iPhone XS XS Grainy Pics!!

[Tommy c]

I don’t know. Your pic exemplifies aggressive noise reduction. If you zoom in, there’s no detail at all. Very blurred and grainy for a landscape shot on a sunny day.

I will say I don't usually zoom in 200 percent or however close to look at that stuff. I know it's a sensor that's tiny. I can't expect much. I do edit them, but this one I really only darkened the blue sky and it does look like I sharpened it up a bit. It's deff not edited to the max tho, but what I did probably did degrade it and being compressed by all the trips it's taking.

I guess I used a bad example for "right out of the phone"

I put it through Lightroom mobile and when it exports I'm pretty sure it's getting compressed. The desktop does not do that. I upload high res files from the desk top to my website. That I learned about to difference. But for facebook, and here, it's all mobile usually. People are supposed to enjoy them for what they are and not examine the specifics of the pixels. Used to do that all the time (Pixle peeping) My 5DIII does my main shooting, but I like using the phone for stuff like this and editing will do a lot more to degrade the pictures on a phone with a small sensor. It is what it is tho.

I'll post up a native XS Max photo in a little bit. See how it really looks. Sorry for wrong example

 

[PBz]

Even a little sharpening can send quality over the edge. I know with Fuji Raw images you have to be very careful, even bringing down the sharpness and working with the Detail.

 

[Tommy c]

Even a little sharpening can send quality over the edge. I know with Fuji Raw images you have to be very careful, even bringing down the sharpness and working with the Detail.

I’ll agree with that. As I said tho, I look at the pictures for what they are instead of investigating the artifacts of them. Most people will never do that in real world applications unless they know or try to find things to pinpoint.

But, I agree with you! This photo is from today, not touched or put through other applications.

 

[Tommy c]

Straight out of the phone, I will say, the clouds above are darker than they really are. That’s all the phone processing now. I have done nothing.

 

[PBz]

View attachment 795525 Straight out of the phone, I will say, the clouds above are darker than they really are. That’s all the phone processing now. I have done nothing.

Great picture

 

[Tommy c]

This was totally modified lol. I love the look tho. Unique. You can get nice creative pictures, but you sacrifice. I changed the sky ect... but doing it with a phone picture, you can only have so much information to use.

Yea, if you zoom in 200 percent. I’m sure it will be ugly, but we view normally the way it is, not at 200 percent. You get what I’m saying, I hope. If I have to be afraid of using this iPhone camera for anything other than a normal picture and I can’t be creative, then there’s no reason to have it for me at least. But printed out, I bet it looks awesome. Sorry if anyone thinks my thinking is wrong. I look at final results with normality. If not, nothing will ever be good then.

 

[adamgbiggs]

View attachment 795525 Straight out of the phone, I will say, the clouds above are darker than they really are. That’s all the phone processing now. I have done nothing.

That’s a great photo.

Adam.

 

[Tommy c]

Great picture

Thank you

 

[adamgbiggs]

View attachment 795532 This was totally modified lol. I love the look tho. Unique. You can get nice creative pictures, but you sacrifice. I changed the sky ect... but doing it with a phone picture, you can only have so much information to use.

Yea, if you zoom in 200 percent. I’m sure it will be ugly, but we view normally the way it is, not at 200 percent. You get what I’m saying, I hope. If I have to be afraid of using this iPhone camera for anything other than a normal picture and I can’t be creative, then there’s no reason to have it for me at least. But printed out, I bet it looks awesome. Sorry if anyone thinks my thinking is wrong. I look at final results with normality. If not, nothing will ever be good then.

I love this photo, I know it’s edited but it is awesome.

Adam.

 

[Tommy c]

That’s a great photo.

Adam.

A agree, it is!
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I love this photo, I know it’s edited but it is awesome.

Adam.

I very much appreciate that. This was out of my iPhone XS Max, not my 5D. Well these all are out of my Max. That is pretty impressive that it does look as good as it does. I’m pushing the limits, yes. But, that’s the fun.

 

[FSUphan]

I have been looking everywhere online to see if anyone else has been having these issues. EVERY one of my pics is blurry when zoomed in. I’m not even trying to zoom in that far. The slidest zoom and you can notice the pixelation and resolution issues. I expect SOME detail when zoomed but there is none.

 

[madKIR]

I have been looking everywhere online to see if anyone else has been having these issues. EVERY one of my pics is blurry when zoomed in. I’m not even trying to zoom in that far. The slidest zoom and you can notice the pixelation and resolution issues. I expect SOME detail when zoomed but there is none.

Did you try changing the format in camera settings to JPEG? I think by default it uses HEIF, which compresses pics way more aggressively than JPEG and that would result in some detail loss.

 

[FSUphan]

Did you try changing the format in camera settings to JPEG? I think by default it uses HEIF, which compresses pics way more aggressively than JPEG and that would result in some detail loss.

Wow, I actually think that is what the issue was! So now every time I want to record video in 4K I have to change that back to HEIF?! That’s dumb . Thanks for your help!

 

[madKIR]

Wow, I actually think that is what the issue was! So now every time I want to record video in 4K I have to change that back to HEIF?! That’s dumb . Thanks for your help!

You’re welcome!
You can still record 4K videos in JPEG/H.264 but only at 30 fps.

 

[FSUphan]

You’re welcome!
You can still record 4K videos in JPEG/H.264 but only at 30 fps.

Thank you again!! You think there is much of a noticeable difference between 30 & 60 FPS?

 

[madKIR]

Thank you again!! You think there is much of a noticeable difference between 30 & 60 FPS?

It’s supposed to be smoother at 60 fps. However, some TV’s are not even capable of showing 4K at 60 fps, only at 30 fps. Personally, I never record videos in 4K. I’ve been using 1080p at 60 fps for ages. 4K is very heavy size wise. Unless, of course, it’s very important to you and you work with this high def format.

 

[Techmaestro]

I have the Max and this happened to me as well on a recent picture I took. I chalked it up to me not tapping the screen to tell it what to focus on and not allowing the phone to focus properly. All of my other photos have been pretty amazing.

 

[Analog Kid]

Just saw this in the active posts list-- I thought it was interesting that "grainy" is being used to describe a digital image...

I wonder what theory the kids will form about where that word comes from...

 

[dmarnel]

Being they said it's adding more noise reduction, I can't see how it's grainy? Can you post an example? I took this today. Not bad for a cell phone.
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If you click the image to see it full size, it's VERY grainy.

 

[Lurain2]

Being they said it's adding more noise reduction, I can't see how it's grainy? Can you post an example? I took this today. Not bad for a cell phone.
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[doublepost=1561053204][/doublepost]I agree I can see the grain in the photo. I have the same problem. Especially on people even when it’s sunny out.