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iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone 13 Pro Max photos - First experiments

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cyMax

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Hi,
I wanted to share my experiments in photography with the iPhone 13 Pro Max,

I'm new in the Apple world, coming from Android. In a few words, I changed because of the photo quality of the iPhone 13 Pro and I'm not disappointed at all. I did a few tests in interiors, and here are the results.

I shot mainly with the stock camera app, and some with ProCam 8 for difficult light situations.
Deactivating the Smart HDR feature was sometimes necessary to get a natural rendering.

I'm quite happy with everything, colors accuracy, sharpening, lights management ... I really enjoy getting full control in manual mode with ProCam 8, I rediscover the pleasure of photography like with a DSLR 🙂

I did a few adjustments to some photo, adding vignetting, adjusting saturation or color temperature for exemple, but quite slightly. And I never used the noise reduction, and almost never used sharpening.

Some last comments :
  • The most difficult shot was the one with the little wooden house in the tree, with the reindeer, I wanted the most natural colors possible
  • Very happy of the colors accuracy for the fireplace shot
  • The last shot was taken in almost total darkness, with 10s exposure, and no tripod
Bokeh :

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Macros :

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Lights :

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Others :

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cyMax said:
Hi,
I wanted to share my experiments in photography with the iPhone 13 Pro Max,

I'm new in the Apple world, coming from Android. In a few words, I changed because of the photo quality of the iPhone 13 Pro and I'm not disappointed at all. I did a few tests in interiors, and here are the results.

I shot mainly with the stock camera app, and some with ProCam 8 for difficult light situations.
Deactivating the Smart HDR feature was sometimes necessary to get a natural rendering.

I'm quite happy with everything, colors accuracy, sharpening, lights management ... I really enjoy getting full control in manual mode with ProCam 8, I rediscover the pleasure of photography like with a DSLR 🙂

I did a few adjustments to some photo, adding vignetting, adjusting saturation or color temperature for exemple, but quite slightly. And I never used the noise reduction, and almost never used sharpening.

Some last comments :
  • The most difficult shot was the one with the little wooden house in the tree, with the reindeer, I wanted the most natural colors possible
  • Very happy of the colors accuracy for the fireplace shot
  • The last shot was taken in almost total darkness, with 10s exposure, and no tripod

Bokeh :


Macros :


Lights :


Others :

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Damn!! these photos look so beautiful and the quality of the images is great. My favorite is the star, the tree, and the wooden house on the tree with the deer.
 
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cyMax said:
Thanks a lot !
I can't wait to get new opportunities to shoot again with the 13 Pro Max, it's so enjoyable 🤗
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I agree with you, I've had a lot of fun shooting with my 13PM. Yet at the same time, there are a bunch of MR users decrying the 13PM's photos (i.e. see here). I'm certainly no professional photographer - I'm not sure I have a single artistic bone in my body - but the photos I've taken have been great, and I'm satisfied with the cameras' performance overall (especially compared to my prior phone, an XS Max).
 
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NJHitmen said:
I agree with you, I've had a lot of fun shooting with my 13PM. Yet at the same time, there are a bunch of MR users decrying the 13PM's photos (i.e. see here). I'm certainly no professional photographer - I'm not sure I have a single artistic bone in my body - but the photos I've taken have been great, and I'm satisfied with the cameras' performance overall (especially compared to my prior phone, an XS Max).
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I saw the thread with people complaining about photo quality, but I don't really get into the same problems. It's certainly not perfect, it's still just a smartphone after all, but the overall quality reached a level that makes it really consistent whatever the light situation, and I really enjoy it. Sure that I will be disappointed from time to time, especially if there is some movement in low light, there are still some limits 😉
 
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