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iPhone 16 Pro 🌍 📱 Photos taken with iPhone 16 Pro / Pro Max 🌟 - Worldwide - (2024-2025)
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I don't know what's going on, either.
It might be good to make some test photos of ordinary objects, using various settings, such as image format, exposure time, etc. and then check the metadata using something other than the device the photos were taken on.
The "1.0 s" exposure time is baffling to me, because it seems so out of whack with the light trail in the image.
However, I'm also baffled by the metadata for the "IMG_7892.jpeg" file in your Media collection:
According to that, the exposure time is "1/1 second(s)" which seems like an odd way of expressing time. If its math is correct, that's a 1-sec exposure, which again seems inconsistent with the light trail in that image. I count 6 brighter flashes and 6 dimmer ones on that trail. That's reasonable for an 8-sec exposure but not a 1-sec one.
Maybe it's just a problem with how this website displays exposure times longer than a second. If so, then some site-displayed metadata is unreliable.
Could be that I captured an alien spacecraft entering the Earth’s atmosphere 🤷‍♂️ LOL. I didn’t pay very close attention to each picture I took. I took about a dozen over two nights trying to get the comet. Only these two showed this weird streak. I was messing around with exposure settings to try to get more time out of night mode.
How else can I view the metadata?
If you have a Mac you could try transferring the photo there, and see what Preview.app and Photos.app say about it.
If the photo is stored on iCloud, maybe use the online web app for photos and see what it says. It's been a while since I poked around in that web app, so I don't recall what features it has.
Photos on the Mac says the same thing...one second for the long streak, eight seconds for the short streak.
Weird. I think it's worth taking some test photos with different parameters, especially exposure time. If aircraft often fly at night near you, then that's a good subject.
I'll have to think about other simple subjects that can be photographed in a dark room. The ideal would be a low-intensity LED flasher you could move around in front of the camera. Most people don't have something like that.
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.02s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 10.87MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.13s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.04s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 12.13MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.08s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 11.79MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.02s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 11.45MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.13s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 11.58MP)
The 16 PM seems much better in low light, right? In comparison to the 15 PM I mean.
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.13s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 11.58MP)
So you can shoot with way lower ISO? Or is it kinda the same with how much light gets on the sensor ?
Yes, I can shoot at lower ISO with 16 Pro Max. Not a huge difference though. 15 Pro Max is almost as good.
At the same ISO I see slightly lower noise with 16 Pro Max which means I can use less denoise and preserve more detail.
The key to get really good results with iPhone is to use Regular RAW instead of ProRAW with a third party app like ProCamera or ProCam.
Went to checkout The Last Supper painting weeks ago.
Pigeons like astronomy. 16 pro max, 5x camera. ProRAW & Lightroom edit
A couple taken this morning. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
The second one. Never mind. The site won't let me post it from my phone and I can't delete this post.
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.01s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.01s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 11.59MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.01s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.13s, f/1.7, ISO 400, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 1s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 11.75MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.1s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 12.13MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 1s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.13s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 12.06MP)
Would you mind share your settings with ProCamera? My RAW images (standard RAW) are way bigger in size - normally 18-20mb
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.01s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.01s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 11.59MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.01s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 0.13s, f/1.7, ISO 400, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 1s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 11.75MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.1s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 12.13MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (1x, 24mm, 1s, f/1.7, ISO 50, 12.19MP)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (5x, 120mm, 0.13s, f/2.97, ISO 32, 12.06MP)
Or is this the size of the jpeg file after you edited it?
Still want to know your settings
Got the last Desert Titanium Pro Max they had in stock! I’m loving it…
Fusion Camera, 1/12 @ ISO 800, Standard style.
Fusion Camera, 1/12 @ ISO 800, Standard style.
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