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Shooting 4K ProRes Video Requires iPhone 13 Pro With at Least 256GB Storage
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One must consider one’s ecosystem before deciding on whether ProRes is a good idea.
Storage won’t be on iCloud. Requires traditional backing up on two hard drives in two locations for the important stuff.
Editing won’t be fun on an old machine. Requires investment there including possible SSD space depending on your editor and whether it can run well with proxy files.
Storage won’t be on iCloud. Requires traditional backing up on two hard drives in two locations for the important stuff.
Editing won’t be fun on an old machine. Requires investment there including possible SSD space depending on your editor and whether it can run well with proxy files.
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The solution is to spend an extra $200 or whatever and get the storage you need for shooting pro rez.
and it's obviously storage related, for anyone willing to a) google and b) do some math c) not limit themselves to the one thing they felt like thinking about (storage speed? yet you skip right past capacity so you can what, make a point about being upset about a feature you clearly know nothing about, and thus wont even be using?)
luckily those guys did it for us. but in the interest of finding multiple sources, another site's math says a 128gb device would be full within 5 hrs of 4k30 recording, no mention of HDR
that first link also did math to get a bit rate of 31.1mbps. apple's lowest tier prores format boasts a bit rate of 45mbps, and goes up to 105mbps from there.
this move makes sense from a "we're trying to make sure your device isnt going to slow to a crawl once you wipe out the usable space for file swapping."
having done a great deal of 4k60DV recording, and also video editing, this is hardly a bad choice to implement.
"waaaah just let the user have it anyway!"
user: "waaaaaaaah apple why is my phone always out of space"
besides, anyone recording a great deal of 4k60HDR videos on their iphone already took into account how much storage space this stuff takes, making this a non issue.
And if you want it, simply order the phone with more space. Simple.
Can people with 128gb iPhones still record in 4K?
Nice! Don’t need ProRes, recording in 4K is enough for me.
And yet, iPhone is still using a ****** lighting port.
It’ll be fun pulling 1TB worth of data off this with Lightning. Why oh why don’t they update to a backwards compatible Lightning 2.0 spec, or just bite the bullet and go USB C. It’s too slow for such large storage options.
Wait and see if it’s USB 3.0. If they include a cable, that will be a giveaway (no pun intended).
I heard that iPad Pro 1st and 2nd gen have USB3 over Lightning. If you look inside their Lightning port you'll see there's pins on both top and bottom.
that’s why it is a pro feature not mass market 13 feature
also jobs is not in the company anymore
Such an Apple thing to do. They’ve really got to stop announcing features that don’t exist yet.
Well, but the problem is - from the typical consumer’s perspective, smartphones have been feature complete for quite some time now. Apple (as well as Google, Samsung, etc etc …) doesn’t want to be in the commodity phone business - so all they’ve got for selling points with every new generation phone are the shiny new features that most people don’t actually need and are unlikely to ever really use.
right. or apple shoulve made 256gb standard.
And why would it be okay for the 256GB model? If you can only do like 10minutes of video on the 128Gb model, the 256GB model will only give you like 20 minutes. If the recording capacity is the excuse, then they should only enable this on the 512Gb model or larger.
Even more niche than ipad connecting to external drive. Apple will remove ports anyways so wifi speed is more important for them.
Exactly. If it’s about the I/O speed, then it’s a design “flaw” that the 128GB model of the SAME phone is incapable of using the same feature. This is embarrassing for a “Pro” model that cost $1000. Apple should’ve just put 256GB standard.
Imagine going to a McDonald and they told you the regular Happy Meal won’t come with the toys, only the upsized ones (despite advertising Happy meals with toys).
I think you nailed it. The codec doesn’t really matter, it’s the bit rate mostly, and the total available information. ProRes by itself doesn’t mean much, ProRes 4444 would, but you also don’t need that unless the iPhone suddenly has 17 stops available.
Don’t mention that garbage that cant even handle 2 files properly after years of “development”. Third party utilities are required.
This seems like an unnecessary limitation.
Does the 256GB model similarly restrict this feature if available storage drops below 128gb? if not why does the capacity of the phone matter?
Sounds like an artificial constraint imposed just to goad buyers into buying the next model up.
Does the 256GB model similarly restrict this feature if available storage drops below 128gb? if not why does the capacity of the phone matter?
Sounds like an artificial constraint imposed just to goad buyers into buying the next model up.
Lightning has USB 3.0 speeds for years now. The bottleneck is more likely the computer than the phone or data transport standard.