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iPhone 15 to Use 'State-of-the-Art' Image Sensor From Sony for Better Low-Light Performance
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In terms of oversharpening, Halide is good as is ProCamera. But you can also just use raw and process yourself.
In fact the new 48 mp camera and is a game changer. Some people underestimate but they haven't really tried it.
For sure the 15 will be even better - this news is a bit obvious.
Pedant here, chiming in regarding mis-use of the phrase “state of the art”.
“State of the Art” means “what everybody in a given industry is doing”.
“Cutting Edge” means the very newest technology.
They mean different things and they often get mixed up, especially by those who write headlines.
“State of the Art” means “what everybody in a given industry is doing”.
“Cutting Edge” means the very newest technology.
They mean different things and they often get mixed up, especially by those who write headlines.
Ah yes, excuse apple for their piss poor post-processing. You shouldn't have to use raw to fix the issue that apple created..
USB-C yes, but Thunderbolt is doubtful as it still requires a separate controller. At best it will have 10 Gbps USB-C like the iPad mini and 4th Gen iPad Air; at worst it will have gimped USB 2.0 in a USB-C connector like the 10th generation iPad .
This sounds great. A better camera is always a good thing.
My personal iphone 11 Pro max died a horrible death. My job gave me a corporate iphone 14 plus. I still have to replace my personal iphone… but will wait for the 15 Pro. As an amateur photographer, the improved low light performance & tele lens are important to me. 👍🏼
Hopefully Sony can pull something major off here, I don’t know why the iPhone still takes these weird low detail/smudgey looking pics, especially in low light. A 10x periscope lens is much much needed as the 3x zoom is ridiculous in 2022 for a flagship. Also they need some sort of Astro mode like the Pixel phones have, that’s a game changer. In lowlight it works soooo damn good, and worlds better than the iPhones night mode.
Edit: Ok so there’s one person that doesn’t want better iPhone pictures, any reason why? Zoom into every picture someone takes of the night sky and it has that same muddy/low detail look that iPhones have had for years! It looks terrible, I get ridiculously cleaner results from my old cheap Samsung phone running some version of gcam I installed on it. The iPhone 14 pro max is Apples latest and greatest flagship so it should be getting smoked like that. Apple has to have the talent to figure out how Google does it and just copy them. I’d imagine if the iPhone 15 could take some sort of stacked 4 minute exposures of the night sky we could get some pretty awesome results. 30 seconds at high iso from a single exposure just doesn’t cut it, there’s a reason why serious astrophotographers will stack anywhere from 20 to thousands of pictures even though they use expensive full frame cameras. You just can’t expect a phone camera to get decent result with one image. There’s no reason with computational photography and the power of the iPhone chip that it can’t take hundreds of images and stack them seamlessly. Apple just needs the willpower to make it happen but I just don’t see them being that serious about photography. As long as it takes decent portraits for social media Apple seems content.
Edit: Ok so there’s one person that doesn’t want better iPhone pictures, any reason why? Zoom into every picture someone takes of the night sky and it has that same muddy/low detail look that iPhones have had for years! It looks terrible, I get ridiculously cleaner results from my old cheap Samsung phone running some version of gcam I installed on it. The iPhone 14 pro max is Apples latest and greatest flagship so it should be getting smoked like that. Apple has to have the talent to figure out how Google does it and just copy them. I’d imagine if the iPhone 15 could take some sort of stacked 4 minute exposures of the night sky we could get some pretty awesome results. 30 seconds at high iso from a single exposure just doesn’t cut it, there’s a reason why serious astrophotographers will stack anywhere from 20 to thousands of pictures even though they use expensive full frame cameras. You just can’t expect a phone camera to get decent result with one image. There’s no reason with computational photography and the power of the iPhone chip that it can’t take hundreds of images and stack them seamlessly. Apple just needs the willpower to make it happen but I just don’t see them being that serious about photography. As long as it takes decent portraits for social media Apple seems content.
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You'd BETTER believe that Sony's Xperia 1 V WILL beat those 1-inch sensors!
And without the huge camera bump.
that special coating to eliminate lens flare ... Apple needs to swallow their pride and work with Zeiss and get their Tensor len's tech happening!
I mean they already have worked with Sony for over a decade now for sensors in their camera's and on many occasions beat Sony as most of Sony's clients do with consistent auto-focus picture quality.
Now .. Sony's Xperia 1 IV has a variable (limited) optical zoom periscope camera that focus' on a particular section. that camera wizardry I don't understand but I don't anyone else in the industry has it.
Will you be standing up and voting with your wallet, letting Mr. Cook know you'll have none of this??? Or are you just making a wee bunch of noise?
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Never? iPhone cameras will continue to improve for the foreseeable future. Personally I don’t see an end in sight... ✌🏻
My recent laptop purchase wasn't a MacBook.
I ordered a Google Pixel a few days ago.
But Google's just as bad in this regard. Sad world. These companies are all ran by a bunch of clowns.
Ok, sounds good!
With that in mind, I guess my next question would be: Then why are you letting Apple and Mr. Cook continue to live in your head, rent-free?
Isn't it time to say, "See ya!" and move on, finding happiness with your new tech toys?
I was checking on some tech news. I saw an article. I already have an account, so I commented. I wouldn't say they're living in my head rent-free.
I think the Xiaomi 12S with the biggest sensor and the Leica branding and lens is only available in China. I could easily be wrong, as I haven't looked into it that much. If the 15 has a version that comes with Sony imaging, that could be great.
Actually the OOC heics and jpegs are really not so bad.
Have you seen Samsungs?
Apples are hardly over processed. But just use raw if you want to do it to your tastes. It’s not a matter of ‘fixing’
Given how I'm skipping the 14th gen, I'm very excited.
The persicope lens is cool, but I'm more interested in a better sensor.
Between the new cameras and the prores, a better sensor is the only thing missing to make the iPhone a usable professional camera.
I dream of a changeable aperture ring...
The persicope lens is cool, but I'm more interested in a better sensor.
Between the new cameras and the prores, a better sensor is the only thing missing to make the iPhone a usable professional camera.
I dream of a changeable aperture ring...
This is exciting! The camera module is a key feature that is loved by almost all users. All improvements are appreciated.
Using the rumoured titanium frame instead of stainless steel might balance things out.