on the iPhone, no? Why all the detailed tutorials??

Settle down and produce better hardware. It's apparent they are leveraging the hell out of the 2nd camera. It's their only play until Jan 2018, when the iP8 actually ships.
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Um, I don't get the feeling that Apple is going "berserk" by producing tutorials. Many of the features work even without the second lens or an iPhone 7, so they are useful to the entire installed base. You would be surprised how many people don't know about burst mode, or how to take a still while shooting video. Apple is merely trying to provide a service to customers to increase satisfaction levels. I guess they have some extra time since they are not processing a recall of incendiary phones.
 
These devices are amazing tools that the average person hardly knows how to take full advantage of. The more tutorials that are made available the more useful they become and less likely a person will feel a need to replace because of the new superficial new features the media focuses on.
I love learning about new tricks with my current devices by watching the http://macmost.com/ tutorials (they are free and i have not noticed any ads). Many of them are basic but there is always some nugget that I did not know about.
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78Bandit said:
I didn't know you could set the exposure by sliding to the right of the focus box. I had been clicking multiple areas of the picture to force the camera to lighten up a darker subject. I think this series is good and hope they expand it to cover all the nuances of the camera software that aren't obvious to a person that has only used point-and-shoot cameras.
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I hope they include tutorials about being able to annotate photos. Lots of people don't know about that feature. Getting more out of the device you have is a great way to save money, which is not a crime.
 
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Why isn't this kind of information just included in the app? Apple has become very poor at onboarding users in direct proportion to a growing lack of clarity in the UX.
 
petsounds said:
Why isn't this kind of information just included in the app? Apple has become very poor at onboarding users in direct proportion to a growing lack of clarity in the UX.
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Does the help app provide these tips?

I've been an iphone user for so long that's one of the first apps I delete.
 
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While I do love iPhone photography, I don't understand this obnoxious trend with the video effects and seizure generating sound. I loved the classic Apple tutorials for Mac 101, simple to the point, while not flashy or techy....but helpful.

I guess they need a reason to attract the nat-attention spanned generation. Admittedly these are helpful in concept...but probably a different format.
 
These are good.
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ZMacintosh said:
While I do love iPhone photography, I don't understand this obnoxious trend with the video effects and seizure generating sound. I loved the classic Apple tutorials for Mac 101, simple to the point, while not flashy or techy....but helpful.

I guess they need a reason to attract the nat-attention spanned generation. Admittedly these are helpful in concept...but probably a different format.
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Classic Apple tutorials were for a slower generation. It's no longer how today's youth are raised. Info. Now. Next.
 
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Tiny camera, massive results.
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macduke said:
Here are a few recent shots using my iPhone 7, shot and edited in Lightroom Mobile using the HDR shooting mode. I've saved them out at a lower resolution. Not bad at all for a phone camera—and even more so if you know how to use it. The amount of bokeh when closely focused isn't half bad, and the tonal range from the tone mapping is pretty solid, even when shooting near directly into the sun.

I'm really starting to enjoy shooting with my iPhone since the Lightroom camera update and look forward to getting some zoom and portrait mode on the redesigned iPhone. Hopefully the next camera sensor has lower noise as that's my main gripe with camera phone sensors in general.
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Tiny lens, tiny sensor, massive results. They managed to miniaturise the technology.
 
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macduke said:
Here are a few recent shots using my iPhone 7, shot and edited in Lightroom Mobile using the HDR shooting mode. I've saved them out at a lower resolution. Not bad at all for a phone camera—and even more so if you know how to use it. The amount of bokeh when closely focused isn't half bad, and the tonal range from the tone mapping is pretty solid, even when shooting near directly into the sun.

I'm really starting to enjoy shooting with my iPhone since the Lightroom camera update and look forward to getting some zoom and portrait mode on the redesigned iPhone. Hopefully the next camera sensor has lower noise as that's my main gripe with camera phone sensors in general.
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These pics actually look great
 
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These are actually quite nice and I love the individual music each tutorial uses. Would make for good ad spots.
 
Just curious, have you noticed any differences in picture output (overall quality, exposure, clarity, noise levels etc) between iPhone 6S and 7? (not the Plus models)

Personally I have experienced none.
 
Man...

Give me the smaller bezel version of a bigger screen(Galaxy S8) on the non plus size iphone with the plus camera plus at least 128gb and I think I'll be fine with that iphone for a couple of years.
 
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These pics actually look great
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Thanks. It probably helps that I'm an actual photographer. Lightroom mobile lets you tone map HDR RAW photos so it makes them more malleable when editing. But it's still all done on the iPhone. These are just snapshots from lazy weekend walks when I leave my real camera behind. Most of the photos are of my kids, so it limits what I can post.
 
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