This shot doesn’t pass the sniff test. Why is the shadow off to the right on the 14? And centered on the 17. The placement of the flashes on both phones are exactly the opposite of what would occur during a photo with the flash at close range.
I think what everyone is noticing is that Apple might be toning down their over sharpening. Traditional cameras have a very slight softness to them. Since the beginning Apple has applied higher amounts of sharpening to account for the noise reduction. Now that the lenses are getting better they can tone down those algos some.
I switched to 24MP HEIC and it for sure got a lot better. Shouldn’t have to do that though IMO. Hopefully update addresses the issue.
Interesting. I wonder if that’s a sign there is something wrong in the pro raw pipeline rather than a hardware defect. I generally shoot in HEIC 24 unless there is a situation that specifically calls for raw like Milky Way shots. That’s probably why I wasn’t seeing issues in the 17 Pro shots I posted on the last page. They were all shot 24 MP.
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Can you re sharpen the image in lightroom? I'm not sure if we are to judge image quality by looking at an image at 600~700% zoomed in instead of 100%. But I suppose at that level, individual pixels should be visible instead of object blur. I think the digital image starts to break down past 100% bit still show some details at 300%. However if your raw image is still blurry at 100% & can't be re-sharpened in lightroom, then I agree there is an issue. Especially if the camera can't be manually focused to precision.
These are good news. I did some more tests during the weekend with my 17P and I can confirm what you guys have been showing here. For the first time in years I had to trash some photos I took due to the lack of details in those 48MP pictures; they were almost unusable even with heavy editing in Lightroom. It happened only in some situations though, some other shots are detailed enough for me (even if softer than my 14P). The good news is that it seems this can be fixed via SW updates. Finger crossed.
Didn't the 14 pro have a CMOS sensor instead of a Bayer style sensor? I haven't researched it, suppose i will.
Good information but not totally accurate. The 14 Pro is able to shoot and process 48MP photos with the main sensor with Raw and HIEC. It didn’t ship with that feature but it was added a year later with the next version of iOS.
Somebody showed on YouTube that you need to mount the iPhone on a tripod to trigger the 30 seconds exposure, if handheld you do only get 10 seconds. Not sure of the details beyond that.
True.. you'll get 10 seconds maximum handheld, mount your iphone on a tripod and 30" shows because the accelerometer in the phone senses complete stillness.
Im complaining because I've always had an iphone and I'm deeply committed to the apple ecosystem, (iPad pro, mackbook pro, apple home kit etc,) and using an android phone, I can't take advantage of airdrop or anything apple related. Photography is my passion & because apple won't change the way the camera can be used professionally and giving me & other photographers more control, I chose the Samsung phone only for the camera system that better suits my needs, and honestly the android is a nice change. So.... until apple can update the camera software for us photographers and app developers, I'll be using my Samsung, which by the way I do love using. I'll switch back to the iphone when they upgrade the camera software. Sure I can carry my Sony A7RV and multiple lenses around with me, but I don't want to becauseof the bulk & possible theft. Does this help you understand my situation?
