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iPhone 12 Lineup Features HDR Video Recording With Dolby Vision for Vivid Colors
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Cinematographer: “These new Camera’s are extraordinary“
Me: “Video’s of my kid’s birthday parties will look so cool with HDR Dolby Vision”
Reality check
Me: “Video’s of my kid’s birthday parties will look so cool with HDR Dolby Vision”
Reality check
it seems like you are saying this based on absolutely nothing. While you may be right (doubtful) there are other key differences which may enter into the speed of computation which is impacting the result. 1) RAM, 2) extra camera, 3) LIDAR (faster auto-focus, night mode portraits - extra processing). Which actually makes sense, because those features (except RAM of course) are not available on the selfie camera and all models are limited to recording dolby vision at 30fps
Good seeing the blue Pro in something other than Apple’s marketing materials - which look so washed out (cursed due textured glass).
Also: any shooters recognize the remote they are using to trigger the iPhone remotely?
Also: any shooters recognize the remote they are using to trigger the iPhone remotely?
It's time to upgrade my XR, and I'm really torn between the 12 mini and the 12 Pro Max. What an odd dilemma. The Pro has better cameras and battery life.. But the mini is no slouch and looks so damn awesome.
In all reality, I hardly use the cameras at all and have been more than pleased with my XR. Yet simply knowing I have the capability of better recording is a sticking point. Decisions, decisions.
In all reality, I hardly use the cameras at all and have been more than pleased with my XR. Yet simply knowing I have the capability of better recording is a sticking point. Decisions, decisions.
99.999% of the purchasers of this phone don’t go through a proper post workflow. I think they’ll be fine.
Anyone know what gimbals he was using? There's the simple one and then there's a brief glimpse of a fancier one.
Well was wondering about the drone shots. Still unusual to use a iPhone strapped to a very large drone as the video photography device.
I’m curious why it only supports 700 million colors though? That’s the number quoted by Apple during the event. 8 bit is 16.7M colors (256x256x256), whereas 10 bit is 1.07B colors (1024x1024x1024). So, is there some middle gamut or bit depth they’re sampling from? Makes no sense. It’s not true 10 bit if it’s not reaching 1.07B.
Hmm they also said "First camera to record in Dolby Vision HDR" which is highly doubtful during the iPhone 12 briefing. Perhaps first iPhone that can.
Perhaps this is attributed to limits of the color wavelengths that the camera sensor is capable of, compared to being a true 10 bit video photography?
I looked up online and saw in April 2020 "Qualcomm Spectra in the Snapdragon 865 is the world’s first ISP to feature Dolby Vision for video capture". List of phones that incorporate it.
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I was wondering the same thing. Perhaps the sensors being so small can only capture that amount of colour data.
The sensor was my first guess as well. If that’s the case then I’d assume some form of dithering is used to then approximate the remaining ~400M colors, which is no different than what is done for 8 bit + 2 bit FRC. They’d then be able to call it 10 bit, even though it’s really “fake” 10 bit, but the human eye can’t really tell the difference.
Still a big improvement over 8 bit.
So he filmed this on iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max?
I'm on the fence if the 12 pro Max is worth it compared to the 12 pro.
I love to use ultra wide and would love to use telephoto, but the 2.2 versus 2.0 aperture is playing with me
I'm on the fence if the 12 pro Max is worth it compared to the 12 pro.
I love to use ultra wide and would love to use telephoto, but the 2.2 versus 2.0 aperture is playing with me