iPhone 15 Pro Why does iPhone Smart HDR have this weird glowing edge while older HDR phones don’t?

[uwotm8]

Here are two side by side examples of photos with my iPhone X and with my iPhone 15 Pro. The iPhone X photos are with HDR enabled and the 15 Pro is using the standard 24MP mode.






In both cases the iPhone X manages an HDR shot without haloing around the darker parts of the image. I can post more examples if needed but it’s shocking to me. The exposure stacking should not be creating this kind of artifact, how has Apple not fixed this?

 

[uwotm8]

I took some more shots today and found the exact same issue in all of them. Ridiculous.

 

[now i see it]

That brightness around the edges is due to overzealous in-camera image sharpening. If you’ve ever used photoshop- it’s Unsharp Mask filter looks the same if it’s cranked too high. The engineers at Apple think the general population will prefer the aggressive sharpened picture vs a more natural but slightly fuzzier version.

Gotta remember that iPhone is all about pop!, zing!, wow! and bling!
It’s definitely not about natural, normal, balanced and realistic

 

[uwotm8]

Wow that is gross. It’s not HDR, it’s sharpening? And Apple doesn’t let us turn it off? Thanks Apple I love having my photos look like Instagram shots

 

[Dsmith7]

Haven't been able to turn off smart hdr since the 12 series. I wish they let us turn it off

 

[uwotm8]

Yeah it’s crazy to me that nobody seems to care about this. They’re all fine with over sharpening

 

[schnitzel-pretzel]

I care!

 

[Dsmith7]

I care!

Too bad apple doesn't care what we, the consumer, want

 

[schnitzel-pretzel]

Oh they do. They care what 90% of their consumers want because most people like this ****, it looks good on instagram photos, it makes every shot look like it was taken in perfect lighting with sharp lines and colorful clothing etc etc.

What they don't give a **** about is the 10% of power users who they sell a """Pro""" iPhone to and then say LOL have fun with the sharpening, only way you can get rid of it is with a subscription third party app where you don't get to have Live Photos anyways.

Steve Jobs would kick the entire camera team's ass and fire them all.