Why? Are you also unhappy when Toyota loads more advanced features into a Lexus than a Corolla? If you pay more, you do have a right to expect more than a jazzier name for your purchase.
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Photographer Austin Mann Tests the iPhone 12 Pro's Camera
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Considering it was taken in extreme lowlight, I'd say its perfectly fine. But everyone's an expert...
I understand what you mean, but it depends on your definition of ‘bad’. It’s pretty ethereal. It works in my opinion.
Take this one of mine, one could suggest it’s not perfect by any means. But you wouldn’t say it’s a bad photograph by any stretch of the imagination.
The switch from Plus to Max was explained as a move to feature parity between the Max and non-Max versions, so it's weird that in just two years they've flip-flopped on that and gave the bigger phone better features again.
While it's not my style, I would say yours is a hell of a lot better than the night mode selfie. I think the distinction I'd make is your shot appears to be that way by your choice. If you wanted, you could probably have taken it a bunch of different ways and edited it differently. For the night mode selfie, that appears to be close to as good as it's going to get. That level of noise and softening isn't really something you can easily do much with, so if it's not to your taste then you're out of luck.
Of course, I haven't used the phone and this is just one shot in worst-case conditions, so maybe there's more wiggle-room than I'm giving it credit for. All I'm saying is that to my eye, it's an objectively bad photo because of how it looks and how much room it gives you to fix it.
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I’ve gotten it to work by putting the phone edge on on a deck rail. But still not as good as a tripod.
Thanks, and yes- you’re right of course. I’m not really saying the op photo is a good shot, per se, but it’s a fine example of what’s possible. I guess if you’re making the same point then I agree.
I'd guess image 1 since it appears to be better processed. It's kinda hard to guess without knowing roughly what it's compared to.Can you guess which photo was taken with the iPhone
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Image 2
Substitute whichever positive adjective you'd prefer, I still think it's an objectively bad photo. It's impressive that the phone was able to capture it under those conditions, but at some point it's worth just taking a minute or two and working out some sort of lighting to get a much better shot photo in slightly less challenging conditions.
Why does not liking a photo mean I'm butthurt? Overall the 12s have fantastic cameras, but that's just a bad photo. Maybe I missed something but I thought discussion was the whole point of a discussion board.
I think the brighter photo is the iPhone photo.Can you guess which photo was taken with the iPhone
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Image 2
The second one is the iPhone.
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Can you guess which photo was taken with the iPhone
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Image 2
Image 2 is the iPhone I’d wager.
Image 1 looks like it could be an unprocessed image, OOC file. I wonder how it would compare if it were processed to better resemble Image 2?
I didn't read the EXIF, but the iPhone photo has unnatural depth of field and edge cutout artifacts. Shadow lines on the bear's leg and wall should all be soft but some are sharp.
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Does the iPad Pro actually use Lidar for the camera?
(I regularly see iPad Pro photos and they are very considerably better quality than an iPhone 8 (or my iPhone 6s). But I haven't found anything which confirms that Lidar contributes to its photography.)
IRC the 12 uses Lidar for focusing and depth maps. I think the problem with hat photo is that the person is blurred from not being able to hold perfectly still in a cold climate for 3 seconds. The NR might be over exaggerated because nothing in the face is sharp enough to be retained for crisp detail.
Folks, very seriously, there is nothing serious that 12 Pro offers on top of 11 Pro. I have taken some good images with 11 Pro, X and also 6s
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