Shot on iPhone XR: Real-World Photos and Portraits With Depth Control From New York City

[MacRumors]

MacRumors traveled to New York City this week to spend some time with the iPhone XR ahead of its release. While there, we spent the day testing its camera and Portrait Mode with Depth Control with help from some volunteer New Yorkers.

Behind the scenes of shooting with the iPhone XR (not taken with iPhone XR)​

The photos below were shot with the iPhone XR's default Camera app on iOS 12, and are unedited beyond being resized for this gallery. For some photos, we took advantage of standard features of the Camera app, such as Depth Control and manually adjusting the exposure of photos by tapping on a focus point.

While the iPhone XR does not have a telephoto lens like the iPhone XS and XS Max, the single wide-angle lens captures an impressive amount of detail. And with Depth Control, Apple has taken Portrait Mode to a whole new level, resulting in photos of people that are comparable to those shot with a DSLR camera.

We'll have more impressions about the iPhone XR cameras in the days to come, but after one day of testing, we can safely say that most people should be more than happy with the quality of photos shot on this device.

iPhone XR launches tomorrow, Friday, October 26. Stay tuned to MacRumors for continued coverage of the device.

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[Xenomorph]

I'm looking forward to getting the iPhone XR's Low-Light Portrait mode on my iPhone XS...

 

[Baymowe335]

They look good, as expected since it's the XS system in 1 camera.

I think Apple really took a step forward in cameras this year. Clearly better than the X.

 

[newyorksole]

That’s my local Lot-Less in one of the photos! Lol

Nice shots. I feel like it’s going to get harder and harder to see real differences in the iPhone cameras going forward.

 

[Tonewheelz]

Not gonna lie, these are impressive.

 

[Eduardo1971]

These are some really nice photos-great job!

 

[duervo]

Maybe it’s just me, but I always hold my phone in landscape mode when I take a photo or record a video.

 

[bookcase]

Some of those inanimate objects would look so much better if portrait mode worked for them.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Can someone clarify this for me; does the XR's Portrait mode actually adjust the angle of the lens computationally, or is it just the dept of field?

 

[AngerDanger]

The first one is particularly impressive; it shows nearly direct light and shadow without under or over exposing either. Plus, the shadows seem to lack grain noise unless that’s just a result of JPG compression.

 

[joejoejoe]

Will apple bring the wide angle, low light portrait mode to XS and XS Max? I really do hope so!

 

[djcerla]

The XR is so tempting.

But I'm happily in smartphone-addiction rehab with the help of my AW4 LTE and I really don't need a new phone.

 

[ghostface147]

See, this camera is fine for general use. I may wait until next year's version to replace my X with Xr 2019. I also don't mind the bezels. Now I have to see how slippery it is when I go play with one when it's in stores. The phone is a winner!

 

[thebeans]

Apple invited MacRumors to New York City this week to pick up an iPhone XR review unit. While there, we spent the day testing its camera and Portrait Mode with Depth Control with help from some volunteer New Yorkers.

The photos below were shot with the iPhone XR's default Camera app on iOS 12, and are unedited beyond being resized for this gallery. For some photos, we took advantage of standard features of the Camera app, such as Depth Control and manually adjusting the exposure of photos by tapping on a focus point.

While the iPhone XR does not have a telephoto lens like the iPhone XS and XS Max, the single wide-angle lens captures an impressive amount of detail. And with Depth Control, Apple has taken Portrait Mode to a whole new level, resulting in photos of people that are comparable to those shot with a DSLR camera.

We'll have more impressions about the iPhone XR cameras in the days to come, but after one day of testing, we can safely say that most people should be more than happy with the quality of photos shot on this device.

iPhone XR launches tomorrow, Friday, October 26. Stay tuned to MacRumors for continued coverage of the device.

Article Link: Shot on iPhone XR: Real-World Photos and Portraits With Depth Control From New York City

The thing is Apple could easily let the Xs have this system of portrait mode in addition to the one it has. The Xs has the exact same camera, processor and OS so it would be easy for them to have a toggle - Software Portrait Mode or Hardware Portrait Mode. That way the user could choose which one suited their needs best. They won’t. But they could.

 

[mono1980]

These are some heavily compressed JPEGs, unfortunately. Would have been nice to see them at better quality.

 

[iapplelove]

I dunno looks just like my iPhone X to me.

 

[asdavis10]

For the consumer this phone is designed for, this is an impressive phone. Apple is definitely putting pressure on the XS models as well as everything else out here.

But I still think that Apple missed out on an opportunity to flood the market if the XR was $50 cheaper. I get margins and ASP but the volume with a massive upgrade cycle and increased services revenue would make up for it. The XR could be Apple's volume play.

 

[roncron]

These photos don’t look very good to me, but I don’t think I’m seeing the actual original photo files the author of this article took. The photos I’m seeing look like they were posted at lower resolution to take less bandwidth for people reading this online.

 

[JoeInMilwaukee]

The first one is particularly impressive; it shows nearly direct light and shadow without under or over exposing either. Plus, the shadows seem to lack grain unless that’s just a result of JPG compression.

The shadows would lack NOISE, not grain. Grain is a property of film photography!

 

[lowendlinux]

The candy rack is not that great but the night shots of Times Square are pretty impressive

 

[justperry]

Apple invited MacRumors to New York City this week to pick up an iPhone XR review unit. While there, we spent the day testing its camera and Portrait Mode with Depth Control with help from some volunteer New Yorkers.

The photos below were shot with the iPhone XR's default Camera app on iOS 12, and are unedited beyond being resized for this gallery. For some photos, we took advantage of standard features of the Camera app, such as Depth Control and manually adjusting the exposure of photos by tapping on a focus point.

While the iPhone XR does not have a telephoto lens like the iPhone XS and XS Max, the single wide-angle lens captures an impressive amount of detail. And with Depth Control, Apple has taken Portrait Mode to a whole new level, resulting in photos of people that are comparable to those shot with a DSLR camera.

We'll have more impressions about the iPhone XR cameras in the days to come, but after one day of testing, we can safely say that most people should be more than happy with the quality of photos shot on this device.

iPhone XR launches tomorrow, Friday, October 26. Stay tuned to MacRumors for continued coverage of the device.

Article Link: Shot on iPhone XR: Real-World Photos and Portraits With Depth Control From New York City

Provide a link to the original photo's, these photo's seem to be impressive yet are compressed too much for a browser.

 

[mi7chy]

Looks oversaturated and not natural.

 

[deebinem]

*sigh* Can't wait to move back...

 

[Paradoxally]

Looks oversaturated and not natural.

Where? These are some of the most natural looking photos I've seen. Samsung, for example, applies way stronger HDR.

 

[mac_in_tosh]

It appears that distorted images with buildings leaning over at an angle are generally accepted nowadays as normal. Even our local newspaper prints photos like that.