iPhone 13 Pro Limiting 4K ProRes to 256+ is very annoying and artificial

[MacLappy]

Are there any differences between the 256GB and 1TB except storage?

More importantly shooting ProRes takes up so much space. I have slightly more that 175GB of available free space on my iPhone, shooting ProRes 4k, 24FPS. I can only shoot a maximum of 25 mins.

This means for a 5 to 7 mins short clip. I have to plan every shot as perfectly as possible, especially when you consider both A and B roll on said device.

 

[MacLappy]

I took a 2min video of my teen's cheerleading team at 4k....Came to about 13gb. When looking at the quality I didn't see a huge difference from a 1080p hd regular video... I wonder what the settings should be? Or tweaks?

It will probably be more noticeable when you export it to a bigger and higher resolution screen as opposed to watching on the native iPhone screen.

It captures a whole lot more detail as well as data, which is insanely useful for post production(especially colour correction and grading), reduce the taxation on your editing Rig CPU/GPU, in short it is so much easier to work with then the iPhone standard native video format.

Here is a short video that better explains it, it was a great help to me and hopefully for you too.

 

[The Game 161]

I took a 2min video of my teen's cheerleading team at 4k....Came to about 13gb. When looking at the quality I didn't see a huge difference from a 1080p hd regular video... I wonder what the settings should be? Or tweaks?

You won’t see any real difference unless you export it

 

[dizmonk]

You won’t see any real difference unless you export it

Export to what? and How? Can I do it in iMovie?

 

[MacLappy]

Export to what? and How? Can I do it in iMovie?

Export in the above case, is just another word for transfer. For example transferring over to your devices that have a bigger screen. Like a iPad Pro or a Macbook Pro or an iMac. If you intend to transfer the video to an apple product, you can try using AirDrop.

Again the main reason for recording in ProRes is to capture more data for the explicit purposes of facilitating video editing, after the video is edited, it is usually exported in a compressed format, for greater compatibility, and also for ease of transfer and uploads.

For the average consumer, while ProRes does give noticeable improvements, it takes up WAY too much space and is not a viable format for everyday use.