Apple Shares New 'Shot on iPhone XS' Video Exploring the Cuban Surfing Community

[hipnetic]

I recently bought a Zhiyun Smooth 4 smartphone gimbal (about $130). The Freefly Movi gimbal used here is a lot pricier at $300. It's also larger. It can do some things that the Zhiyun can't do, while the Zhiyun has some features that were pretty compelling to me. I found Zhiyun's app to be pretty awful, though. Fortunately, they opened up the API for it and Filmic Pro is able to make use of some of the hardware buttons.

I haven't had much time lately to play with it all, though. Hopefully soon.

I was intrigued by the notion of using an iPhone instead of a larger camera, but once you start adding a lot of this other stuff (gimbal, cage, waterproof housing), it probably gets a little silly, since the reason you were foregoing a larger camera was to use that "small" smartphone you have with you all the time...well, you're not going to want to carry all of that extra stuff with you "all the time."

The funny thing is that our iPhones can actually do higher resolution video with higher framerates than most of the standalone cameras out there. I've been thinking about buying a Canon M50, since I have several really nice Canon lenses (I'd have to use an adapter for this particular model), but the m50 can only do 1080p up to 60fps, whereas the iPhone can go higher.

 

[ilfn143]

I hope they used a waterproof case.

Yeah they put it in a ziplock bag

 

[chipb]

How many Cubans have the luxury of being able to own an XS or XS Max?

At least one apparently.

 

[GuruZac]

Impressive video. I’ve been really impressed with the quality of photos from my XR, and I assume the XR shoots comparable video to XS?

 

[star-affinity]

I've found the XS camera to be consistently great in real world performance, particularly video quality.

It really is the best camera I've ever owned and used. And it's with me all the time capturing memories, both still and video. There's nothing quite like iPhone that performs so consistently perfectly.

More proof the XS and XR cameras are the best on the market for video.

The photo and video quality from XR, XS and XS Max sure isn't bad (I have an XS Max) but the new Huawei P30 Pro sure seems to beat it by quite a large margin:

https://mashable.com/review/huawei-p30-pro/?europe=true

But I bet Apple will catch up with the next model of Iphone.

 

[Mac 128]

Wait, so we can use the iPhone for shots under water? I thought water damage was not covered by the warranty.

Aren’t all the new iPhones water resistant to a point? That’s the only reason I’d trade in my SE for a new iPhone, so I can carry it in my boardshoarts pocket and wade into the surf on a hot day at the beach without having to worry about having someone watch my stuff.

 

[cocoua]

WOW, certanly, is amazing how a small camera can get such a great images.
software photography is going to take DSLR eventually, all this in a fraction of size..

 

[tongxinshe]

With three Huawei phones and one Samsung phone all getting better DXOMark scores than iPhone XS Max, especially given the two extreme conditions that Huawei P30 Pro beats all other phones so much, Apple should really stop this “shot on iPhone” campaign. It’s simply wasting Apple's money educating customers to pay attention to the phone/video capabilities of the phones, eventually help Huawei and Samsung more than Apple itself.

Apple should focus on Apple’s strengths that Android phones can never compete with.

 

[I7guy]

With three Huawei phones and one Samsung phone all getting better DXOMark scores than iPhone XS Max, especially given the two extreme conditions that Huawei P30 Pro beats all other phones so much, Apple should really stop this “shot on iPhone” campaign. It’s simply wasting Apple's money educating customers to pay attention to the phone/video capabilities of the phones, eventually help Huawei and Samsung more than Apple itself.

Apple should focus on Apple’s strengths that Android phones can never compete with.

Not sure the photographers that have produced great work using an iPhone use the results in dxomark as a guide to whether the iPhone can take a good shot or not.