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iPhone 14 Pro Max 14pro max. Worst camera of any iPhone.
- Thread starter King_Kimbo
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Counterpoint: I've been taking great photos and video with mine since launch day.
Well actually I had my iPhone 14 Pro max set up on my Skywatcher Star Adventurer which is a tracking device for astrophotography. My iPhone did take the full 30” exposure at ISO 12,500. Then edited in Lightroom mobile later that evening. I used the star tracker to avoid the star trails that show up during the 30” exposure in ProRAW mode.
The shot of the star trails with trees was taken using the Even Longer app. The exposure was for 15 minutes.
Your photos are good, the camera lens on the 13 pro causes vignetting due to its f/1.5 fast lens. Most of that can be removed in Lightroom. Thanks for sharing.
Get the even longer app and you’ll have an Astro mode. This Milky Way image was taken with my 14 pro max in night mode, 30” exposure (ProRAW) because HEIF or jpeg looks mushy and has less detail due to noise reduction. I had my iPhone mounted on the Skywatcher Star Adventurer to track the sky to avoid star trails.
The night mode in the Even Longer app (was available later as an update) works better than the iPhone default night mode because I can set my ISO and exposure time. The iPhone default night mode does not have any settings like that. It still does a great job, best in ProRAW, but maxes out the ISO.
This guy is good to watch and follow
Even Longer app was used for the star trails. You can expose up to 24 hours with the app.
Even longer: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/even-longer/id1546911907
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To each their own. I have been taking great pics and videos with my 14 Pro Max. I mentioned before, that I shot photos and video for a professional event with nothing but my 14 pro max and mobile gimbal and tripod. The client was very pleased with the outcome and had no idea I used only an iPhone to do it.
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Greenery this morning, open shade.
14 pro max
NOMO RAW2
Lightroom mobile
Heavy crop
EXIF
Conversion using RNI Films
14 pro max
NOMO RAW2
Lightroom mobile
Heavy crop
EXIF
Conversion using RNI Films
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RNI Films are the best. Thanks for sharing the description to those who might be interested.
Are you exporting with 100% quality going by the 16.8MB jpg output file? Do you think it is worth the space from your experience?
Thanks! The app Carbon just updated as well. Nice B&W files. Yes the RNI FILMS app is one of my favorites. I use that one a lot with photos and video. The filters are great and high quality.
To answer your question about 100% quality, I do export everything at 100% (48mp) because I love looking at hi resolution photos and sometimes I print my iPhone photos. The 48mp really is fantastic quality, especially when using the NOMO RAW app… love that camera app! So yeah.. totally worth it for me. My iPhone is a 1TB so I have plenty of space. I still have 878.6 GB available. I’ve seen my ProRAW files as high as 85mb before. The B&W edits save at a lower mb than the color.
Any other questions?
Here is a high contrast B&W conversion from the Carbon app.
When exported, this file is 70mp. Excellent!!!! I was hoping that would be the case instead of the Carbon app exporting as a small file for social media. $20/yr for that app. Totally worth it for me. I really like the canvas filters.
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Pretty amazing we live in a time where one electronic device can do so many tasks for us and take photos of that quality. Yet, we still find things to complain about. Incredible...
My partner got the iphone 14 max pro and i have been borrowing it to take the cinevideo and its great! we did take some wonderful videos this summer with it..especially maid of the mist in niagara falls and felt like i had a pro camera on hand lol plus the wallop of water all around us in the chaos..it was great!
Get a thick case and make them un-atrocious then! The reason the camera bump sticks out like it does is because I’ve read on this forum where so Many people wanted a thin iPhone. So I guess Apple made them thinner for you. So, get a think case and complain not LOL.
I'm a bit late to the thread but I'm not sure I agree with your assessment. I have taken some really brilliant photos with my 14 Pro Max, some so good that I genuinely don't think my DSLR could have done a better job. I don't really use the telescopic or ultrawide lenses, but the 48mpx sensor does a solid job.
I use the raw mode in the default camera app, then sometimes dump it off into Ps Camera Raw for some adjustments.
I use the raw mode in the default camera app, then sometimes dump it off into Ps Camera Raw for some adjustments.
Essentially I want the final photo to look like it does in the camera app before the shutter is pushed... Once that magic button is pushed a second later you get a mutated over processed version of what you just composed in camera, including exposure adjustments etc.
I use the camera in my studio a lot for quick reference shots. The iPhone X was good at giving you a photo that basically looked like what you were shooting in the viewfinder. 14PM obliterates it with way too much processing so it looks noting like the shot I composed....
Using the normal mode definitely applies a lot of post-processing, but have you tried enabling and using the proRAW feature? What I see on the of my 14 Pro Max is pretty much the image that's saved, I can't spot any differences myself.