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ToddH

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I’m this old… lol.

16 pro max. RNI films app for the retro look.
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BR4DOKYBrazil

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Guys, I've been in the Apple world since the iPhone 7 Plus. When I saw his Portrait Mode, I abandoned my Sony Xperia and migrated to the apple world without thinking twice. Since then, I change my iPhone every single year. I love photography and, even though the difference is minimal every year, I notice it and make a point of updating my device. This year, I saw that the difference between the 15 Pro Max and the 16 Pro Max is even smaller when it comes to photography/video, but I still intend to make the switch. I see that there is no better topic to ask this question: For those of you who switched from the 15 Pro Max to the 16 Pro Max, photography lovers, what difference did you feel in terms of photos and videos?
 
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Stiille

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Guys, I've been in the Apple world since the iPhone 7 Plus. When I saw his Portrait Mode, I abandoned my Sony Xperia and migrated to the apple world without thinking twice. Since then, I change my iPhone every single year. I love photography and, even though the difference is minimal every year, I notice it and make a point of updating my device. This year, I saw that the difference between the 15 Pro Max and the 16 Pro Max is even smaller when it comes to photography/video, but I still intend to make the switch. I see that there is no better topic to ask this question: For those of you who switched from the 15 Pro Max to the 16 Pro Max, photography lovers, what difference did you feel in terms of photos and videos?
Many report that noise reduction is much better.
And lowlight seems way better.

That’s what I am assuming from seeing those photos.

Still on 15 PM
 
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BR4DOKYBrazil

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Many report that noise reduction is much better.
And lowlight seems way better.

That’s what I am assuming from seeing those photos.

Still on 15 PM
I followed some comparisons on YouTube. This year the difference is actually much smaller than in previous versions. I also saw that the 16 Pro Max tends to take warmer photos compared to the 15 Pro Max, which pleased me.
 

TonyC28

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Taking some pictures of the comet tonight and I caught this streak in a couple of them. Any ideas what it is? I didn't see anything with my eyes, only the camera picked it up. This was a 1.0 second shutter speed.


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ToddH

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I was in Hong Kong last week and took this photo of my breakfast, which cost around HKD $90.

Coming from the iPhone 13 Pro Max, I noticed that the focusing distance on this new model is a bit farther compared to the 13 Pro Max.
Cool.. yes the 1x camera has a minimum focus distance of 8 inches, the 5x minimum focus distance is 53.1 inches.
 

chown33

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Taking some pictures of the comet tonight and I caught this streak in a couple of them. Any ideas what it is? I didn't see anything with my eyes, only the camera picked it up. This was a 1.0 second shutter speed.


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To me, it looks like the beacon lights of an aircraft. I think the tail and belly beacons alternate, so they aren't on at the same time. Each one has a roughly 1-sec period.
... an effective flash frequency of not less than 40, nor more than 100 cycles per minute. ...

The track begins and ends entirely within the frame. This implies that whatever it was travelled the entire distance in less than the exposure time.

The problem is, a 1-sec flash period can't be reconciled with a 1-sec exposure time. I count roughly 15 blips per beacon from the right side to the left, which would be roughly consistent with a 1-sec beacon period and a 15-sec exposure time. If it's really a 1-sec exposure time, then the beacons are flashing at more than 15 Hz (cycles/sec), which would be illegal for aircraft beacons. Also, if the brightness of the lights is any indication, it's either fairly close to you, or is traveling very fast, like approaching supersonic speed.

I checked the image in your Media collection, but it lacks any metadata, so I can't confirm the recorded shutter interval.
 

TonyC28

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To me, it looks like the beacon lights of an aircraft. I think the tail and belly beacons alternate, so they aren't on at the same time. Each one has a roughly 1-sec period.


The track begins and ends entirely within the frame. This implies that whatever it was travelled the entire distance in less than the exposure time.

The problem is, a 1-sec flash period can't be reconciled with a 1-sec exposure time. I count roughly 15 blips per beacon from the right side to the left, which would be roughly consistent with a 1-sec beacon period and a 15-sec exposure time. If it's really a 1-sec exposure time, then the beacons are flashing at more than 15 Hz (cycles/sec), which would be illegal for aircraft beacons. Also, if the brightness of the lights is any indication, it's either fairly close to you, or is traveling very fast, like approaching supersonic speed.

I checked the image in your Media collection, but it lacks any metadata, so I can't confirm the recorded shutter interval.
When I tried to upload the original picture it kept turning it sideways, so I gave up and just posted a screenshot of it. But here is the original, plus one I took a minute earlier. Whatever this is in the sky, I didn't see it until I looked at the picture. That 1-second expose has me scratching my head, because it looks like there is a weird pattern to whatever it was, but it seems like it would have to be moving very fast to create that kind of pattern, as opposed to creating a streak.

First pic. 8-second exposure.
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Second pic. 1-second exposure. Not sure why this one insists on being sideways.

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