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Everything New in iOS 15.1 Beta 3: ProRes Video and Macro Mode Toggle for iPhone 13 Pro Users

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Apple today released the third beta of iOS 15.1 to developers for testing purposes, and the update introduces some new camera features for iPhone 13 Pro users.

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ProRes Video

Today's beta adds support for ProRes video capture with the standard iPhone camera app. It can be toggled on by opening up the Settings app and selecting the "Camera" section. From there, tap on "Formats" and toggle on "Apple ProRes."

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ProRes capture is limited to 30fps at 1080p on devices with only 128GB of storage, but higher capacity devices can record in 4K. Apple says that a one-minute 10-bit HDR ProRes video takes up 1.7GB in HD mode.

Macro Toggle

To take macro shots, the iPhone 13 Pro models swap over to the Ultra Wide lens when the iPhone's camera gets close to an object, which some people do not like because it can be difficult to get a shot with the camera constantly swapping back and forth.

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iOS 15.1 beta 3 adds a toggle to turn off Auto Macro, which will prevent the Camera app from automatically switching to the Ultra Wide camera for macro photos and videos.

The feature can be enabled in the Camera section of the Settings app by scrolling down and toggling off the "Auto Macro" option.

Other Features

Know of other new features not included in this article? Let us know in the comments below.

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Are there any switches to prevent ProRes clips from uploading to iCloud?

4K HDR with current compression is already a beast to deal with. Now the potential file sizes for ProRes. Yikes.

Can’t believe all we have is wifi to realistically transfer these huge videos. And it’s not that great even there, but far better than usb. (current usb is too slow) Now here comes ProRes.

They really should’ve held off adding ProRes until we got a proper USB-C port.
 
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Apple makes it clear and obvious ProRes 4K for 128GB devices is a marketing limitation rather than technical.

ProRes 4K = 6GB/min = 100MB/sec

Even iPhone 7 can write at 350MB/sec. With 128GB, ProRes 4K can store at least 15 minutes of video, but Apple has decided 128GB users shouldn't use this.
 
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ThatGuyInLa said:
Are there any switches to prevent ProRes clips from uploading to iCloud?

4K HDR with current compression is already a beast to deal with. Now the potential file sizes for ProRes. Yikes.

Can’t believe all we have is wifi to realistically transfer these huge videos. And it’s not that great even there, but far better than usb. (current usb is too slow) Now here comes ProRes.

They really should’ve held off adding ProRes until we got a proper USB-C port.
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About uploading to iCloud? Absolutely. There's no reason anyone should be trying to upload ProRes clips to the cloud. Cloud uploads already tend to be slow even on fast Internet connections.

As for USB though... It's not that bad. 40MB/s means about 25 seconds per gig. Certainly faster than anything you're going to get trying to go through iCloud. If you're shooting ProRes you're going to spend a lot more time editing than transferring your video.
 
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Can anyone confirm they added back the swipe to open feature for notifications on the Home Screen when locked? That has been so frustrating!
 
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JPack said:
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Apple makes it clear and obvious ProRes 4K for 128GB devices is a marketing limitation rather than technical.

ProRes 4K = 6GB/min = 100MB/sec

Even iPhone 7 can write at 350MB/sec. With 128GB, ProRes 4K can store at least 15 minutes of video, but Apple has decided 128GB users shouldn't use this.
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I mean, it’s not appropriate. I am real world your phone would max out and be full after just a couple of minutes. If you’re a person who actually uses pro res, or any cinematographer, you would never get a 128 device.
 
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