Other Photos taken with the 12 Pro Max only

Waterman316 · Nov 26, 2020

jldesutter83 · Nov 26, 2020

sallenthornton said:
Nice looking dog. Here’s mine. Great dog, but the shedding is a nightmare

Thanks!! Your dog is cute!! Yeah we chocolate tumbleweeds all over! It’s almost impossible to keep up!

freakomac · Nov 26, 2020

First time shooting at night.

Mavman · Nov 26, 2020

Macros worked pretty good I think

xxBlack · Nov 27, 2020

ToddH said:
I’m an Astrophotographer and I will tell you that you need to be in a dark location, away from city lights, the iPhone 12 Pro Max used in this photo has to be mounted on a tripod to get the full 30 seconds of night mode exposure time. Then process the photo in Lightroom or similar editing program. I live in a light polluted area and my 12 pro max picked up a hint of the Milky Way! This is the first time an iPhone has imaged the Milky Way. It most likely will not pick up the individual stars like a full sized DSLR, but it will look nice. These 30” shots were taken in my front yard with a first quarter moon. The stars are easily seen.
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Thank you, hopefully the weather is good tonight. Will try that! I'm living near to the border of czech republic and there is less light so hopefully even more stars than in your pic!

Jakbe12 · Nov 27, 2020

ukms · Nov 27, 2020

jamezr · Nov 27, 2020

just throw the ball...must have the ball

ToddH · Nov 27, 2020

xxBlack said:
Thank you, hopefully the weather is good tonight. Will try that! I'm living near to the border of czech republic and there is less light so hopefully even more stars than in your pic!

Sounds good!! Just put your iPhone in a bracket that can be mounted on a tripod, position your camera and slide the night mode exposure over to 30” or however long it will shoot for. I haven’t had to touch the screen to focus, I just aim, adjust my exposure & press the shutter. Remember the moon is full or nearly full so that will washout the sky some. Good luck, share your results.

Nspyr · Nov 27, 2020

jamezr said:
just throw the ball...must have the ball

I got the same toy for my dog

Nspyr · Nov 27, 2020

Making Flan

DexBell · Nov 27, 2020

Just a reminder how important it is to shoot in RAW. Here is a JPEG and a RAW of a photo taken yesterday. As you can see, the RAW kept all the details in the flower I was able to bring back that the JPEG did not. Cannot wait for ProRAW to be released!

ToddH · Nov 27, 2020

DexBell said:
Just a reminder how important it is to shoot in RAW. Here is a JPEG and a RAW of a photo taken yesterday. As you can see, the RAW kept all the details in the flower I was able to bring back that the JPEG did not. Cannot wait for ProRAW to be released!

Yes! RAW is great. However jpeg photos can be processed just as well as long as you underexpose the highlights. There is enough dynamic range to lift shadows. RAW with the iPhone isn’t as good as the jpeg with computational photography (deep fusion & HDR3) especially with higher iso settings. I too am anxiously waiting for Apple proraw. I shoot jpeg 90% of the time with my iPhone. I underexpose and lift shadows. Great flower shot you have..

check my Instagram for more photos. @toddhphy

DexBell · Nov 27, 2020

ToddH said:
Yes! RAW is great. However jpeg photos can be processed just as well as long as you underexpose the highlights. There is enough dynamic range to lift shadows. RAW with the iPhone isn’t as good as the jpeg with computational photography (deep fusion & HDR3) especially with higher iso settings. I too am anxiously waiting for Apple proraw. I shoot jpeg 90% of the time with my iPhone. I underexpose and lift shadows. Great flower shot you have..
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check my Instagram for more photos. @toddhphy

Nah. I couldn't get that JPEG to match the RAW no matter how much editing I did. The details were simply not recorded the way they were with the DNG file, but that's not surprising. Id agree that for most shots, the JPEGs work ok as long as you can deal with the over-sharpening and loss of detail that HDR gives you. Using a 3rd party app like Halide or LR isnt for everyone, though, thankfully the ability to shoot RAW with the iPhone natively is only a few weeks away.

ToddH · Nov 27, 2020

DexBell said:
Nah. I couldn't get that JPEG to match the RAW no matter how much editing I did. The details were simply not recorded the way they were with the DNG file, but that's not surprising. Id agree that for most shots, the JPEGs work ok as long as you can deal with the over-sharpening and loss of detail that HDR gives you. Using a 3rd party app like Halide or LR isnt for everyone, though, thankfully the ability to shoot RAW with the iPhone natively is only a few weeks away.

Yeah I use Halide, it’s fantastic. But I’ve shot in raw and jpeg and I could not get rid of the noise in the raw file and the computational jpeg always looked better. I shoot raw on my Sony A7RIII bodies, that’s the best. But raw on iPhone has to be done with low ISO. Just randomly shooting things in the house at ISO 800 or so in raw at night with the lamps on don’t look as good a the jpeg with controlled highlights. I’m editing on my iPhone with Lightroom mobile. I haven’t taken the RAW image to my iMac yet. My editing skills with jpeg are good. I know RAW is always better but I haven’t been able to get one that looks better than my processed jpeg files. I’ve been a photographer since 1990 so I know what I’m doing just in case you are wondering. I need to test RAW outside with Halide. But so far with the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the deep fusion & smart hdr, I haven’t been able to beat it. Here is a properly exposed jpeg.