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Jussy13

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TL24

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O honestly did not think I’d be impressed with the camera for this years iPhone but man, Smart HDR 5 has been so good.

That was my biggest complaint with previous iPhones, blown out highlights and crushed shadows. So so glad Apple fixed this with Smart HDR 5 🙌
 

schnitzel-pretzel

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Nov 28, 2023
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I swear the exposure stacking looks worse than it used to. iPhone X and XS manage to merge exposures without looking like the subjects are stickers that are placed on the photo.

I think the main difference is that the previous versions of Smart HDR in the X, XS and 11 all took 1 or 2 exposures and merged them using light metering as the metric, i.e. if you took a photo that included a bright sky and a darker ground it would take 2 exposures and merge them where the sky meets the ground. However newer "Smart HDR" tries to make sure that people are exposed brightly, which means it stitches in brighter exposures for subjects of the photo, making the photo appear unnatural.
 

schnitzel-pretzel

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Nov 28, 2023
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5x, ProRAW & Lightroom

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Sunset, 1.5x camera
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ProRAW plus Lightroom edits is definitely how the 15P and PM get their best photos. This is a beautiful shot with lots of dynamic range, but the trees and ground don't have the typical "halos" you see around other smart HDR shots, because ProRAW does less of that and in LR you can turn down the sharpening
 
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ToddH

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ProRAW plus Lightroom edits is definitely how the 15P and PM get their best photos. This is a beautiful shot with lots of dynamic range, but the trees and ground don't have the typical "halos" you see around other smart HDR shots, because ProRAW does less of that and in LR you can turn down the sharpening
Yes… and thank you.
 
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