Oh, so for those of us who don't use Pro Raw as we are not photograph professionals that edit photos, it will only take 12 megapixel shots? So they may not be massively different to the standard iPhone 14 range?
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iPhone 14 Pro's 48-Megapixel ProRAW Photos Take Up to Three Times More Storage Than 12-Megapixel Shots
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Oh, so for those of us who don't use Pro Raw as we are not photograph professionals that edit photos, it will only take 12 megapixel shots? So they may not be massively different to the standard iPhone 14 range?
Not entirely true, it uses pixel binning https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/new...48-megapixel-sensor-for-more-detailed-photos/
RAW taking up more space than compressed images is not surprising at all and has been the case since...well, forever? That's kind of the whole point or RAW. No information is discarded.
How to up-sell storage: Make people believe compression is bad and inflate file sizes.
ProRaw photos with higher megapixels, lossless audio
ProRaw photos with higher megapixels, lossless audio
the pixel count is how many discrete points there are in the camera sensor.
when you save proraw, you are retaining the original information from each of the 48 million pixels.
when you save a "normal" photo, the image is captured using the full 48MP, but every 4 pixels is merged into 1 pixel, resulting in 12 million discrete data points, and reducing the storage space required
i learned that apple just recently invented the RAW photo concept to sell cloud storage service
I already imagine the rich wannabe who want to show off their 14 Pro Max 128Gb (because they don't do it from 64Gb) with all their mega cameras and zero space to use them!
They take photos with the resolution of a gif, 8 bit! 🫣🤣
They take photos with the resolution of a gif, 8 bit! 🫣🤣
Oh man, here come the lawsuits to force Apple to give out phones with more storage space for free because someone didn’t realize that it would take more space to store a 48MP raw image than it does a lower quality 12MP JPG!
1. GIF is a format, and is not bound to any resolution
2. 8-bit is depth (i.e. a range of 255 discrete values describing each pixel), and also has nothing to do with resolution (i.e. quantities of pixels)
The next product launch will calibrate again. They dropped the price in China and Japan when dollar depreciated a few years back. Not sure about Euro.
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Why the iPhone 14 Pro's 48MP Camera Deserves the Attention
Apple follows Samsung and others with sensors that can capture more photo detail. Here's how it'll change your phone photography.
www.cnet.com
shocking that a picture 4x the size is taking up more space. 
Im at 120gb of 128gb right now.
I have to get 256 this time.
Unless, I optimize photos.
Does anyone actually optimize photos?
Can i unoptimize photos after I optimize?
Will save me 54gb and $100.
I have to get 256 this time.
Unless, I optimize photos.
Does anyone actually optimize photos?
Can i unoptimize photos after I optimize?
Will save me 54gb and $100.
The underlying sensor is physically larger, at 71.5mm^2 vs 42.7mm^2.
This means the new camera captures more light. Even if the final image has the same pixel count (12MP), each pixel would have had more information captured, and thus better detail and quality.
Optimizing storage just offloads them to the cloud, do it and save the money. Yes, you can still "unoptomize", this will just re-download all of the photos to your phone.
This article could use some explaining at the beginning of what ProRaw is, and a statement that normal photos will remain about the same.
I can see plenty of people being confused by this.
I can see plenty of people being confused by this.
But it doesn't really because the lens got darker, which negates most of that extra light capturing from the bigger sensor size. (from f1.5 to f1.78)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
the lens is slightly slower, but its more than offset by the gain in size. net effect is positive