the camera is certainly not awful. it has some serious HDR and shadowing issues but overall it is a very good camera. It does have weaknesses that won't be fixed with software updates.
Yea, let me pull out the CPL filters i keep in my back pocket all the time to fix all of my device‘s shortcomings and then spend even more time in Lightroom fixing things in post…
Fwiw, since the latest 15.6? update, Halide has been flawless for me. It was a nightmare before with pics not saving correctly.
Yeah it still has issues for me, it will do the the image rescue but it's a bit of a pain to have to do that all the time. I could probably do a reset and restore on my phone which might fix it but I think I'll just pick up a 14 pro if the camera is a big enough upgrade.
Well that’s the type of photographer I am. I don’t shoot jpeg with my high end Sony A7RIII, I shoot raw. Why would it be any different for the iPhone? I want the best results possible. I’m not going to settle for the jpeg images that my iPhone puts out, I want higher quality. I’m sorry you don’t have the desire to push yourself or go through the extra effort to get the best quality from your iPhone and edit your shots… I get it if your not a photographer or don’t have the full understanding of what it takes to create a great photo. But don’t play the victim card here and blame the iPhone for bad photos. The camera is a tool. You are in control of your camera, it doesn’t control you… maybe it does, I don’t know. My point is, you get out of it what you put into it, that goes for everyone with anything. I’d like to see how many of you react, respond, & complain to shooting and understanding film. That’s a whole different ball of wax, that’s what I started with before digital came along. Today’s generation of menials wants everything handed to them instead of working hard for the results. Do you have a DSLR? If so do you only shoot jpeg with it? If you shoot raw with a DSLR, you should also shoot raw with the iPhone. Stop expecting raw quality from jpeg files directly from the camera. It’s not going to happen.
At this topic we discuss about unedited iphone photos, and the result at iphone 13 pro is awful compared to previous iphones. You are offtopic as always.
Isn't this a different argument though? I came here because the photos on my 13 were much more processed than my X. Just straight, point and shoot photos. No lightroom, no post processing just the photographs.
OK I understand that. However whenever there’s more options available to make your photos look better, why aren’t people pursuing that? Is it just because the lack of desire or lack of know how, lack of time? look I get it, not everybody is a skilled photographer and truthfully not everybody wants to be. But seeing everyone constantly complaining about the image quality of the iPhone 13 pro camera and knowing that there’s other options available to make the photos better, it’s quite annoying. I joined this forum because of my passion of photography and talking about it brings me joy. I like helping people with it and I want to help people understand and learn. However that has not been well received for whatever reason.
It doesn’t matter. You’re complaining about the image quality of the phone camera knowing that there’s other options out there to improve the performance and not doing anything about it is just annoying. it’s like you enjoy complaining. I’m guessing that you enjoy photography but not willing to push yourself further to enjoy it more by exploring other options. It reminds me of the definition of insanity which is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Sitting around waiting for Apple to somehow fix what do you think is wrong with the camera instead of pursuing and looking at other options to turn your photography angst into joy is what should be taking place. In other words instead of complaining maybe you should educate yourself with other options.
I definitely think you've opened up people's eyes to the possibilities of using other apps to get some very impressive images.
It’s rude IMO to keep coming into this thread and admonishing people for “complaining” because they’re not following your (off-topic) advice. You have very accurately deduced that not everyone wants to shoot raw, and your insults will not likely motivate them to do do.
How many posts should I have as a new member?
My off topic advice is supposed to introduce new info and ideas, if you don’t follow or pursue the info provided then you aren’t willing to try and that’s on you. That’s how I feel about it. Why not try new apps and focus on getting better photos? What’s wrong with that? I definitely don’t like remaining stagnant and settling for only one camera format / option or for just raising the camera and just pressing the button… Do you know how many people I talk to about the iPhone camera that have no idea how to properly use it? More than I can count.
Correct.
And at the end I think they were not telling any lies. I think (subjectively) that the camera is the best in an iPhone ever… it is the Apple imposed post-processing that is the problem.
