Tired of paying over $1K for a phone that can’t take a pictures up close…the iPhone 12 Pro Max has sucked for the camera. Apple got it’s customers good on this phone.
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Other Hopefully next iPhone has a better camera…updated!
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Every iPhone has had a better camera than the last iPhone. That's one of the features you can always count on the be improved. How much it will be improved though is the actual debate.
Why do you feel suckered by Apple though? The camera is just one feature of the iPhone and isn't Apple's primary focus when designing a device. I mean, you wouldn't buy a camera and then complain that it's got poor quality calling and texting features would you?
Your phone hasn’t “sucked for the camera.” Yes, the iPhone does not take good macro shots (at all), but that does not make it suck overall. It’s a mobile phone camera. Temper your expectations. Nowhere is it promoted to take good macro photos. It takes decent normal range photos.
By just saying it sucks without providing a case Carries no weight, I’ve found the 12 pro max camera to be excellent. Also if your comparing it to actual DSLR cameras of course it won’t be as good as them
How much have you tested the camera? Did you test it with any third-party apps or just the stock app? I have an app called Camera+ which can do some decent macro photography just fine and on older iPhones as well. I'm no macro photographer, so I don't know what the app's limits are, but I definitely know it can do a lot more than the stock app can. That would imply to me that it's not the camera hardware that sucks (albeit it's a mobile phone camera), it's only the stock software that's limiting.
If photo quality is that important you wouldn’t be relying solely on a phone camera.
The pictures from the iPhones this year are great, better than anything that came before it from Apple and next year will be improved upon again across the new devices.
The pictures from the iPhones this year are great, better than anything that came before it from Apple and next year will be improved upon again across the new devices.
I would not use the stock app. Camera+ 2 is a good app for macro shots. I have taken some really nice shots of my tarantulas with Camera+ 2. It’s not as good as my DSLR but it’s close will a little editing.
Explain…so $1500 for iPhone and $7.99 piece of software make it a miracle macro shooter?
Maybe you should apply at Apple so you can make it not suck then since you have all the answers.
You're paying $1500 for a phone/computer/media device/email device/texting device/game console/web browser/app machine that just happens to have a camera. You're not paying $1500 for a camera that happens to do all that other stuff. If that's all you buy a phone for perhaps you should try an actual camera instead.
Nope, best point and shoot camera on the market, only thing missing is decent optical zoom. which should be getting a upgrade once the iPhone 14 arrives.
Maybe a Samsung galaxy phone is a better choice for you, heard the camera lag, shutter lag and blurry photos are great on them phones. 🤔😂
Apple has overtaken the pixel for best all around camera.
Or you suck as a photographer.
Buy a different phone next time. Maybe a Xiaomi. Get the phone that fits your needs rather than calling "it sucks" because "it's expensive and doesn't do what I want".
Xiaomi Mi 11 is an amazing example of how macro cameras should work
Xiaomi has shown the rest of the smartphone world how to take a close-up
Gotta love a guy who starts a thread that basically consists of him saying "it sucks it sucks it sucks" over and over again, then demands links to evidence when someone contradicts him.
The reason I moved from my note 9 was because of the blurry camera at just the slightest movements. Gets annoying very quickly when you have kids you want decent pictures of at sports events. The Apple camera handles that so much better!
I think expecting it to be DSLR quality is unfair. And even then you will need lenses etc. to get the quality right. Some amazing macro shots here using an iPhone 12 Pro Max: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...y.2268309/page-85?post=30112468#post-30112468
Ah photography… it’s always the tool’s fault.
LOL
Compared to what…?
Link with tests saying it sucks please.
SMH
It does not appear that OP is here for suggestions or solutions - or any evidence or advice that contradicts their bias. Rather, they seem to want validation and everyone to agree with them.
If you are looking for a great macro camera, Nikon and Canon sell great cameras with great macro lens available for them. A phone is not a professional camera. But Apple sure does well for what it does.
Edit: Here are some Macro shots with Camera+ 2. These were taken within 4-6 inches of my tarantulas.
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