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These Awesome Photos of the Milky Way Were Taken on an iPhone 14 Pro
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@ToddH Excellent job! Amazing Milky Way Photos! You nailed it. Keep up the good work. 👏
So many "experts" here just waiting to tear down a beautiful photograph. Rather than marvel at what was captured.
Just gotta shake your head at how empty some people really are inside.
Just gotta shake your head at how empty some people really are inside.
This one will do
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These are so great! Excellent job.
Thanks for sharing. Wallpaper worthy.
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Thanks for sharing. Wallpaper worthy.
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Well said. It’s a shame. People immediately jump to comparisons. Some will never take a photo like this.
I've been using this app for a couple years now with varying levels of success !
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Noisy, as expected. To the untrained eyes of the fan club members it might look good, to anyone who has seen what prosumer type of cameras can actually capture, meh... As some have mentions, it is mostly the iPhone trying to paint an image that it really cannot capture well. Show it full size and no doubt it will look like poop. Print it full size and no doubt it will look like poop too. Sorry folks but physics simply doesn't support the ability of using a tiny camera sensor and lens to create a true astrophoto that is a keeper. You are merely seeing smoke and mirrors and the result is not very good.
They're nice photos, and I have to say I have been impressed with small sensors over the last few years. You can even do time lapses of the milky way with a GoPro and it looks fine with some tweaking afterwards.
Obviously, shooting on a special motorised mount in RAW and having the knowledge to work with that is not the same as "just popping out to take a night sky photo" handheld but it's a great showcase of the technology. If anything, I have enjoyed pushing the boundaries with my iPhone, GoPro and DJI Pocket more than with my "posh" mirrorless camera which you expect to handle difficult situations like night time.
Obviously, shooting on a special motorised mount in RAW and having the knowledge to work with that is not the same as "just popping out to take a night sky photo" handheld but it's a great showcase of the technology. If anything, I have enjoyed pushing the boundaries with my iPhone, GoPro and DJI Pocket more than with my "posh" mirrorless camera which you expect to handle difficult situations like night time.
Sadly, it's the way many people are on social media. It's a competition of sorts; of who can muster up the best burn tearing something down.
The Skywatcher referred to in the article is an equatorial mount that moves WITH not opposite the rotation of the Earth in order to keep exposures still, the hallmark of any good astrophotography setup. Truly amazing devices.
that picture is all about the gear... the mount is the magic, and it isn't cheap. he is mounting the iPhone to this: http://skywatcher.com/product/star-adventurer/
That's what I was thinking too. I was interested in trying to do some of this photography myself, since I'm about to go on a camping trip in a rural area that will be perfect for it (no light pollution to speak of, etc.).
I was going to use my Canon 70D and a tripod, but the long exposure times required typically mean you've got a whole "post processing" set of steps to do with the photos to correct for the streaking and elongation of stars you get from the Earth rotating while the shutter stays open.
I think a motorized tracker would be ideal, vs all the image manipulation after the fact. But I never really looked into buying one. I see this one is around $430.
I don't think you understood what I was saying.
Of course it's fine if you want to see it that way.
You can't get shots like these in areas with light pollution ie big cities. Heck, I'd be lucky to see 3 stars in the Houston sky at night. That's how bad light pollution is here. This is most likely out in the sticks where you can't see 2 feet in front of you unless there's a full moon out.
The skill of the photographer obviously shows.
Gotta disagree. I've seen my share of people decked out in pro gear (1Ds, L glass) who have taken awful pictures. All the gear but no idea sums up the sort.
The photographer has awesome astrometic gear and the know how to use that gear properly.
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You are right about the tripod (but everyone should know that, hopefully).
Now that you so notoriously point out that Samsung and Google are better in your opinion, may I ask you as a star photographer if you think Google can buy more light-sensitive chips than Apple, or are you enthusiastic about Pixel AI image manipulation in general?
Of course, the iPhone and ALL mobile cameras in their current architecture are not really the first choice for star photography technically.
Nevertheless, in the past years I have already produced quite nice images even using a static tripod for most iPhone models with apps suitable for this purpose (NightCap, Pro Cam7 et al). And Apple has gotten much better every time. And now with 30 second 'night mode'.
Still, I hope that one day Apple will release an iPhone designed specifically for photographers. It can then have better software than ANY high-end digital camera, and above all I wish for an adapter for Micro Four Thirds lenses. Because those are quite capable of capturing enough light even as a telephoto lens.
Similar to the AppleWatch Ultra, this would be a special market, so this iPhone Ultra could also have modified outer dimensions: A small SE with double the thickness could have room for more battery and a recess to accommodate an interchangeable lens (Micro Four Thirds standard). This would be incredibly exciting for me, however I doubt Apple currently is willing to develop such a niche.
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After all, there used to be digital cameras in cooperation with Apple in 1994. It's just that Apple wasn't as powerful and ready to develop and defend something really strong in this market itself back then.
Nevertheless, in the past years I have already produced quite nice images even using a static tripod for most iPhone models with apps suitable for this purpose (NightCap, Pro Cam7 et al). And Apple has gotten much better every time. And now with 30 second 'night mode'.
Still, I hope that one day Apple will release an iPhone designed specifically for photographers. It can then have better software than ANY high-end digital camera, and above all I wish for an adapter for Micro Four Thirds lenses. Because those are quite capable of capturing enough light even as a telephoto lens.
Similar to the AppleWatch Ultra, this would be a special market, so this iPhone Ultra could also have modified outer dimensions: A small SE with double the thickness could have room for more battery and a recess to accommodate an interchangeable lens (Micro Four Thirds standard). This would be incredibly exciting for me, however I doubt Apple currently is willing to develop such a niche.
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After all, there used to be digital cameras in cooperation with Apple in 1994. It's just that Apple wasn't as powerful and ready to develop and defend something really strong in this market itself back then.
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iPhone 12 Pro Max was already amazing for me. Stitched a few photos taken this summer.
One iPhone 14 rumor that never panned out was some sort of astrophotography feature, but that hasn't stopped users from showcasing just what the camera on iPhone 14 Pro models can do when pointed at the night sky.
These fantastic shots shared by MacRumors forum member ToddH were taken using an iPhone 14 Pro Max in Night Mode with the maximum available exposure time of 30 seconds in the Camera app.
Taken at ISO 12,500 and ISO 10,000 using the 12-megapixel setting (Night Mode isn't available when the 48-megapixel setting is on), the images were shot using Apple's ProRAW format and then edited using the mobile version of Lightroom on the iPhone itself.
To get the shot, ToddH says he attached the iPhone 14 Pro Max to a tripod with a Skywatcher tracking device that moves in the opposite direction of the Earth's rotation, making the sky appear still to the camera to avoid elongation and make the stars look pinpoint.
Like the iPhone 13 lineup last year, there was chatter prior to the announcement of the iPhone 14 series that the new devices could offer a specific astrophotography feature – speculation that was further fanned by Apple's choice of graphics to promote its "Far Out" media event. No such feature was forthcoming.
Other users have been sharing their own photos in the same discussion thread.
Article Link: These Awesome Photos of the Milky Way Were Taken on an iPhone 14 Pro
The default camera app has 30 second "night mode" setting if the phone is 100% still (on a tripod, etc).
You absolutely can get the Milky Way in light polluted areas but it takes a lot more work. Sadly, though, peoples fear of the dark just keeps getting worse.