I have a 15 pro and an Olympus micro four thirds camera. The iPhone is impressive but it falls over in darker scenes and anything that requires zooming or cropping into a scene. The video is superb though. But at the end of the day best camera is the one you have with you. So the iPhone usually wins but times I wish I had my Oly that’s back home in its bag.
True! I tried some recordings today and I was stupidly amazed of How good it looked, I shot a clip and color graded it as much as I could using the iPhone editor on the gallery...and looked like I was watching a scene from a commercial, I was really blown away by that quality, to me it is the best feature of the iPhone 15 Pro
Great video. You should definitely try shooting in RAW and change the profile from Apple ProRaw to Adobe in Lightroom - the "HDR" effect will disappear and the photo looks more like it's from a pro camera. I would really appreciate it if you would provide RAW files for download like you provided for the iPhone 14. Thanks a lot!🖤
yes, apple always tried to balance a more "natural" highlight than others but people complain about not having dynamic range; but when you take a picture in ProRAW you see that they have the DR to make it better, but for me too much highlight recovery looks fake... but guess people like it
Okay but the “preference thing”… can’t you just lower the exposure to -1.0 or so and can’t you change the overall look to make it “more professional” with photographic styles? Because on my old iPhone 11 I notice I just needed to leave it at -1 or -1.5 to make it normal. Otherwise iPhone always over-exposes everything like hell
Have you tried shooting with a 3rd party app rather than apple's built in one? I get much better results and more control shooting directly in Lighroom or another app
@@lllIIlIllI most of the time I use Lightroom, especially when I wanna shoot RAW. What's nice about that is you can have your preset look applied as you shoot, and then they automatically save to your cloud storage (assuming you have a full adobe subscription)
I loved carrying my camera around until I had kids. I couldn’t lug their stuff around and the camera gear. Plus, I no longer have time to sit on Lightroom. So I remind myself with the iPhone, “it’s composition and lighting, not pixels.”
Quick question,would you say that the 24MP HEIF photo from iPhone 15 Pro is comparable to iPhone 14 Pro raw photo? Is there much of a difference in terms of HDR processing in between these two? 3:23
this comparision is needed, while doing 15x zoom is it only using main camera or main camera + telescope? because telescope lens uses only upto 5x, but how 15 x is better in 15 pro max than 15 pro, because both sensors are main sensors and using same camera and algorithm, if I am wrong please correct me any one. and every nX zoom need to be tested (1x, 2x,3x,4x, 4.9x, 5x,and all compare with pro model) and video zoom too, video zoom is same in both models. so compare them with stabilization. and every zoom level portrait edge and how the depth effect is. Test the zoom levels with text details where light is uneven/and even
The 28, 35, and 48mm crops you get from the 48MP sensor aren't 'digital crops'. They are lossless sensor crops in 24MP, which is the new default resolution of the primary camera (in 24, 28, 35, and 48mm).
It would be really interesting to get a folder with the original pics from the phone! Do you think you could share it with us? (Asked the same question on the Pixel 8 Pro video since I'm evaluating whether to buy a P8P or an iphone 15 pro)
Yeah so this is computational power. The iPhone would have been insanely blown out in this situation if its wasn’t for its AI taking multiple exposures and stitching them together instantly for you. Pretty mad.
@@Hhhh22222-w lol yeah organizing your pictures on your smartphone is easy if you take 50pictures I take 3000 a day. How are you suppose to do that without a pc? I have terabytes of puctures in my lightroom libery. How can you judge your pictures on a tiny phone screen? IMO u cant take pictures without a pc its just not practical at all sure the iphone takes great pictures (with the help of ai) but yiu will need to organzie and edit them on a big screen with unlimited storage space.
The 28mm/35mm modes on the new iPhone are not really digital zoom - since the sensor is 48MP and the output is 24MP, you're still using more pixels in the sensor than the output resolution. It's almost like an actual zoom lens, except you're changing the sensor size instead of the glass.
The level of detail I get with my canon r5 and 70-200 are night and day compared to the latest iPhone cameras. I upgraded from a XS and wasn’t super impressed with the images until I realized you had to turn on Raw Max in order to get the 48MP images. I can definitely tell there’s a significant improvement from the XS, but I agree that the pro cameras still take noticeably better photos, especially when there’s a clear subject like a person or a product or something like that. The detail and natural depth of field you get with the larger pro camera setup is still very much lacking on even the newest iPhones. I think it’s just a form factor issue. The more glass the better. I’m a little surprised they haven’t added an actual zoom lens (one that visibly protrudes while zooming in or out). Again, form factor comes into play. They want to keep these devices as thin as possible. Oh well, I’ve got my fancy camera for the really important shots.
You're absolutely right that the glass is something that these phones just can't compare to a full dslr/mirrorless lens setup. But even if you get one of those external lens add-ons for the iphone the biggest difference to a full pro camera is the sensor size. Since the larger the sensor the shallower depth of field, it's just never gonna have the same shallow DOF as those at the same focal length.
So do you recommend this phone? I do a lot of photography and I mainly use my iPhone 13 and have been thinking about getting a 15 pro max. I don't know if the difference with be huge.
@@skywind007 depends on the type of photography you do, but if you’re really into photography, I wouldn’t recommend any phone for that. I would recommend getting a full frame camera with multiple fixed and zoom lenses. More expensive, yes. Less convenient, yes. Better photos, 💯. That’s my opinion for what it’s worth. Using only an iPhone doesn’t make you a bad photographer. Using an iPhone also doesn’t mean that you’re not a real photographer. Heck, I’ve got a real camera and I wouldn’t consider myself a “real” photographer. If anything, shooting exclusively on an iPhone should make you an even better photographer. Having a “real” camera can be a crutch. However, if you ever do make the plunge and get an actual camera, you will definitely appreciate the difference in quality.
@@jtrenda333 I greatly appreciate the info. The grand issue I have with regular cameras is the fact that they can get unwanted attention in public. We've all seen those TH-cam and TikTok videos of cops approaching men about why they are recording in a public sidewalk. While you can stand your ground and stand up for your constitutional rights, it's never a level playing field when an armed policeman can perceive that you were "reaching into your pockets". That's why I have been gravitating towards phones, since someone calling 911 to report a man with a phone sounds a bit absurd. Thanks for the detailed video and prompt reply.
After seeing this amazing video, I've decided that the DSLR's/Mirrorless "professional" cameras will always be superior. Now, that iPhone is $1199 & the camera rig is $5,000. The iPhone is a phone with a ton of other used cases. Cameras will always win & I thought it was close to be honest. It's obvious which is the SONY A7IV and which was the iPhone. Great video.
$1000 handheld multi-purpose, long lasting battery device that fits in your pocket vs $5000 2kg hardware that needs mount + lenses and a carrying bag + probably PC/laptop to edit the images And you think the pro camera "won"?
Is there another way to prevent the iphone 15 pro from post processing the pictures and make them more natural except for shooting in raw? Like change settings or use another camera app?
I thought I would bring up, around 3:45 ish in the video you state that the Hief 48mp on the iPhone 15 pro is less sharp then the RAW mode on the 14 pro, and while this is true, there is a 48mp raw mode for the iPhone 15, so that sharpness can be achieved.
I wonder how the images would compare if you would use the "Rich Contrast" photographic style on your iPhone. Unfortunately, in most reviews, people don't even mention that these exist. In my opinion, this is a great way to get rid of that typical iPhone HDR look with boosted shadows.
Good video. I really like the new iPhone’s ability to take great photos in ideal lighting conditions. Glad that the gap (Smartphone cameras and professional cameras) is slowly getting closed. Nonetheless, the mirrorless / DSLRs are undergoing the same pace of rapid technological advancements as the smartphone photography. This means the gap will continue to remain 😊.
When I travel I have my iphone 10 MAX and my 2012 NIKON D3000. I really need to cut the cord of the huge camera as its such a pain to haul around. When I take pictures I take them to look at when I get home and also I like to print out 8x10 to hang on my wall. The pictures I take with the iphone and print out 8x10 turns out great. Even 12x18 long pics turn out great. Some people say printing out iPhone pics makes the prints distorted, but not in my experience. When I take 1000 pics on my Nikon is takes of about 3GB. Same amount of pics on my iphone takes of 25 gb?? Why is this. When I look at them both and print them both out they look the same. So I have hung onto my Nikon since it takes up so much less space on my 12 year old computer than the iphone pics. Is this a reason to continue to use my dinosaur Nikon?
i wonder if trying a photography app in iphone would change anything for you instead of doing apples automatic exposure and focus something like halide
nice video and all , but I find the shutter sound when switching photos to be disturbing a lot maybe you should lower the volume of it or just get rid of it completely, thanks
I think the main thing apple needs to fix across all iPhones specially the 15 Pros for this year is that super ugly inaccurate yellow tint that HDR applies to anything with white color on your photo, it’s been a totally unnecessary annoying thing that is really holding iPhone back from really showing its potential against the mirrorless cameras.
Not a good comaprison. He's matching the camera lensing to the Iphone. If he mount a eg. 50 or 100 mm f1.8 or 1.4 then there would be no comparisons at all. Quite misleading. Mirrorless and DSLR cameras have bigger sensors and lenses that cannot be replicated using tiny cell phone sensors. Sure AI in smartphones can do portrait blurs but it's not even close if you see a comparison with a real bokeh. Add to that all the manual controls you have on a pro camera. Anyway, different devices for different use case.
im recording a video 4k 60fps in 1x (main camera) then i zoom and automatically other camera with 5x kick in .. then i want to continue in 0.5 x camera .. all these without interupting video .. .. usually iphone 14 doest do that .. 14 do that only if y stop reconding then continue in cameras one by one .. stop record and so on
But are the file sizes better compared to Sony's Slog3 10bit 4:2:2 XAVC H or HS with a normal SD Card (not a CFExpess Type A card) ?? Like I really wanna know, Apple says 1 min of ProRes Log is around 6 GB so I am curious since I don't have a mirrorless yet. How would this 1 min footage compare to 1 min of Slog3 or S-cinetone
@@ItsTomRich I guess an a6700 might be a better investment for video and photo work then right?! Maybe it’s still too soon to use the iPhone as an EDC for workable file sizes💀
Idk it its my MacBook screen but can you tell me why it appears to me as if the moving shorts are animated like a shaky frame and not a smooth movement at 9:02 and even the city shot.. please can answer this query?
This is why I take a photographers advice on if an iPhone camera is good. Even big TH-camrs like MKBHD suck at taking photos and explaining them. lol Thanks for this!
Hello Brother, I would like buy an iPhone 15 pro for filmmaking (videography). How many hours can i expect battery life in the iPhone 15 pro. Can you please reply for this comment soon...?
professional cameras still has that "depth" that no smartphone can capture, don't know if it come from the lenses or what, but there's something there...
Well you could get similar results with a far cheaper mirrorless camera. He didn’t show anything real challenging scenarios that would have widen the margin
A phone camera is never going to be able to match the performance of the massively bigger lens and sensor size of a pro level camera. That being said they have pretty much wiped out the compact camera market and unless you really need pro level images they are more than capable for 90% of people
Actually phone cameras already do surpass dslr in most categories…. It’s just that people that spend ridiculous amounts of $$$ for “professional “ cameras need to justify their decisions against a much less expensive iPhone that can do the same thing but better.
The OVERSHARPENING on iPhones in standard Photo, Video Mode is a true Nighmare these days, Apple has to change that. ProRes Log is the way, finally fpr Video
does the 35mm dogital crop have optical features like lens compression of a real 35mm lens? also, can you shoot raw photos in 35mm mode? (or at of those other two digital crops for that matter) (edit: please mention these features in the full review if possible)
I think I can answer both of these. Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong. 1) No the 35mm iPhone shot will not have the same lens compression as a real 35mm lens, unless you shoot from slightly further away and frame your subject in the same way as the 24mm. Both images are 24MP by default but I think you can make them 12MP too. 2) I tested this cus I have a 15 Pro and it looks like you can shoot raw with any of the lenses 13 to 77mm. Only 48MP for the 24mm though.
@@whitenbald oh okay thanks, I was just wondering whats the actual benefits of that 35mm equivalent crop. because if you shoot 24mm raw photos you can just about crop it to any extent upto 2x and get good quality images.
@@rohan_4dr Yeah with raw I think you're right, it is just a crop, so no benefits really. The raw max size is 48MP for 24mm, 35MP for 28mm, and 24MP for 35mm.
@whitenbald is correct on both counts :) The 15 does let you shoot RAW in 35mm mode, but it essentially does nothing lol. So you’re best to shoot without, and compression is the same as the 24mm cos that’s the lens that’s actually shooting it
@@ItsTomRich I have a question... does a lower resolution and lower frame rate perform better in low light? In theory I imagine it could because you could capture more light between frames. The reason I am asking is I am going to northern Norway in a couple of weeks and if I'm lucky enough to see them I might try to video them as well as photograph. I'm specifically talking about the iPhone 15 Pro's main sensor here.
A lot of these phone camera reviews aren't that honest and clear enough for non tech people, they are good now but still phone quality, you can shoot log but it is in ProRes file which is impractically huge yet the quality is not consistent in all lighting, you can get a dedicated camera which can get lower file size yet still in log and get actual decent consistent cinematic quality and actually learn further in photo and videography, the phone cameras are for people's convenient and unwillingness to further their knowledge and just want to stay and overpaid in the hyped zone and don't leave the garden to explore the bigger worlds. All these capabilities in it are just to show and support developments of its future potentials than an actual current full replacement of dedicated tools, you can use it to do what it's marketed and thrilled and get new one each year for slightly improvement but in same time you are aging and missed out to use actual readily available dedicated camera to record your life in good scalable quality. Just get the base iPhone and use for as long as you could for phone stuffs and get a dedicated camera to widen your view in shootings plus you able to grow emotional attachment and appreciation to your devices that way too.
Why don't people talk about color science in Apple devices? why, when compared with Sony cameras (even old ones), their color is many times more pleasant and natural. On the iPhone, the colors in the photo have a green tint, a terrible HDR effect. as well as a complete absence of shadows. It looks disgusting. And this is the best mobile camera in the world? haha! any way thx for video
@@ItsTomRich I don’t mean it’s a new function. I mean it’s different. It doesn’t use the ultra wide lens anymore. Rather the other 2 lenses. You can do a 25X digital zoom as well.
Never shoot in a compressed format if you want to push the camera. My 48mp images on the 15 pro max are around 60 plus mb because I have to have the best quality.
Been watching your videos since a while now. I love your content but it gets very distracting very quickly when the shutter sound is over used. I'm sure it takes a while to edit in as well. Maybe we can do away with that? Beautiful comparison otherwise. Also, maybe some BGM? it balances out the audio and some gaps would be lovely been the talk track.
BGM is background music :) I love that you've got great community engagement. Just watched your Pixel 8 video and it's always a pleasure. I moved on from the bigger, tried and tested, established creators to you because your opinion is somehow subjective yet rational.
Great video. I think that there is no smartphone that could replace a professional camera and lenses setup, these are "day and night". Also, because of the sensor size and the insane low light capabilities of the sony a7siii, this is a "day and night" comparison - the real camera has a huge obvious advantage in low light and night photography. This particular phone, the IPHONE 15 pro max is very expensive, and has a relatively capable camera setup for a casual photography in good light, but...the phone is not, and NEVER will be a real camera, a real photography tool for a pro or an enthusiast photographer. And also I think that apsc camera, like a sony a6700 or a fuji xt5 with some good selection of the apsc lenses will beat the iphone (or any other phone) hands down. If I go for a trip and I want to capture those moments, I definitely will take my a6700 with lenses in my bag. It is no brainer
@@ItsTomRich Yes, untill 2 months ago I've had a very basic (nowadays) camera kit, the sony a6000 with a sony 50 f1.8, sony zeiss 16-70 f4 and a cheapy crapy sony 55-210 f4.5-6.3 lenses. I've upgraded the camera to a6700 and now the setup is simply superb. I really think that smartphone cameras have come a very long way till these days, but the sensor of the phone camera is tiny and not really capable of taking good photos in low light or at night. Yes, it's a hassle to take a camera bag with lenses to a casual work day or a nearby beach to take photos, the phone is much more handy, BUT...if I go for a trip, in the country or abroad, I definitely will take a real camera with me. What do you really think about it?
iPhone is for point-and-shoot with all the smart computational photography stuff. Professional camera is for professionals, that's it. Let's just edit some of the RAW files of the Sony (the way this camera's files should be used) and see which result is better... ;) :D
Overall you’re probably right - but you’d be surprised how much insane latitude apples computational control gives the iPhone. These shots on the Sony were edited to a standard sort of brightness and saturation- so not raw, but sometimes even a fully over-edited shot can’t match apples AI haha
In the end, the photographer--and not the camera--makes the picture great. i'll stick with my Canon 6D; 1400+ for a multi-purpose phone isn't worth it, to me.
Well, I personally think it’s a gigantic oversight by Apple to split the lenses in the Pro & Pro Max. I myself will use a 3X far more than a 5X so it’s great for me, but what about if you don’t want a larger phone and wanted the 5X? This is my actual phone, I’m still a small channel and don’t have budget to buy every single model like larger channels; so yeah, blame Apple lmao.
That is your opinion and it's fine, but my point is, a "professional camera guy" has not covered the biggest addition or change to the cameras, all personal opinions aside, you should had covered this. @@ItsTomRich
You're missing the point, if someone is putting the latest Iphone against a traditional camera and they do not include the only new additional lense that was added, there is almost no pint in doing the 15 Pro Max here, the new lense was left out of the comparison. @@siemworks7078
Love how this phone is being reviewed like it has brand new cameras. We now have info from breakdowns, and they are using the same exact cameras they have on the iPhone 14 pro max, just made the 3x lens 5x.
There are new software and camera features. And just like on professional camera systems that use the same lens and sensor on previous models, the updated versions will create different outcomes. So yes, they are ''new''.
@@perryvalton4245 ...is one solution, but be careful what you ask for, because reading 'between the lines', gives an outsider free reign to 'make things up' and attribute all kinds of negative connotations to you or your comment...(human nature unfortunately)...but okay brother, you kinda want people to be mind readers...all right.
The worst thing about iPhone in the last few years including with the new 15 Pros are the shit colours. Everything is this mushy yellowy-greenish tint that is hard to correct.
Quality is fine for a few years already but the colors are garbage. What setting should I use to make iPhone photos colors look like what was actually there? I.E.: more like what my eyes see.
Tons of iPhone vids on the way 🙌
Portland, JAMAICA in the Building!!!
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I can’t wait
@pt265 what headphones do you use?
I have a 15 pro and an Olympus micro four thirds camera. The iPhone is impressive but it falls over in darker scenes and anything that requires zooming or cropping into a scene. The video is superb though.
But at the end of the day best camera is the one you have with you. So the iPhone usually wins but times I wish I had my Oly that’s back home in its bag.
The ProRes log footage is game changing. It's unsettling how similar to the full frame it is.
It’s pretty mad isn’t it 🤣
True! I tried some recordings today and I was stupidly amazed of How good it looked, I shot a clip and color graded it as much as I could using the iPhone editor on the gallery...and looked like I was watching a scene from a commercial, I was really blown away by that quality, to me it is the best feature of the iPhone 15 Pro
Your reviews not only showcase the technical capabilities but also the artistic potential of each device through your stunning imagery. ❤
Great video. You should definitely try shooting in RAW and change the profile from Apple ProRaw to Adobe in Lightroom - the "HDR" effect will disappear and the photo looks more like it's from a pro camera. I would really appreciate it if you would provide RAW files for download like you provided for the iPhone 14. Thanks a lot!🖤
yes, apple always tried to balance a more "natural" highlight than others but people complain about not having dynamic range; but when you take a picture in ProRAW you see that they have the DR to make it better, but for me too much highlight recovery looks fake... but guess people like it
How should i do it?
Okay but the “preference thing”… can’t you just lower the exposure to -1.0 or so and can’t you change the overall look to make it “more professional” with photographic styles? Because on my old iPhone 11 I notice I just needed to leave it at -1 or -1.5 to make it normal. Otherwise iPhone always over-exposes everything like hell
i regret buying the 14 pro max. It overexposes everything
Have you tried shooting with a 3rd party app rather than apple's built in one? I get much better results and more control shooting directly in Lighroom or another app
@@radcraig what is the app that you use? I’d like to try it out too!
@@lllIIlIllI most of the time I use Lightroom, especially when I wanna shoot RAW. What's nice about that is you can have your preset look applied as you shoot, and then they automatically save to your cloud storage (assuming you have a full adobe subscription)
I loved carrying my camera around until I had kids. I couldn’t lug their stuff around and the camera gear. Plus, I no longer have time to sit on Lightroom. So I remind myself with the iPhone, “it’s composition and lighting, not pixels.”
Quick question,would you say that the 24MP HEIF photo from iPhone 15 Pro is comparable to iPhone 14 Pro raw photo? Is there much of a difference in terms of HDR processing in between these two? 3:23
this comparision is needed, while doing 15x zoom is it only using main camera or main camera + telescope? because telescope lens uses only upto 5x, but how 15 x is better in 15 pro max than 15 pro, because both sensors are main sensors and using same camera and algorithm, if I am wrong please correct me any one. and every nX zoom need to be tested (1x, 2x,3x,4x, 4.9x, 5x,and all compare with pro model)
and video zoom too, video zoom is same in both models. so compare them with stabilization.
and every zoom level portrait edge and how the depth effect is.
Test the zoom levels with text details where light is uneven/and even
The 28, 35, and 48mm crops you get from the 48MP sensor aren't 'digital crops'. They are lossless sensor crops in 24MP, which is the new default resolution of the primary camera (in 24, 28, 35, and 48mm).
Yep, digital crops
you can tell the cam b is the iphone, phones still have a lot of work to do with computational photography
It would be really interesting to get a folder with the original pics from the phone! Do you think you could share it with us? (Asked the same question on the Pixel 8 Pro video since I'm evaluating whether to buy a P8P or an iphone 15 pro)
Knew this video would be coming. It didn’t disappoint 😀
Thanks man 👏🏼🤌🏼
Incredible! What would you prefer, btw? 15pro 3x zoom or 16pro 5x?)
I actually prefer the 3X
Some of the shots where the sky was in the background, the iPhone gave better dynamic range which is just amazing to see.
Yeah so this is computational power. The iPhone would have been insanely blown out in this situation if its wasn’t for its AI taking multiple exposures and stitching them together instantly for you. Pretty mad.
@@ItsTomRich very true
You can do this manually on your pc easily
@@MrCGangstayou'd need a pc + camera to do what a handheld smartphone that fits in your pocket can do? Doesnt sound very "easily".
@@Hhhh22222-w lol yeah organizing your pictures on your smartphone is easy if you take 50pictures I take 3000 a day. How are you suppose to do that without a pc? I have terabytes of puctures in my lightroom libery. How can you judge your pictures on a tiny phone screen? IMO u cant take pictures without a pc its just not practical at all sure the iphone takes great pictures (with the help of ai) but yiu will need to organzie and edit them on a big screen with unlimited storage space.
The 28mm/35mm modes on the new iPhone are not really digital zoom - since the sensor is 48MP and the output is 24MP, you're still using more pixels in the sensor than the output resolution. It's almost like an actual zoom lens, except you're changing the sensor size instead of the glass.
Would it then make more sense to just always use the heif max setting to capture full 48mp and crop to taste later?
@@turn1p it's not cropping, it's pixel binning
The level of detail I get with my canon r5 and 70-200 are night and day compared to the latest iPhone cameras. I upgraded from a XS and wasn’t super impressed with the images until I realized you had to turn on Raw Max in order to get the 48MP images. I can definitely tell there’s a significant improvement from the XS, but I agree that the pro cameras still take noticeably better photos, especially when there’s a clear subject like a person or a product or something like that. The detail and natural depth of field you get with the larger pro camera setup is still very much lacking on even the newest iPhones. I think it’s just a form factor issue. The more glass the better. I’m a little surprised they haven’t added an actual zoom lens (one that visibly protrudes while zooming in or out). Again, form factor comes into play. They want to keep these devices as thin as possible. Oh well, I’ve got my fancy camera for the really important shots.
You're absolutely right that the glass is something that these phones just can't compare to a full dslr/mirrorless lens setup. But even if you get one of those external lens add-ons for the iphone the biggest difference to a full pro camera is the sensor size. Since the larger the sensor the shallower depth of field, it's just never gonna have the same shallow DOF as those at the same focal length.
So do you recommend this phone? I do a lot of photography and I mainly use my iPhone 13 and have been thinking about getting a 15 pro max. I don't know if the difference with be huge.
@skywind007 difference will be fairly good from standard 13 to 15 pro max
@@skywind007 depends on the type of photography you do, but if you’re really into photography, I wouldn’t recommend any phone for that. I would recommend getting a full frame camera with multiple fixed and zoom lenses. More expensive, yes. Less convenient, yes. Better photos, 💯. That’s my opinion for what it’s worth. Using only an iPhone doesn’t make you a bad photographer. Using an iPhone also doesn’t mean that you’re not a real photographer. Heck, I’ve got a real camera and I wouldn’t consider myself a “real” photographer. If anything, shooting exclusively on an iPhone should make you an even better photographer. Having a “real” camera can be a crutch. However, if you ever do make the plunge and get an actual camera, you will definitely appreciate the difference in quality.
@@jtrenda333 I greatly appreciate the info. The grand issue I have with regular cameras is the fact that they can get unwanted attention in public. We've all seen those TH-cam and TikTok videos of cops approaching men about why they are recording in a public sidewalk. While you can stand your ground and stand up for your constitutional rights, it's never a level playing field when an armed policeman can perceive that you were "reaching into your pockets". That's why I have been gravitating towards phones, since someone calling 911 to report a man with a phone sounds a bit absurd. Thanks for the detailed video and prompt reply.
0:56 you can tell this is the Sony - the clouds are blown out. 😂
After seeing this amazing video, I've decided that the DSLR's/Mirrorless "professional" cameras will always be superior. Now, that iPhone is $1199 & the camera rig is $5,000. The iPhone is a phone with a ton of other used cases. Cameras will always win & I thought it was close to be honest. It's obvious which is the SONY A7IV and which was the iPhone. Great video.
Thanks so much man glad you enjoyed 🙌🏻
$1000 handheld multi-purpose, long lasting battery device that fits in your pocket vs $5000 2kg hardware that needs mount + lenses and a carrying bag + probably PC/laptop to edit the images
And you think the pro camera "won"?
It’s crazy how similar the footage is to an expensive professional camera 🎥
Is there another way to prevent the iphone 15 pro from post processing the pictures and make them more natural except for shooting in raw? Like change settings or use another camera app?
Another app would probably do it, shooting in VSCO etc can yield different results but it differs
Great work. Would be cool to see the full RAW 48mp shots compared to the sony.
I will focus a lot on full raw shots in my full review :)
I thought I would bring up, around 3:45 ish in the video you state that the Hief 48mp on the iPhone 15 pro is less sharp then the RAW mode on the 14 pro, and while this is true, there is a 48mp raw mode for the iPhone 15, so that sharpness can be achieved.
I have the iPhone 14 pro max for holidays because of the size but for professional filming only my FX6 😅👍🏻🎥
Love the FX6! I owned one for a few months but didn’t get in with it for my style of filming, beast of a camera though
At 8:20 the man diference is the motion blur, phones can never replicate this as good as a pro camera.
Adding portrait unsharpness in post: is it only possible in HEIC Format or also in Raw?
I wonder how the images would compare if you would use the "Rich Contrast" photographic style on your iPhone. Unfortunately, in most reviews, people don't even mention that these exist. In my opinion, this is a great way to get rid of that typical iPhone HDR look with boosted shadows.
Good video. I really like the new iPhone’s ability to take great photos in ideal lighting conditions. Glad that the gap (Smartphone cameras and professional cameras) is slowly getting closed. Nonetheless, the mirrorless / DSLRs are undergoing the same pace of rapid technological advancements as the smartphone photography. This means the gap will continue to remain 😊.
The larger lens makes a difference. We'll see if Apple dares make a ridiculous phone with an oversized lens. I think it will work.
@@skywind007 totally. Let’s see if that is something Apple will dare to do.
When I travel I have my iphone 10 MAX and my 2012 NIKON D3000. I really need to cut the cord of the huge camera as its such a pain to haul around. When I take pictures I take them to look at when I get home and also I like to print out 8x10 to hang on my wall. The pictures I take with the iphone and print out 8x10 turns out great. Even 12x18 long pics turn out great. Some people say printing out iPhone pics makes the prints distorted, but not in my experience. When I take 1000 pics on my Nikon is takes of about 3GB. Same amount of pics on my iphone takes of 25 gb?? Why is this. When I look at them both and print them both out they look the same. So I have hung onto my Nikon since it takes up so much less space on my 12 year old computer than the iphone pics. Is this a reason to continue to use my dinosaur Nikon?
smartphone camera these days are incredible. Started filmmaking using smartphones. Looks like I want to go back.
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i wonder if trying a photography app in iphone would change anything for you instead of doing apples automatic exposure and focus something like halide
nice video and all , but I find the shutter sound when switching photos to be disturbing a lot maybe you should lower the volume of it or just get rid of it completely, thanks
Interesting - I’ll reduce it a bit next time thanks for the feedback :)
I think the main thing apple needs to fix across all iPhones specially the 15 Pros for this year is that super ugly inaccurate yellow tint that HDR applies to anything with white color on your photo, it’s been a totally unnecessary annoying thing that is really holding iPhone back from really showing its potential against the mirrorless cameras.
Agreed
I have no idea why smartphones do that. I have S22 ultra and it does that too. I think there is probably a scientific reason.
Isso na verdade é uma característica do iphone. Hoje se você ver uma foto vai saber que é de um iphone só por essa característica
Same on my android. I'm white as hell, and when I take a pic of my hands for example it makes me look like I have a tan.
theres a setting to turn off white point issues now
Not a good comaprison. He's matching the camera lensing to the Iphone. If he mount a eg. 50 or 100 mm f1.8 or 1.4 then there would be no comparisons at all. Quite misleading. Mirrorless and DSLR cameras have bigger sensors and lenses that cannot be replicated using tiny cell phone sensors. Sure AI in smartphones can do portrait blurs but it's not even close if you see a comparison with a real bokeh. Add to that all the manual controls you have on a pro camera. Anyway, different devices for different use case.
It wouldnt be fair otherwise, you need a mount+extra lenses just to take better pics than a smartphone that fits in your pocket?
I've watched your videos for the S24U and iphone 15 pro max. If you could only pick one, photo and video wise. Which phone would you choose?
Great question actually. I think iPhone as log video is just amazing
@@ItsTomRich I can see that. Even just auto mode, the videos iPhone can produce are great quality.
How about photos, which phone do you prefer?
can pro max record in 3 cameras at 4k 60 fps at the same video without interrupting recording ... or only in one camera
3 cameras? What do you mean
im recording a video 4k 60fps in 1x (main camera) then i zoom and automatically other camera with 5x kick in .. then i want to continue in 0.5 x camera .. all these without interupting video .. .. usually iphone 14 doest do that .. 14 do that only if y stop reconding then continue in cameras one by one .. stop record and so on
But are the file sizes better compared to Sony's Slog3 10bit 4:2:2 XAVC H or HS with a normal SD Card (not a CFExpess Type A card) ?? Like I really wanna know, Apple says 1 min of ProRes Log is around 6 GB so I am curious since I don't have a mirrorless yet. How would this 1 min footage compare to 1 min of Slog3 or S-cinetone
S log 3 is quite a lot smaller than this haha
@@ItsTomRich I guess an a6700 might be a better investment for video and photo work then right?! Maybe it’s still too soon to use the iPhone as an EDC for workable file sizes💀
@@akshat1232 yeah tbh it’s not hugely workable 😂🤣 overall a a6700 would be a better investment for purely camera stuff
how do you think the iphone would stack to a a7 iii? that only has 8bit color and 30fps 4k?
is there any reason to get a "cheap" mirrorless anymore?
Sensor size and depth is still the biggest difference tbh - can’t get the same depth of field etc or variation with a phone
Loved this video keep up the work bro 🔥
Idk it its my MacBook screen but can you tell me why it appears to me as if the moving shorts are animated like a shaky frame and not a smooth movement at 9:02 and even the city shot.. please can answer this query?
This is why I take a photographers advice on if an iPhone camera is good. Even big TH-camrs like MKBHD suck at taking photos and explaining them. lol Thanks for this!
Thanks man 🙌🏻
Hello Brother, I would like buy an iPhone 15 pro for filmmaking (videography). How many hours can i expect battery life in the iPhone 15 pro. Can you please reply for this comment soon...?
professional cameras still has that "depth" that no smartphone can capture, don't know if it come from the lenses or what, but there's something there...
Overall I agree, probably due to the sensor size
I guess for a $1000 phone it’s pretty good as compared to a $5000 pro DSLR
Well you could get similar results with a far cheaper mirrorless camera. He didn’t show anything real challenging scenarios that would have widen the margin
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@@bray2079 I agree
@@bray2079can a canon SL1 compete with it?
1:00 on the top of the screen it shows iPhone 14 Pro Ultrawide but you say its the iPhone 15 Pro
i wonder if the iPhone 14pro can get a software update and be able to shoot log video too 🤔
A phone camera is never going to be able to match the performance of the massively bigger lens and sensor size of a pro level camera.
That being said they have pretty much wiped out the compact camera market and unless you really need pro level images they are more than capable for 90% of people
This is a pretty accurate summary 🤣
Actually phone cameras already do surpass dslr in most categories…. It’s just that people that spend ridiculous amounts of $$$ for “professional “ cameras need to justify their decisions against a much less expensive iPhone that can do the same thing but better.
Now this is quality content! Good job Tom!
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The OVERSHARPENING on iPhones in standard Photo, Video Mode is a true Nighmare these days, Apple has to change that. ProRes Log is the way, finally fpr Video
does the 35mm dogital crop have optical features like lens compression of a real 35mm lens? also, can you shoot raw photos in 35mm mode? (or at of those other two digital crops for that matter)
(edit: please mention these features in the full review if possible)
I think I can answer both of these. Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
1) No the 35mm iPhone shot will not have the same lens compression as a real 35mm lens, unless you shoot from slightly further away and frame your subject in the same way as the 24mm. Both images are 24MP by default but I think you can make them 12MP too.
2) I tested this cus I have a 15 Pro and it looks like you can shoot raw with any of the lenses 13 to 77mm. Only 48MP for the 24mm though.
@@whitenbald oh okay thanks, I was just wondering whats the actual benefits of that 35mm equivalent crop. because if you shoot 24mm raw photos you can just about crop it to any extent upto 2x and get good quality images.
@@rohan_4dr Yeah with raw I think you're right, it is just a crop, so no benefits really. The raw max size is 48MP for 24mm, 35MP for 28mm, and 24MP for 35mm.
@whitenbald is correct on both counts :) The 15 does let you shoot RAW in 35mm mode, but it essentially does nothing lol. So you’re best to shoot without, and compression is the same as the 24mm cos that’s the lens that’s actually shooting it
@@ItsTomRich I have a question... does a lower resolution and lower frame rate perform better in low light? In theory I imagine it could because you could capture more light between frames. The reason I am asking is I am going to northern Norway in a couple of weeks and if I'm lucky enough to see them I might try to video them as well as photograph. I'm specifically talking about the iPhone 15 Pro's main sensor here.
helpful video
thanks!
7:21 Man, I was watching in 144p no joke and I realised that there was some difference in footage due to the continuous exposure adjustments.
A lot of these phone camera reviews aren't that honest and clear enough for non tech people, they are good now but still phone quality, you can shoot log but it is in ProRes file which is impractically huge yet the quality is not consistent in all lighting, you can get a dedicated camera which can get lower file size yet still in log and get actual decent consistent cinematic quality and actually learn further in photo and videography, the phone cameras are for people's convenient and unwillingness to further their knowledge and just want to stay and overpaid in the hyped zone and don't leave the garden to explore the bigger worlds. All these capabilities in it are just to show and support developments of its future potentials than an actual current full replacement of dedicated tools, you can use it to do what it's marketed and thrilled and get new one each year for slightly improvement but in same time you are aging and missed out to use actual readily available dedicated camera to record your life in good scalable quality. Just get the base iPhone and use for as long as you could for phone stuffs and get a dedicated camera to widen your view in shootings plus you able to grow emotional attachment and appreciation to your devices that way too.
How many gb do you choose iPhone 15pro
I got the 256gb
Do a comparison with the X100S brothaaaa
Why don't people talk about color science in Apple devices? why, when compared with Sony cameras (even old ones), their color is many times more pleasant and natural. On the iPhone, the colors in the photo have a green tint, a terrible HDR effect. as well as a complete absence of shadows. It looks disgusting. And this is the best mobile camera in the world? haha!
any way thx for video
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7:14 I did a double take when you said this was from the Sony, felt vindicated a few seconds later when you said it was actually from the iPhone haha
Haha 🤣
Always love the sony tone and its sharpness
Thx for testing
But pls Upload the Original files for Analyse. Thx
No one is talking about the new Macro function. I can take a picture of the pixel in my monitor.
New macro??? iPhone has had macro for a long time
@@ItsTomRich I don’t mean it’s a new function. I mean it’s different. It doesn’t use the ultra wide lens anymore. Rather the other 2 lenses. You can do a 25X digital zoom as well.
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Never shoot in a compressed format if you want to push the camera. My 48mp images on the 15 pro max are around 60 plus mb because I have to have the best quality.
Yeah, sure, but that is massively inconvenient 🤣
Did u faced any color shadding issue ???
Not that I noticed?
@@ItsTomRich I brought 15 pro blue just scared that anything happens then what to do just for that sake I asked ...thanks for the response
dont use log if you have no idea how to color grade it
Try iphone 15 pro max and use its 5x telephoto lense please
Been watching your videos since a while now. I love your content but it gets very distracting very quickly when the shutter sound is over used. I'm sure it takes a while to edit in as well. Maybe we can do away with that? Beautiful comparison otherwise. Also, maybe some BGM? it balances out the audio and some gaps would be lovely been the talk track.
What is BGM? Noted about the shutter sound I will reduce it a bit in the future :)
BGM is background music :) I love that you've got great community engagement. Just watched your Pixel 8 video and it's always a pleasure. I moved on from the bigger, tried and tested, established creators to you because your opinion is somehow subjective yet rational.
3:03 bro is having an ictus
Keep going ❤
Great video. I think that there is no smartphone that could replace a professional camera and lenses setup, these are "day and night". Also, because of the sensor size and the insane low light capabilities of the sony a7siii, this is a "day and night" comparison - the real camera has a huge obvious advantage in low light and night photography. This particular phone, the IPHONE 15 pro max is very expensive, and has a relatively capable camera setup for a casual photography in good light, but...the phone is not, and NEVER will be a real camera, a real photography tool for a pro or an enthusiast photographer. And also I think that apsc camera, like a sony a6700 or a fuji xt5 with some good selection of the apsc lenses will beat the iphone (or any other phone) hands down. If I go for a trip and I want to capture those moments, I definitely will take my a6700 with lenses in my bag. It is no brainer
It is indeed a no brainer overall :)
@@ItsTomRich Yes, untill 2 months ago I've had a very basic (nowadays) camera kit, the sony a6000 with a sony 50 f1.8, sony zeiss 16-70 f4 and a cheapy crapy sony 55-210 f4.5-6.3 lenses. I've upgraded the camera to a6700 and now the setup is simply superb. I really think that smartphone cameras have come a very long way till these days, but the sensor of the phone camera is tiny and not really capable of taking good photos in low light or at night. Yes, it's a hassle to take a camera bag with lenses to a casual work day or a nearby beach to take photos, the phone is much more handy, BUT...if I go for a trip, in the country or abroad, I definitely will take a real camera with me. What do you really think about it?
I don’t care what anyone tells you “high eff” is the best way to pronounce hief
iPhone is for point-and-shoot with all the smart computational photography stuff. Professional camera is for professionals, that's it. Let's just edit some of the RAW files of the Sony (the way this camera's files should be used) and see which result is better... ;) :D
Overall you’re probably right - but you’d be surprised how much insane latitude apples computational control gives the iPhone. These shots on the Sony were edited to a standard sort of brightness and saturation- so not raw, but sometimes even a fully over-edited shot can’t match apples AI haha
@@ItsTomRichEven Apple is using the Sony camera sensor 😂
My friend said to me that when customer want a video of a wedding and say my friend is expensive he say look for cheaper iphone videographer.
i suspected when you said that log footage was from sony beacuse of the exposure transition to bright part. I was like waitttt a second.
Hahaha
In the end, the photographer--and not the camera--makes the picture great. i'll stick with my Canon 6D; 1400+ for a multi-purpose phone isn't worth it, to me.
why nobody does iphone vs $1000 camera (including lens)... more fair
iPhone XX Pro max or Galaxy SX Ultra or anything will NEVER ever be able to beat a proper camera.
It's goddamn fact.
Trying really hard to make the a7 sound good lol but most of the picture for real I rather pick the pixel
I remember people saying years ago phones would never match DSLRs. I knew they were wrong but it's nice to be vindicated haha.
They still are a long way off in regard to certain things, but they’re getting closer and closer all the time :)
Try shooting in low light. He kept it mostly to ideal conditions
Take away perfect lighting and stability and smartphones still fall apart, unfortunately.
@@danispringeryes, theres a certain look with a real camera just like with film
15 Pro max vs dslr
Seems to me, that a Ricoh gr iii beat all your equipment. Not video indeed
0:59 15*
lol whoops
Can drop a dslr😂 interesting iPhone features though
What is "professional" anymore? The day will come when even people will give up bulky cameras.
Do you think it is possible in mobile phones to give full frame sensor?
If no than how it is possible to compete with the professional cameras?
Don't get me wrong, you don't need a $5,000 camera in order to surpass iPhone 15 😄 A camera for a third of the iPhone's price can do it 😄
So you’re not covering the biggest addition to the camera ? Telephoto 5x riiiiiiiggt
Well, I personally think it’s a gigantic oversight by Apple to split the lenses in the Pro & Pro Max. I myself will use a 3X far more than a 5X so it’s great for me, but what about if you don’t want a larger phone and wanted the 5X? This is my actual phone, I’m still a small channel and don’t have budget to buy every single model like larger channels; so yeah, blame Apple lmao.
That is your opinion and it's fine, but my point is, a "professional camera guy" has not covered the biggest addition or change to the cameras, all personal opinions aside, you should had covered this. @@ItsTomRich
Nah. He did good. The 3x lens is the best lens. 120mm is fun for the concert peeps. A good photographer is just happy with a normaal focal lengte.
You're missing the point, if someone is putting the latest Iphone against a traditional camera and they do not include the only new additional lense that was added, there is almost no pint in doing the 15 Pro Max here, the new lense was left out of the comparison. @@siemworks7078
Exactly the video we were searching for to decide if the iPhone 15 Pro Max is worth it. 😍
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You look like Rashford😂❤
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Love how this phone is being reviewed like it has brand new cameras. We now have info from breakdowns, and they are using the same exact cameras they have on the iPhone 14 pro max, just made the 3x lens 5x.
There are new software and camera features. And just like on professional camera systems that use the same lens and sensor on previous models, the updated versions will create different outcomes. So yes, they are ''new''.
You should have got the pro max. I think the max is the only one that has the 5x zoom lense
Too big for me lmao
Huge oversight imo that they give a different lens to a larger size phone 🙃
Nah, camera did almost perfect job at keeping things interesting, by showing it's actual beauty, where iphone was merely pretending.
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There are mad people in this world who excessively feels that they have something to to always prove.
Since you feel no need to elaborate in your comment, you're really just talking to yourself.
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@@reliableandrew Read between the lines.
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...is one solution, but be careful what you ask for, because reading 'between the lines', gives an outsider free reign to 'make things up' and attribute all kinds of negative connotations to you or your comment...(human nature unfortunately)...but okay brother, you kinda want people to be mind readers...all right.
Try them both in football match😅
Let's do this with pixel 8 pro 🤘
The worst thing about iPhone in the last few years including with the new 15 Pros are the shit colours. Everything is this mushy yellowy-greenish tint that is hard to correct.
This is not a fair comparison - Sony SLRs are crap.
Lmfao 😂 they’re definitely not
Quality is fine for a few years already but the colors are garbage. What setting should I use to make iPhone photos colors look like what was actually there? I.E.: more like what my eyes see.
Should I sell my cannon 750d and upgrade my iPhone 12?!