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iPhone 15 Pro Supports Recording ProRes Video Directly to External Storage
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Prefer Samsung usbc ssds due to Sandisk data loss bug for their ssd
Only for ProRes? Why not allow H.264 and H.265 as well? It would make the processes easier for any format.
I imagine any format could be output to external ssd with prores being an easy benchmark to denote maximum recording rates.
1) I will never do this
2) I will love having a phone that is capable of it
This is America.
2) I will love having a phone that is capable of it
This is America.
Nailed it for 99.9% of iPhone 15 Pro owners.
I was just messaging with a killer videographer friend the same thing: that a phone is capable of shooting ProRes 4K at 60 fps, direct to external, is insane. Just knowing that is possible it 1/2 the deal. Joked about having that capacity as 12-yos when were were running around with VHS camera on our shoulders trying to be the next Spielberg. That no one will do this is so far beside the point. People could. Kids will. It's ridiculous. I can't stop grinning.
Many adapters would let you do that. The iPhone is basically gaining what the iPad had from 2018.
Did some sleuthing, as ProRes is variable bit rate, the average is around 200 mins for 1 TB..though it doesn’t mention resolution at 4k..so maybe 50mins?..any experts here to help? https://reddit.com/r/videography/s/Ld3LRU7z3t
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Lol, you can also start to make the next Barbie movie in your daughters doll house.
That's not the point. Those cinematographers doesn't hang around here and comment. Everyone of us here just snap some vids on cats/dogs or kids
You jest, but this is going to be a very real use-case for many serious content creators of this kind and many others.
Well I know many big Youtubers use iPhone Pros to film their videos. DankPods previously used an iPhone 12 Pro Max to film his videos
No it's still just a smartphone. People are so hung up on the Pro name but consumer products, not just smartphones, have sometimes had "Pro" attached to them for decades. I once had a PRO mouse and I assure you it was very normal and a bit boring, my current "Pro" webcam sucks. Pro have always just meant "upper price/feature/upsell tier" when it came to products that were and are obviously just still... consumer products, some of them very capable though.
One thing that's become painfully obvious: the infinite monkeys theory has been debunked by modern society.
That said, I stream our kids' sports matches at 1080p from an old iPhone so parents/grandparents can watch. Shakespeare? Meh.
That said, I stream our kids' sports matches at 1080p from an old iPhone so parents/grandparents can watch. Shakespeare? Meh.
Does anyone know what flavor of ProRes the 15 Pro will use or what the 14 is using? Proxy/LT/422/422HQ? Probably safe to assume 4:4:4:4 will not be a thing🤣. I’m still running an older iPhone that can‘t shoot it. Might be time to give Filmic Pro another look after the upgrade.
My 5.5K GoPro gets quite warm if I shoot for any length of time and its internal parts are housed in a far larger enclosure than an iPhone Pro, if streaming to an external enclosure is to allow for long form shooting I would think heat would be a serious problem particularly with 60fps@4K