the problem with Apple, Samsung and Google are that they're stuck in the pre 2020 HDR era, where sensors were smaller and computational photography was needed. Their pictures looks way over processed now, digital, while pictures from Chinese phones are organic, have soul, and look like they were taken with professional cameras.
The point about brightness I agree with 100%, my iPhone 15 loves to have very highly exposed videos and images, you get used to it but then see a shot from another camera and realise how biased it is to overexposing.
@@ThroughJermainesLens Yeah, and with HDR images it causes the images to appear exceptional bright on HDR displays. When you compare a well graded HDR image (such as a movie like Dune Part 2) to the overly bright iPhone footage you realise most people dislike HDR images/video simply because the iPhone abuses that ability to make the image extra bright, whereas properly graded footage looks amazing when the extra bright highlights are used only for actually bright parts of the image.
Will probably never get an iPhone but I do like their colours. The colours come out more natural than most phones especially for greenery. Currently use Xiaomi which always oversaturates the colours especially greens. They really need an upgrade to their ultrawide though. It's weak for a flagship
Lmao ,finally. This is my exact reaction whenever my partner or siblings say that iphones have better cameras. I'm an android user and they are of course die hard apple fans, I don't get it is it just preference? I even compared my partner's ip15 vs my older pixel 4a5g. Both delivered good results ,the iphones photos was warmer and the pixel was more natural, but guess what she still preferred the 15's lmao.
Same, my Apple fanboy friend showed off photos taken from his iphone to me but I was not impressed at all.. my RedMagic can shoot better photos than his iphone. I feel sorry for him lol 😆
I mean sure part is preference, but some shots there is no preference to be had, with just a verrryy poor result look straight out of a cheap oukitel phone from years ago in terms of colours and depth, like why would you want that!?
Hahaha 😂😂😂😂 you're not alone.....like I often say, Apple doesn't necessarily have great products, they have great marketing. Beyond preferences, they seem to have a way of making their "fans" believe that what they have to offer them is the best😂😂😂.
Oh they are on something for sure!!! And weirdly.... I have no idea why, but I got that mail in from them about where it lands... I am pretty sure I never subbed to them or anything about their scores because... no thanks.
Honestly the photos look like they are taken from my Xperia 1ii, colors are raw flat. The difference is the iPhone has sharpening but my Xperia1ii doesn't have sharpening at all. While using Xperia it is a pain to edit all the photos I took to add extra vibrance and adjust the highlights.
That's a great video, Jermaine! And pretty much confirms my thoughts about this device. It's doing an ok job in perfect lightning conditions, but in anything even SLIGHTLY less than perfect, it falls apart.
I've gotten some pretty awesome photos from my 16 PM. I'm not sayig they've all been awesome i shoot duds at ttime but overall i'm 100% satisfied with camera performance. Photographic Styles have taken it up a notch for me
The photographic style could be saved and you just need to set it once in the setting😅if you want the more contrasting look it's literally just two clicks
Regarding the live photos. They are actually really useful with kids. You can get out a picture of those which sometimes is more fitting. Also some videos will be created automatically from (example) your vacation or something like that. Nothing for a pro but definitely for a casual.
Good to hear it from a different perspective!!! Of course for me that isn't a situation I think about at all because I am just a single dude with not kids or anything hahaha. So good to hear a different perspective! Thank you!
Have to agree with others that Live Photos are amazing with young kids or pets. You get a little Burt’s of life when you hold down on every photo, that will one day be super precious to a parent when their kid is an annoying teenager!! But I guess you need a Mac with the photos app. These files are not .mov files. They are HEIC. Also if you don’t like the over sharpened and processed look, set your iPhone to shoot RAW files. Then you can expose them any way you want in your PC. As an American I found your video interesting as we don’t have any Chinese branded phones in the USA.
Flat, underwhelming, just fine, it's just fine, it's an iPhone shot. The 5x is solid. A lot of times I hear people say that you can fix the photos in post, but which regular person does that? Another thing I don't like is the night mode, I have an IPhone myself, and I don't like how oversharpened the images come out.
no regular person realisticly does that apart from maybe instagram filters realisticly. For night or low light, it has this weird: Sharpen effect, but at the same time trying to soften the sharpening that makes the noise more noticeable.. it's weird.
That wasn't what I expected. Very much looking forward to your comparisons of the iPhone to other phones. I never used a flagship phone before so I always had to add "character" to pictures that I've taken on my smartphone. I didn't think it would apply to the iPhone.
With a bit of minimal effort you can apply phtographic styles with more contrast. The flat look is a good base for further editing, and - in case of Raw format - lends itself perfectly to any kind of post processing. But the main poing of course being: Who wants to use a different phone than an iPhone? I'd not switch to another phone for free, because I absolutely love the interaction between my Apple devices. No other system offers this. When you want excellent photo quality, any real camera gives it.
Any real camera gives it? Any real camera doesn't have that POOR POOR ultra wide, with a lot of noise, where in low light shots can become unusable. Editing or not, the performance on the phone in auto should be solid, it isn't, and most shoot auto...
Seeing this while knowing how my wife's 13 pro max performs, I'm not surprised at all. I actually called the 13 pro max the WORST smartphone camera system I have ever seen/used and my wife agrees as well, she barely uses the cameras for photos, only for videos. I was hoping the 16 pro max will improve things as she plans to upgrade to it, but it just looks like the same old overprocessed and oversharpened crap like they always do
I am suprised! I always see everyone blowing the iPhones up and saying how amazing the camera is, but so far... yikes!!! I feel like if I want to get really good shots that can even remotly get close to what a Xiaomi or vivo do easily is by editing and REALLY helping it out with the pro mode for instance, because auto is just very poor!
My wife has had most iPhones and she is happy with the camera, but she doesn't get creative, although she should as she has a good eye. It is just a camera for people who think a point and shoot camera is as good as an expensive DSLR for them. She never edits images or looks at an image in any depth. It is a camera for someone who will not buy or had not owned a higher spec camera either DSLR or a prosumer compact camera.
To turn off live photo permanently. Go to camera > preserve settings> check live photo Now open camera app > disable live photo. Now camera will remember that settings and it will never turn that on until u turn on again.
yeah hopefully, I probably going outside in a bit to work with the Oppo Find X7 Ultra, then later in the evening low light photography with all of them.
tips: you should use photographic style and set the tone down to around -80 and up the colors to +40. save it and every photos later on will not be that “flat” anymore. the HDR-ish look has already been criticized by quite a few people, and Apple decided to let you adjust the look with Photographic Style.
but why should a person do so much work for every single photo they are taking... cuz the photographic style control doesn't work the same for all situations so u need to adjust it most of the times and it's annoying this pictures doesn't even have a character and are extremely flat tbh I was never impressed by iPhone's pictures and this one also did disappointed me although videos are still comparably best in iphones
@@shom6744 the common problem here is as Jermaine showed: too much HDR and flat colors. Adjusting the Tone Mapping down and bump the colors up will only affect those two things and wont affect anything else, and it will work for every single photos you take from now on.
Thank you for the tip! Appriciate it, shame that this iphone needs that kind of help to get there. But if you make that style can you tell me how? I am verrryyy new to iPhone and first time using one, and if I make it I assume I can somehow make it the default right?
I personally have never ever had a jittery zoom on iphone and dont think any brand in the world does better and i have owned many of them. I think youre being a bit harsh in this review but good video. Also portraits are amazing with really good edge detection. And the 24mp default is definitely better than the 12mp of the competition. But ofcourse everyone has their own opinion and i understand you from a photographers standpoint.👍🏻
Hi i appreciate this fine review what id like to know is the 16 pro camera system is it better thsn the nubia Z60 ultra camera system that tou gave a lot of praise to??I have both
Yup as expected, just like s24 ultra there's no feel into it.. Xiaomi and Vivo, their cameras have that style inside them that make the photos feel like they're taken from a professional camera. the iPhone and Samsung.. look like just a regular over sharpened phone photos. Good phone photos.. but phone photos.
I would recommend including some more challenging scenarios when reviewing phones. There are some Russian reviers that do an excellent job at showing portraits in low light or photos with strong LED lights in the background and even simple zoom shots in difficult and harsh light. I have a friend who has an iPhone 15 Pro Max and when I compare it to my VIVO x100Pro in this kind of scenarios, it completely falls apart. My friend is fuming and cannot understand why his pictures are so bad. I tried to explain what a 1inch sensor is and other things, but he still defends Apple.
yeah these weren't crazy challenging situations, only a few where you can say, a big difference between shadow and a bright background, but it honestly isn't that hard for a lot of phones.... Yet here... Apple fails hard.
Apple reduced the black crush slightly on the 16s. They've generally taken "flat" photos for a while. I'm not a fan of the over processing on the iPhone's and Samsung's.
Have to agree with others that Live Photos are amazing with young kids or pets. You get a little Burt’s of life when you hold down on every photo, that will one day be super precious to a parent when their kid is an annoying teenager!! But I guess you need a Mac with the photos app. These files are not .mov files. They are HEIC. Also if you don’t like the over sharpened and processed look, set your iPhone to shoot RAW files. Then you can expose them any way you want in your PC. As an American I found your video interesting as we don’t have any Chinese branded phones in the USA.
@@42bill live photo fair, i of course never seen in in that sense. But for RAW sure. But many people do not shoot RAW. Heck with needing to go in to settings to even have that possibly which is weird why you do not have that by default on, i doubt many know they have set option And for the sharpening the problem is that it creates genuine issues on the shots. In low light and on the ultra wide it can do a lot of harm to the image.
@@ThroughJermainesLens Well, most people should not use RAW. Every image is around 26MB in that case, instead of just maybe 3 or 4 MB. Also with RAW the images will look dull and bad before processing. It’s really just for pros. And how can you live without Live Photos?? Your pictures of your cat do not "meow" at you when you click them? LOL. I agree that in your video, most of your images look flat and way over-sharpened. Something is strange here, as none of my own iPhone images look this bad. I just used my iPhone and my Canon DSLR at a wedding last weekend, and most of the time I have to zoom in really far, or look in the info, to tell if I shot an image with my iPhone or with my $3500 camera. Also my default iPhone cameras are always oversaturated, while yours are sometimes desaturated. Something seems strange with your iPhone. Have you watched some other TH-cam comparisons from other photographers? Most are concluding the iPhone is very close to the other top phones like Samsung/pixel.
The last good iphone was the one build by the dutch company aka asml. they were far better in cameras quality and zoom than the ones today. i mean the 11 and 12 were the peak
@@ThroughJermainesLens I'm saying this because that's my company xD. If you compare 11 to 16 zoom and quality photo, the 11 and 12 beat anything above the 12 and even more the 16
Hi, didn't know if you'd read this but this is a general concern, I'm trying to get a new Xiaomi phone, and I have to choose between the 11 Ultra or 13T pro, then I just saw that the 14T pro just came out, I'd love the newer phone with the better chip but the camera is the main priority, so I just want to ask if you ever see this which one i should pick. Thanks and I love your vids by the way.
mmmm so I cannot judge the 14T, I think the 13T will now have a discount? So that could be a great offer, or maybe a Xiaomi 13 pro!? That would be a great choice!!!
The iPhone 16 Pro in cameras is not the best for me Xiaomi 14 Ultra surpasses this but I thought the new iPhone 16 could have good cameras but nothing better than what Chinese brands do in cameras
Oh i am not a fan of the S24 Ultra at all... I tried it as well, and image look very blend and artificial. Some improvements where made later on, but still nothing great.
It seems to me Apple decided to go the exact opposite of Samsung. Where Samsung oversaturates everything, Apple desaturares too much. I prefer to get a desaturated photo than an oversaturated one 'cause it's easier to fix, but for over 1000€ I should NOT need to be worried about fixing images after shooting.
Hi! Now can you make a comparison video between xperia 1 VI and iphone 16 pro? I have an xperia 1 VI and an iphone 15 pro max and I really want a comparison between them and the ability to take photos and video! At the moment, there are no updates on the new iPhone either, usually the camera gets a little better after the updates, so we'll see when the updates come. My 15 pro max doesn't take such overexposed pictures or videos, maybe the 16 pro cameras haven't been properly updated yet. Thank you for this video!
I will see what i can do comparing it to the Sony, i am a bit slammed with comparisons I have to make hahaha 🤣 and they normally are around 30 minutes so a lot of editing and looking at the shots and creating a narration haha so give me time. Hope i can keep it long enough that Sony because they probably want it back soon
@@ThroughJermainesLens If you can't or it's difficult to make an xperia 1 VI, then there's no pressure. Everything is fine even if you don't make it and can't do it. I just had this feeling, watching your iPhone video, listening to it, that now that you have an iPhone, maybe you can make such a comparison and or a small video about these two phones. Thank you!
Bagi penggunanya, iphone unggul dalam hal perpindahan lensa yang halus daripada android, dan hanya itu saja yang sering disombongkan. Saya tidak paham, mengapa pengguna iphone hanya mengenal perpindahan lensa saja?
Who’s going to take the word of a dude who has a 100 android videos and like 2 Apple videos😂😂Biased much…..Ill stick to people who do reviews equally not lopsided
oh because image having a shit ton of noise overexposure issues, and in low light with the ultra wide is every now and then simply unusable... yeah that's my BIAS that's not the product being bad, that is my bias. Nothing technically wrong with it at all.... suureeeeee
Arun is one youtuber who is most biased reviewer of iPhones ever. He claims the iPhone 16 pro Max camera is the best camera he has used on any smartphone. Even with his review with the S24 ultra claiming the 48 megapixel high res pics on the iPhone is better than 200mp high res pics on the S24 ultra when clearly it wasn't the case. He says the flat look and overexposed is the best among the balanced shot on the s24 ultra. His comparison was painful to watch when what you actually see is different from what I was seeing.
@@ThroughJermainesLens I might get to investigate if that’s a thing. Besides of that I now know why sometimes I get good looking shots and in difficult conditions, like taking a picture of the moon, my 13pro is so bad that I wish I had my iPhone 8 Plus back: inconsistency, like you said and maybe software based downgrades over the years to make people buy a newer model. But that’s just a feeling, no proofs here :)
Bit disappointed you are judging it as a photographer, but decided against using the raw format. Its a very different story when raw files and lightroom are involved.
@@highfidelityart first impressions, and on youtube you cannot put RAW files, they are very compressed. And also auto photography has to be judged, you cannot say: well this phone is shit in auto, but fine in RAW, when most people will not toutch RAW even more so on an iPhone
@@ThroughJermainesLens I'm with you when it comes to the average user who just wants to take their everyday photos, but the title of your video says you are judging it as a photographer. I honestly dont know any photographers who dont shoot raw and edit. Again, as a review for the average person its a fine review.
@@highfidelityart photography isn't about raw, it is about jpg. That is way to shallow to look at it like that. Just like saying you must edit your pictures for it to be proper photography. Also I am a photographer, but that doesn't mean I should just do RAW and now showcase how auto will do from a photographers point of view. Auto mode matters, even more so on a phone.
Looking at these samples it just does not feel right...even for an older iphone, yet alone new model. Maybe they screwed up something in the software. In any case it looks bad to me.
That's what i am saying, if this is suppose to be the best... it's really bad... Sure it can take fine pictures like showcasing in cases, but if you just make it a tad more difficult it starts to struggle with mostly the Ultra wide just being horrible!
So, what is the best camera phone of the year? I have no budget limits; I just want the best for photos and videos. What should I get? I need to change my phone right now, and the answer will determine my purchase. I’m coming from a OnePlus 12, and it’s a great phone. Everything about it is really enjoyable, even visually-it’s super comfortable on the eyes. However, I find the camera quality to be rather average. What’s better than that in terms of photography? Maybe Vivo X100 pro , I don’t know
The lot of praises you hear of are the scripted reviews out there. The big TH-camrs that have the phone sent to them can't even give an honest review. And I hate it when they write in the caption " Honest review". Even when you know it's bad, they keep saying it the best camera on any phone
Yeah I really feel like I am being lead to believe it is good while it simply isn't... I really do not get it.. I will test it more, maybe somehow magic will happen at some point.
this comparison photo of the boat with Xiaomi 14 u was like night & day in photography 🙏 iphone style is so boring dull & flat lacking depth and contrast ,,
yes? So? You seem to think you must shoot raw to be a photographer, which is a dumb take from the get go. Not to mention that doing editing and shooting RAW would mean I wouldn't show what Auto does AT ALL! So people who shoot without shooting RAW and editing won't even know what this can do or cannot.
@@ThroughJermainesLens I hear you I’ve just done very good pics with bad or so called bad phones or cameras as some tech enthusiasts would have you believe but I used the proper rules of taking pics and edited and they turned out great so you missed me with that one lol I do like these cameras on the iPhone and they’ve done a great job all depending on HOW you take the pics but I get it you want content so do what you have to do young man
this is not about content what so ever. If I buy a phone I want it to perform well, this didn't With the standing out part being the ultra wide with a really poor performance, and a very artificial look and huge exposure balance problems! That is just how it is... No I have no toutch Pro mode as of yet, that I always leave for a longer use, hence why i say first impressions.
yeah... i am confused on why Apple is rated high if this is the best they can do? I know how to take pictures, sure not a crazy pro level, but still! This is just below par, I keep feeling like I am missing something and that is simply because I was often lead to believe iphones take amazing pictures...
So I will be replying a bit late to comments, working hard on shooting outside for comparisons! Stay tuned!
the problem with Apple, Samsung and Google are that they're stuck in the pre 2020 HDR era, where sensors were smaller and computational photography was needed. Their pictures looks way over processed now, digital, while pictures from Chinese phones are organic, have soul, and look like they were taken with professional cameras.
So true!
very true!!!!
And soul in shots is so important for me!
@@kb24theMVP next year Xiaomi 15 Ultra and vivo x 200 Ultra will be absolutely the best camera phone to date.
The problem is the average consumer loves that look.
Need iphone 16 pro vs XIAOMI 14 Ultra camera comparison ♥️
will come :)
Xiaomi 14 Ultra will beat iphone 16 pro max bad.
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The point about brightness I agree with 100%, my iPhone 15 loves to have very highly exposed videos and images, you get used to it but then see a shot from another camera and realise how biased it is to overexposing.
yeah, and it can really damage the image, even more so that ultra wide because pfff
@@ThroughJermainesLens Yeah, and with HDR images it causes the images to appear exceptional bright on HDR displays. When you compare a well graded HDR image (such as a movie like Dune Part 2) to the overly bright iPhone footage you realise most people dislike HDR images/video simply because the iPhone abuses that ability to make the image extra bright, whereas properly graded footage looks amazing when the extra bright highlights are used only for actually bright parts of the image.
Please make a video comparison between Xiaomi 14 Ultra and iPhone 16 pro Max and Vivo X100 Ultra
Will be the regular Pro;) but yes they will be compared
I am reviewing the iPhone 16 Pro and comparing it to my Vivo X100 Ultra. It's a shame that all the cameras on the newest iPhones are that average.
no need to compare it with vivo x100 ultra, with vivo x100 pro alone it is already inferior to iphone 16 pro cs
Will probably never get an iPhone but I do like their colours. The colours come out more natural than most phones especially for greenery. Currently use Xiaomi which always oversaturates the colours especially greens. They really need an upgrade to their ultrawide though. It's weak for a flagship
The lens flares are a deal breaker for me. That's unacceptable to me, especially since its main competition, the S24 Ultra doesn't have lens flares.
I thought my 16 pro camera was bad but glad it’s just how it is .. I’m not happy with my 16 pro
Thx for the vid.... iPhone done, nothing to mention, now OP 12 😊😊
stay tuned! :D
Lmao ,finally. This is my exact reaction whenever my partner or siblings say that iphones have better cameras. I'm an android user and they are of course die hard apple fans, I don't get it is it just preference? I even compared my partner's ip15 vs my older pixel 4a5g. Both delivered good results ,the iphones photos was warmer and the pixel was more natural, but guess what she still preferred the 15's lmao.
Same, my Apple fanboy friend showed off photos taken from his iphone to me but I was not impressed at all.. my RedMagic can shoot better photos than his iphone. I feel sorry for him lol 😆
@@RamlyJer glad to see that I'm not alone in this one 🤣, I just don't get it. The video quality is good tho.
I mean sure part is preference, but some shots there is no preference to be had, with just a verrryy poor result look straight out of a cheap oukitel phone from years ago in terms of colours and depth, like why would you want that!?
Hahaha 😂😂😂😂 you're not alone.....like I often say, Apple doesn't necessarily have great products, they have great marketing. Beyond preferences, they seem to have a way of making their "fans" believe that what they have to offer them is the best😂😂😂.
@@tsubasasawako5600You're definitely not alone
Don't know what type of cocaine is DXO Marks taking after seeing this video.
Oh they are on something for sure!!! And weirdly.... I have no idea why, but I got that mail in from them about where it lands... I am pretty sure I never subbed to them or anything about their scores because... no thanks.
Honestly the photos look like they are taken from my Xperia 1ii, colors are raw flat. The difference is the iPhone has sharpening but my Xperia1ii doesn't have sharpening at all.
While using Xperia it is a pain to edit all the photos I took to add extra vibrance and adjust the highlights.
Now with my new Nubia Z60 Ultra I no longer need to edit my photos
Glad you are enjoying the Nubia! Very underrated!!!!
That's a great video, Jermaine! And pretty much confirms my thoughts about this device.
It's doing an ok job in perfect lightning conditions, but in anything even SLIGHTLY less than perfect, it falls apart.
Thank you man!!! And agreed do not get it!!! This is so much money for so little result
Thank you. That was really interesting and I learned a lot. I love your content.
Thank you for watching!! Appriciate it!
@ThroughJermainesLens is one of the best when it comes to these real life usage and experience reviews
I've gotten some pretty awesome photos from my 16 PM. I'm not sayig they've all been awesome i shoot duds at ttime but overall i'm 100% satisfied with camera performance. Photographic Styles have taken it up a notch for me
@@wbeard358 hey i am glad if someone enjoys their phone! So happy to hear it is doing what you need it to do:)
Sir please compare IP 16 PRO with an Old monsters Mi 11 ultra.
Great Video. You do well. We need a comparison with Xiaomi 14 Ultra and the VivoX100 Ultra
Will do :D
I'll stick with Android , another great video
@@TheRetroLime same here mate! Same here! And thank you!
Same here
The photographic style could be saved and you just need to set it once in the setting😅if you want the more contrasting look it's literally just two clicks
Awesome, candid review. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Regarding the live photos. They are actually really useful with kids.
You can get out a picture of those which sometimes is more fitting.
Also some videos will be created automatically from (example) your vacation or something like that.
Nothing for a pro but definitely for a casual.
Good to hear it from a different perspective!!! Of course for me that isn't a situation I think about at all because I am just a single dude with not kids or anything hahaha. So good to hear a different perspective! Thank you!
Have to agree with others that Live Photos are amazing with young kids or pets. You get a little Burt’s of life when you hold down on every photo, that will one day be super precious to a parent when their kid is an annoying teenager!!
But I guess you need a Mac with the photos app. These files are not .mov files. They are HEIC.
Also if you don’t like the over sharpened and processed look, set your iPhone to shoot RAW files. Then you can expose them any way you want in your PC.
As an American I found your video interesting as we don’t have any Chinese branded phones in the USA.
Flat, underwhelming, just fine, it's just fine, it's an iPhone shot. The 5x is solid. A lot of times I hear people say that you can fix the photos in post, but which regular person does that? Another thing I don't like is the night mode, I have an IPhone myself, and I don't like how oversharpened the images come out.
no regular person realisticly does that apart from maybe instagram filters realisticly. For night or low light, it has this weird: Sharpen effect, but at the same time trying to soften the sharpening that makes the noise more noticeable.. it's weird.
'Extra steps' that sums up ios for me 😂
I can't wait to see camera comparisons 😁
it needs help in auto just to get a good result...
The photos from my iPhone 16 pro max are blurry and out of focus, any idea on how to fix it?
clean your lens
That wasn't what I expected. Very much looking forward to your comparisons of the iPhone to other phones. I never used a flagship phone before so I always had to add "character" to pictures that I've taken on my smartphone. I didn't think it would apply to the iPhone.
Yeah comparisons will come, got my work cut out, being busy hahaha. Grinding hard, and I still have to do my 3d work next to this hahaha.
You are right. Something is lacking on the iPhone 16. I better stay with 15
yeah I am really not impressed...
of course more testing coming, but so far....
@@ThroughJermainesLens also try 16 with Honor 200 pro
@@muivawanaboom7133 Honor 200 Pro is gone, have to manage the budget of course on a channel this size haha
With a bit of minimal effort you can apply phtographic styles with more contrast. The flat look is a good base for further editing, and - in case of Raw format - lends itself perfectly to any kind of post processing. But the main poing of course being: Who wants to use a different phone than an iPhone? I'd not switch to another phone for free, because I absolutely love the interaction between my Apple devices. No other system offers this. When you want excellent photo quality, any real camera gives it.
Any real camera gives it? Any real camera doesn't have that POOR POOR ultra wide, with a lot of noise, where in low light shots can become unusable. Editing or not, the performance on the phone in auto should be solid, it isn't, and most shoot auto...
Seeing this while knowing how my wife's 13 pro max performs, I'm not surprised at all. I actually called the 13 pro max the WORST smartphone camera system I have ever seen/used and my wife agrees as well, she barely uses the cameras for photos, only for videos. I was hoping the 16 pro max will improve things as she plans to upgrade to it, but it just looks like the same old overprocessed and oversharpened crap like they always do
I am suprised! I always see everyone blowing the iPhones up and saying how amazing the camera is, but so far... yikes!!! I feel like if I want to get really good shots that can even remotly get close to what a Xiaomi or vivo do easily is by editing and REALLY helping it out with the pro mode for instance, because auto is just very poor!
My wife has had most iPhones and she is happy with the camera, but she doesn't get creative, although she should as she has a good eye. It is just a camera for people who think a point and shoot camera is as good as an expensive DSLR for them. She never edits images or looks at an image in any depth. It is a camera for someone who will not buy or had not owned a higher spec camera either DSLR or a prosumer compact camera.
iPhone images are really flat.
I personally like the Leica color science in Xiaomi.
To turn off live photo permanently. Go to camera > preserve settings> check live photo
Now open camera app > disable live photo.
Now camera will remember that settings and it will never turn that on until u turn on again.
i have ;)
Hey ! First Man ! Lol 😅😆 Loving The Videos Recently Man ! Keep It Up !! 😅😅💯💯💯👏
There you go! Back on it now hahaha.
And thank you man!! Appriciate it!!
@@ThroughJermainesLens thanks man ! 😅💯🙂 Lol
@@ThroughJermainesLens Hopefully See You Later On Sam And Joe's Awesome Stream !
yeah hopefully, I probably going outside in a bit to work with the Oppo Find X7 Ultra, then later in the evening low light photography with all of them.
@@ThroughJermainesLens Ohhhh ! Okay Can't Wait Man ! Can't Wait For That Video !
tips: you should use photographic style and set the tone down to around -80 and up the colors to +40. save it and every photos later on will not be that “flat” anymore. the HDR-ish look has already been criticized by quite a few people, and Apple decided to let you adjust the look with Photographic Style.
but why should a person do so much work for every single photo they are taking... cuz the photographic style control doesn't work the same for all situations so u need to adjust it most of the times
and it's annoying
this pictures doesn't even have a character and are extremely flat
tbh I was never impressed by iPhone's pictures and this one also did disappointed me
although videos are still comparably best in iphones
@@shom6744 the common problem here is as Jermaine showed: too much HDR and flat colors. Adjusting the Tone Mapping down and bump the colors up will only affect those two things and wont affect anything else, and it will work for every single photos you take from now on.
Thank you for the tip! Appriciate it, shame that this iphone needs that kind of help to get there.
But if you make that style can you tell me how? I am verrryyy new to iPhone and first time using one, and if I make it I assume I can somehow make it the default right?
I personally have never ever had a jittery zoom on iphone and dont think any brand in the world does better and i have owned many of them. I think youre being a bit harsh in this review but good video. Also portraits are amazing with really good edge detection. And the 24mp default is definitely better than the 12mp of the competition. But ofcourse everyone has their own opinion and i understand you from a photographers standpoint.👍🏻
Hi i appreciate this fine review what id like to know is the 16 pro camera system is it better thsn the nubia Z60 ultra camera system that tou gave a lot of praise to??I have both
I would say at the moment of testing, no. And thank you btw :)
Yup as expected, just like s24 ultra there's no feel into it.. Xiaomi and Vivo, their cameras have that style inside them that make the photos feel like they're taken from a professional camera. the iPhone and Samsung.. look like just a regular over sharpened phone photos. Good phone photos.. but phone photos.
I must ask for xiaomi 13 pro and xiaomi 11 ultra vs iphone 16 pro ❤❤
I would recommend including some more challenging scenarios when reviewing phones. There are some Russian reviers that do an excellent job at showing portraits in low light or photos with strong LED lights in the background and even simple zoom shots in difficult and harsh light. I have a friend who has an iPhone 15 Pro Max and when I compare it to my VIVO x100Pro in this kind of scenarios, it completely falls apart. My friend is fuming and cannot understand why his pictures are so bad. I tried to explain what a 1inch sensor is and other things, but he still defends Apple.
yeah these weren't crazy challenging situations, only a few where you can say, a big difference between shadow and a bright background, but it honestly isn't that hard for a lot of phones....
Yet here... Apple fails hard.
Apple reduced the black crush slightly on the 16s. They've generally taken "flat" photos for a while. I'm not a fan of the over processing on the iPhone's and Samsung's.
aaah ok, still don't get why people like that then xD
Thanks for sharing
I thank you for your honest opinion
No problem!!!
xiaomi 14 Ultra vs iPhone 16 pro camera review piz 😊
Have to agree with others that Live Photos are amazing with young kids or pets. You get a little Burt’s of life when you hold down on every photo, that will one day be super precious to a parent when their kid is an annoying teenager!!
But I guess you need a Mac with the photos app. These files are not .mov files. They are HEIC.
Also if you don’t like the over sharpened and processed look, set your iPhone to shoot RAW files. Then you can expose them any way you want in your PC.
As an American I found your video interesting as we don’t have any Chinese branded phones in the USA.
@@42bill live photo fair, i of course never seen in in that sense. But for RAW sure. But many people do not shoot RAW. Heck with needing to go in to settings to even have that possibly which is weird why you do not have that by default on, i doubt many know they have set option
And for the sharpening the problem is that it creates genuine issues on the shots. In low light and on the ultra wide it can do a lot of harm to the image.
@@ThroughJermainesLens Well, most people should not use RAW. Every image is around 26MB in that case, instead of just maybe 3 or 4 MB. Also with RAW the images will look dull and bad before processing. It’s really just for pros. And how can you live without Live Photos?? Your pictures of your cat do not "meow" at you when you click them? LOL.
I agree that in your video, most of your images look flat and way over-sharpened. Something is strange here, as none of my own iPhone images look this bad. I just used my iPhone and my Canon DSLR at a wedding last weekend, and most of the time I have to zoom in really far, or look in the info, to tell if I shot an image with my iPhone or with my $3500 camera. Also my default iPhone cameras are always oversaturated, while yours are sometimes desaturated. Something seems strange with your iPhone. Have you watched some other TH-cam comparisons from other photographers? Most are concluding the iPhone is very close to the other top phones like Samsung/pixel.
The last good iphone was the one build by the dutch company aka asml. they were far better in cameras quality and zoom than the ones today. i mean the 11 and 12 were the peak
Never knew that!! And yeah it's just not very good honestly...
@@ThroughJermainesLens I'm saying this because that's my company xD.
If you compare 11 to 16 zoom and quality photo, the 11 and 12 beat anything above the 12 and even more the 16
@@SupremeLordEnki oh you work for ASML? nice :)
It's quite embarrassing how bad iPhone is for photography.
I agree!
Try out the iPhone 13 pro max, much better photos and color balance, possibly the best iphone ever.
I have found that photos may turn out slightly better if I turn off the Live Photos feature. Maybe something to consider?
Hi, didn't know if you'd read this but this is a general concern, I'm trying to get a new Xiaomi phone, and I have to choose between the 11 Ultra or 13T pro, then I just saw that the 14T pro just came out, I'd love the newer phone with the better chip but the camera is the main priority, so I just want to ask if you ever see this which one i should pick. Thanks and I love your vids by the way.
mmmm so I cannot judge the 14T, I think the 13T will now have a discount? So that could be a great offer, or maybe a Xiaomi 13 pro!? That would be a great choice!!!
@@ThroughJermainesLens so the 13T had her cameras than the 11 Ultra. Thanks for the reply
@@JeddFiafor no mi11 ultra better, but limited in updates;)
@@ThroughJermainesLens I'm fine with that, thanks for the help
@@JeddFiafor then the mi11 ultra is still very nice, just lesser portrait, and the mi11 ultra goes for a more bright approach of course ^^
We need Hawei pura 7 camera test
Thanks
trust me I am trying to see what i can do!
The iPhone 16 Pro in cameras is not the best for me Xiaomi 14 Ultra surpasses this but I thought the new iPhone 16 could have good cameras but nothing better than what Chinese brands do in cameras
Does it not improve if you disable "live" ?
One thing some androids especially Samsungs cant sort out is motion blur and shutter lag. I noticed it on my S24 Ultra and it was absolutely terrible.
Oh i am not a fan of the S24 Ultra at all... I tried it as well, and image look very blend and artificial. Some improvements where made later on, but still nothing great.
Please compare to mi 11 ultra 🙏🏻
The way it looks to me it is a shame that you spend that amound of money but who knows it gets better when you get to know the phone a bit more
yeah it is indeed.. And thank you for watching brother :)
I don't think you'll miss out much with iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max.
It seems to me Apple decided to go the exact opposite of Samsung. Where Samsung oversaturates everything, Apple desaturares too much. I prefer to get a desaturated photo than an oversaturated one 'cause it's easier to fix, but for over 1000€ I should NOT need to be worried about fixing images after shooting.
yeah pretty accurate! Both though are crazy good at over processing, like a talent of both
Great review.. and nice phone , I know how much you like it 😂😂😂😂
whuahahaha, NO! bad jolly!
Hi! Now can you make a comparison video between xperia 1 VI and iphone 16 pro? I have an xperia 1 VI and an iphone 15 pro max and I really want a comparison between them and the ability to take photos and video! At the moment, there are no updates on the new iPhone either, usually the camera gets a little better after the updates, so we'll see when the updates come. My 15 pro max doesn't take such overexposed pictures or videos, maybe the 16 pro cameras haven't been properly updated yet. Thank you for this video!
I will see what i can do comparing it to the Sony, i am a bit slammed with comparisons I have to make hahaha 🤣 and they normally are around 30 minutes so a lot of editing and looking at the shots and creating a narration haha so give me time. Hope i can keep it long enough that Sony because they probably want it back soon
@@ThroughJermainesLens If you can't or it's difficult to make an xperia 1 VI, then there's no pressure. Everything is fine even if you don't make it and can't do it. I just had this feeling, watching your iPhone video, listening to it, that now that you have an iPhone, maybe you can make such a comparison and or a small video about these two phones. Thank you!
@@KriTaKriTaKriTa i will try my best!! I also saw a Sony Xperia Pro-I!!! 350 euro, but missed out on it 😭😭
Bagi penggunanya, iphone unggul dalam hal perpindahan lensa yang halus daripada android, dan hanya itu saja yang sering disombongkan. Saya tidak paham, mengapa pengguna iphone hanya mengenal perpindahan lensa saja?
Entahlah, bagi saya hanya merasa kualitasnya buruk. Dan itu tampaknya sangat berlebihan...
Wow 😅 on 5:40 I thought it is a road on the iphone photo, then on Xiaomi I see its water...
whuahaha yeah it kinda does!!
I gotta be honest. My 12 pro max feels better in photography because of its dumbness in algorithms
Who’s going to take the word of a dude who has a 100 android videos and like 2 Apple videos😂😂Biased much…..Ill stick to people who do reviews equally not lopsided
oh because image having a shit ton of noise overexposure issues, and in low light with the ultra wide is every now and then simply unusable... yeah that's my BIAS that's not the product being bad, that is my bias. Nothing technically wrong with it at all.... suureeeeee
you have to disable live view
Arun is one youtuber who is most biased reviewer of iPhones ever. He claims the iPhone 16 pro Max camera is the best camera he has used on any smartphone. Even with his review with the S24 ultra claiming the 48 megapixel high res pics on the iPhone is better than 200mp high res pics on the S24 ultra when clearly it wasn't the case. He says the flat look and overexposed is the best among the balanced shot on the s24 ultra. His comparison was painful to watch when what you actually see is different from what I was seeing.
Iphone 16 pro vs google pixel
VivoX100Ultra vs Iphone 16 pro .. we need this comparison
Just came back from a 3-4 hour shoot, will work on it tomorrow
we? 🤷🏻♀️
@@ThroughJermainesLens So kind of u to take note of it .. waiting for that comparison...
@@bam_bad we ?
To be fair, there are more people asking for it ^^
Maybe you should‘ve disabled live photos. I‘m pretty sure my iphone13 pro Live Photos never had the quality of normal ones.
Would be very weird if that is a reason, why would they want the quality to hurt by that? But yes it is disabled now ;)
@@ThroughJermainesLens I might get to investigate if that’s a thing. Besides of that I now know why sometimes I get good looking shots and in difficult conditions, like taking a picture of the moon, my 13pro is so bad that I wish I had my iPhone 8 Plus back: inconsistency, like you said and maybe software based downgrades over the years to make people buy a newer model. But that’s just a feeling, no proofs here :)
Bit disappointed you are judging it as a photographer, but decided against using the raw format. Its a very different story when raw files and lightroom are involved.
@@highfidelityart first impressions, and on youtube you cannot put RAW files, they are very compressed. And also auto photography has to be judged, you cannot say: well this phone is shit in auto, but fine in RAW, when most people will not toutch RAW even more so on an iPhone
@@ThroughJermainesLens I'm with you when it comes to the average user who just wants to take their everyday photos, but the title of your video says you are judging it as a photographer. I honestly dont know any photographers who dont shoot raw and edit.
Again, as a review for the average person its a fine review.
@@highfidelityart photography isn't about raw, it is about jpg. That is way to shallow to look at it like that. Just like saying you must edit your pictures for it to be proper photography. Also I am a photographer, but that doesn't mean I should just do RAW and now showcase how auto will do from a photographers point of view. Auto mode matters, even more so on a phone.
Please compare it with xiaomi 14 ultra thanks
Make a comparison with vivo x100!
will come
i love china phone
I used an iPhone 13 & 15 and was never impressed with the cameras... Just ok... Only security & os... Rest all outdated....😅
Looking at these samples it just does not feel right...even for an older iphone, yet alone new model. Maybe they screwed up something in the software. In any case it looks bad to me.
That's what i am saying, if this is suppose to be the best... it's really bad... Sure it can take fine pictures like showcasing in cases, but if you just make it a tad more difficult it starts to struggle with mostly the Ultra wide just being horrible!
So, what is the best camera phone of the year? I have no budget limits; I just want the best for photos and videos. What should I get?
I need to change my phone right now, and the answer will determine my purchase.
I’m coming from a OnePlus 12, and it’s a great phone. Everything about it is really enjoyable, even visually-it’s super comfortable on the eyes. However, I find the camera quality to be rather average.
What’s better than that in terms of photography?
Maybe Vivo X100 pro , I don’t know
x100u or wait for the x200pro
Vivo X100 pro is solid if you have a higher budget get the Ultra or wait for what is coming next year.
x100 ultra or xiaomi 14 ultra
@@RamlyJer No, I can’t take the Ultra because there is no global version. Maybe the X100 Pro yes
I’ll wait for his response and see.
@@XerazoX No, I tried the Xiaomi 14 Ultra for two weeks, and honestly, I didn’t find the camera quality that great.
So, I sent it back.
The lot of praises you hear of are the scripted reviews out there. The big TH-camrs that have the phone sent to them can't even give an honest review. And I hate it when they write in the caption " Honest review". Even when you know it's bad, they keep saying it the best camera on any phone
Yeah I really feel like I am being lead to believe it is good while it simply isn't... I really do not get it.. I will test it more, maybe somehow magic will happen at some point.
@@ThroughJermainesLens Alright
Sir. I think you should improve the sound quality. It's to low.🙂
Noted;) will try to increase, I use my speakers and on that they are nice, but guess it really depends on the audio being used ^^
Xiaomi 14 ore ulta vs 16 pro i hope.
will come ;)
damn the 16 pro max is really so far behind the chinese phone competition. absolute rubbish from apple
Sony xperia 1 VI is better except telephoto lens
u used live for the hole time thats like a vid not a photho right?
sorry?
@@ThroughJermainesLens u used the live mode so its not a photo its a scrennshot of a mini 4k video its the circular thing in the corner
thath says live all the time when u shoot so u never taked a photo the hole video thats why when u visualice it it moves and sounds
👍🏻👍🏻
:D more testing coming of course!
Better to be with 15
Turn live photos off
I better buy xiaomi 14ultra
this comparison photo of the boat with Xiaomi 14 u was like night & day in photography 🙏 iphone style is so boring dull & flat lacking depth and contrast ,,
RIGHT!!!! like jesus
Photographer shooting jpg 😂
yes? So? You seem to think you must shoot raw to be a photographer, which is a dumb take from the get go. Not to mention that doing editing and shooting RAW would mean I wouldn't show what Auto does AT ALL! So people who shoot without shooting RAW and editing won't even know what this can do or cannot.
niks beters dan Mi 11 Ultra :)
hahaha lovely mi11 ultra!
My man is looking washed out in the front facing video
to be fair I always look washed out :P hahaha (JK)
lol you do know its still a cell phone not a pro camera lol
Yes, and many phones are far better...
@@ThroughJermainesLens if you say so lol but it might be up to the user though
@@JDzWORLD i mean i have been to that place several times where others perform better, even showcased some short comparisons
@@ThroughJermainesLens I hear you I’ve just done very good pics with bad or so called bad phones or cameras as some tech enthusiasts would have you believe but I used the proper rules of taking pics and edited and they turned out great so you missed me with that one lol I do like these cameras on the iPhone and they’ve done a great job all depending on HOW you take the pics but I get it you want content so do what you have to do young man
this is not about content what so ever. If I buy a phone I want it to perform well, this didn't With the standing out part being the ultra wide with a really poor performance, and a very artificial look and huge exposure balance problems! That is just how it is... No I have no toutch Pro mode as of yet, that I always leave for a longer use, hence why i say first impressions.
god damn, this is terrible wtf?
yeah... i am confused on why Apple is rated high if this is the best they can do?
I know how to take pictures, sure not a crazy pro level, but still! This is just below par, I keep feeling like I am missing something and that is simply because I was often lead to believe iphones take amazing pictures...