As a VFX artist and supervisor I can confirm, that what you say is true. The ony factor in compression is the perspective, that is created by the distance to the subject. If you take a widangle shot from the same distance as your portrait, how could there be parallax (movement between foreground and background) if you didn't change your position, right? If you move towards something, the things farther away get smaller at a slower rate as the things closer to you, so the background objects look smaller on an image in comparison to the foreground object, than if you're further away.

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

Great to have confirmed, I know most photographers think all the magic is in the lens and the difference definitely isn’t intuitive

@ChloeBanderas

8 ай бұрын

@@stalman a good sanity check is a zoom lens. If the focal length did anything to compression you could see the change while zooming in.

@kevinvo6144

8 ай бұрын

I don’t understand.. are you saying that a 5x crop is the same as a 5x lens? Since distance to subject stays the same…. So if you have enough megapixels then you can zoom as much as you want??

@ChloeBanderas

8 ай бұрын

@@kevinvo6144 Only in terms of compression. The depth of field and other lens characteristics will be different. But how much of a difference it makes depends on the specific examples you‘d be comparing.

@ssaini5028

8 ай бұрын

@@stalman I dont get the negativity around multiple focal lengths on the iPhone 15 Pro. I dont think there is a person in the world that thought/thinks the iPhone 15 Pro actually has 7 different physical lenses. Smartphone photography is all about mimicking through software and AI, always has been. This is understood by the general public by now imo

Why am i watching it even though i cannot afford

Recording to an external device and LOG are by far my favorite new features. It’s incredible to think that someone can buy one of these phones and tackle multimedia projects, from start to finish.

The log footage looks great. I can’t believe it came from an iPhone.

@AusOpening

8 ай бұрын

is lut just a filter you apply to log footage?

@ROFEL

8 ай бұрын

@@AusOpening lut is a lookup table

@ahmadahmal2942

8 ай бұрын

Don't believe any of this crap. Its a all marketing PR for apple...

@TravelerVolkriin

8 ай бұрын

@@ahmadahmal2942 Cope.

@jimmyvicemetellus5583

8 ай бұрын

@@ahmadahmal2942haters 🫣

The only review I actually look forward to every year!

@Ben-eh1qt

8 ай бұрын

Dude it's the same freaking phone as the 14 Pro. Same Sony IMX803 camera. You guys are literally buying the same freaking hardware it's pathetic lol. The A17 is a slightly up clocked A16 with some ray tracing cores lol. This is getting pathetic

@ayojerrys

8 ай бұрын

@@Ben-eh1qtlol who hurt you

@ayojerrys

8 ай бұрын

same bro!

@Ben-eh1qt

8 ай бұрын

@@ayojerrys have fun buying the same phone with USBc

@ayojerrys

8 ай бұрын

@@Ben-eh1qt thank you ben for your contribution

Been following you for a while with another of my accounts, your chill energy is unique and your observations devoid of unnecessary drama. It's relaxing and informative, that's rare in our culture now. Keep being you and more influence to you.

This is definitely the only video videographers and photographers need to watch. Record direct to USB devices is the most game-changing feature, because it means to save $500+ on an iPhone with larger storage. Suddenly you have a log-capable camera for a little over $1000 which is also your phone. And also, as an iOS developer, I can say that iOS 17 brings a TON of new features when it comes to connecting the phone / iPad (which already has USB-C) to photo / video equipment. It's clear Apple has shifted from trying to sell you the most expensive phone just for the sake of it, and moving towards really Pro features. Great video Tyler.

@jendabekCZ

7 ай бұрын

Apple has been forced to use USB-C, it's not their good will towards customers.

@Somnath-lk9dy

7 ай бұрын

@@jendabekCZ if you have higher storage phone then it will not force. Its basically storage related.

Best review I've seen of the camera system so far. I'm really impressed by the video footage you were able to get out of this tiny little device. I know every year it seems like Apple is promising that something that fits in your pocket can shoot films with, and everyone laughs and rolls their eyes, but every year they get a little bit closer, and I think this year was a big step.

@shedrick2417

8 ай бұрын

AGREE .. he is too calm and not hyped

Wow! The action mode footage you got from 5x zoom on the statue…. Can’t believe with that amount of shakiness and zoom you got such smooth motion…. Always wanted stabilize in post but never spent the time to learn. That’s a hidden game changer feature for me, I love zoom and motion when recording in an iPhone

@9967286170

8 ай бұрын

Seriously can’t believe it came out of iPhone, I was surprised. Can’t wait to have my hands on iPhone 15 pro max.

@AlexSchwartzATV

8 ай бұрын

Yeah that was insane. It makes getting B roll and other shots way easier and look even better than if you actually tried in the first place.

@ThiHaGadgets

7 ай бұрын

That's only available in pro phones, yeah?

@DrDoinks

7 ай бұрын

@@ThiHaGadgets action mode is available on all 14 and 15 models including non pro 😁 I’m not sure if the pro models will do it better because of extra lens though?

@ThiHaGadgets

7 ай бұрын

@@DrDoinks But non pro's 5x zoom will be digital then, right?

Buddy gave us a movie straight outta Hollywood. That Intro was fire 🔥🔥 Almost forgot for a minute I'm watching a Phone review.

That log footage was absolutely amazing, was not expecting that

Dang man. This was great. So cool you were at the Capture One studio. As a commercial photographer who tethers with Capture One onset that’s one of the things in mind when they show that in the Keynote. Beautifully made video man. And yes, the LOG footage is crazy. I picked up the 15 promax yesterday, and was testing it out on my children and threw it into Resolve last night, and was impressed at how good it looked.

To answer you question about focal length ( I am a vfx supervisor ) you are absolutely correct (+/- lens distortions happening on wide lenses close to subjects that add even more to the effect). But yes it’s correct. A zoom is technically a crop, the face changing is because if you compensate the crop by changing your distance to the subject then it’s a perspective change. That’s what happens in a vertigo shot basically.

@RennieAsh

8 ай бұрын

It's so nice doing that on an iPhone due to the smooth and almost seamless zoom.

@MegaWeitzel

8 ай бұрын

People often don't understand the difference in perspective distortion vs lens distortion. What he talks about is 100% perspective distortion. Lens distortion is independent of the focal length and could also be 100% digitally corrected or added if you want that. The goal of all rectilinear lenses is basically to have 0 lens distortion

@peanutnutter1

8 ай бұрын

Parallax?

As usual, the best iPhone camera system review from a photographer's point of view out there!

Yes! Loved seeing what you were able to do with the log footage, amazing stuff.

Every year I look forward to your review of the new iPhones and this year is no exception. Thank you once again for making a detailed, well-rounded review of the new phones and for staying consistent throughout the years. It makes it even more impressive to see these sometimes iterative feeling upgrades year over year amount to quite impressive improvements when switching from a two or three year old iPhone. Coming from a 13 Pro the wow-feature for me this year was your example of the action mode shots. Don't know that I will use them very often but quite impressive and nice to have with all the other improvements that impact daily use more.

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I think people spend way too much time looking at the annual upgrades, because over time they really add up

@JoshHarrow

8 ай бұрын

@@stalman You're very welcome. I do have to agree and probably am guilty of this myself. As the whole iPhone category matured over the years, the yearly changes are just not that extensive anymore. The jumps and leaps I experienced from switching from the original iPhone to the 3Gs and the 4s were just something different that switching from the 11 Pro to the 13 Pro. I now dabble with a new Pixel every other year for work and that seems to be a good compromise for me while still having fun with the new devices and improvement :D

@CharlesWatson13

8 ай бұрын

@@stalmanhow are you liking the fine woven case? I am returning mine, cannot believe apple put that out as the leather comparable replacement

Amazing review, Tyler! I love how you articulate and put all the info and your thoughts together!😀🤘

What a great review, thanks for sharing your experience with both phones. Really impressed with the action mode and LOG footage

Thanks for the informative video. This morning, I was in tears because my very old phone was finally broken. I've had a photography hobby for years, but I've never really used my phone for it. Now, I'm getting eager for some new experiences. I already shoot in raw most of the time and I will almost certainly use the log feature for video - at least on occasion.

As a videographer that log footage actually looks amazing, I usually never use phone footage mixed with my videos but could see myself using this for some quick b-roll

You did a great job showing off the camera quality of the iPhone 15, I'm bought in

By far the best camera review one could get on KZread.

Always look forward to your review on the new iPhones, but I think this was your best work yet. Really nice pacing to the video, informative without being overly technical and a good mixture between video and photo. Not to mention you had some great shots in a beautiful location. Look forward to the next one!

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

That’s very kind of you to say 🙏 this one was also done faster than some years, I really didn’t have much time

so happy with this new iphone. started using it for my own productions and for something so portable, its really doing a fantastic job with log mode and the direct to ssd recording. unbelievable qol improvements for professional shots

Incredibly well-done video, Tyler. Super informative and easy to follow. Production quality is incredible!

Really helpful, thank you!! I just ordered a 15 Pro Max this afternoon and am so excited! I'm moving up from a 12 Pro Max and can't wait to try out these new features.

As always Tyler, intelligent, comprehensive, and stylish content

Those log videos look stunning. Great great video, thanks for making it.

The log footage is fantastic, wow

This was a huge upgrade for video. Super excited

Saving this for later as i havnt watched this but thank you! for including the non pro 15. I couldnt find a single camera review of the regular 15

I'm waiting every year for you camera review ... hands down the best iPhone camera reviews on YT! :)

Thanks for this amazing review Tyler! Great as always

Great to see the improvements the iPhone 15 camera got. The pro features look useful and well considered but the quality jump across the board is 👌🏽

The action button was placed there for camera control when you rotate the phone to landscape position. In this position you can use it as a shutter button as well.

The work you’re doing Tyler here on KZread is simply great. Had to tell you 😅

This is a top notch review. I’m not a photography expert and by watching your video I was able to finally understand many technical concepts. Thanks! 🙏 Hats off to you 👏

This was an amazing video. I really like the time you took to research and put this together!

FINALLY a reviewer talking about taking a pro res video & show what to do or what you can do after taking a pro res video FINALLY! got sick of all these dumb reviewers out there moaning about how great pro res is without explaining anything. THANK YOU!!

FYI, you can enable HEIF max to force 48 megapixel images in the stock camera app. You can then zoom 1x-2x and it will scale pixels accordingly. 1.5x is 35mm and about 24 megapixels for instance.

@paulfrp9761

8 ай бұрын

Raw max is better no??

@Sbinnala

8 ай бұрын

@@paulfrp9761 raw max is a raw 48mp image. HEIF max is a 48mp image with processing. Basically it’s situational and what you want out of a photo.

@ztfilms5047

8 ай бұрын

its better but takes up like 80 mb

@DreamOfFlying

8 ай бұрын

​@@paulfrp9761but takes way to much storage. I have 1TB but 80+ megabytes per picture isnt a viable option.

@ainajoe5874

7 ай бұрын

​@@ztfilms5047lol its only 5mb

Best iPhone 15 camera review by far. Thank you.

I searched for a iphone camera review. This is the best bit of YT I've seen for a while, all the others where people giving an opinion, or not really knowing what they were talking about. This one was so much better. I still think those "focal length" are just marketing blurb. (and unintended side effect: I really, really want to go to Copenhagen now)

This is a high level review of cameras of the iPhone 15 pro (& max). You just got a new subscriber.

The Action mode in 5X is absolutely amazing! Great review video.

@akashtakawale9074

4 ай бұрын

Do iphone 15 have the action mode ? Seems he was using iphone 15 pro while recording the statue

Tyler produces amazing videos and I was looking forward to his feedback on the iPhone 15 pro’s cameras and software. Fantastic stuff.

Found this video occasionally. But i am surprised by it's details, very good work!

This is the best review I’ve seen on the iPhone 15. Your video is informative and stunning. I’m due for my iPhone upgrade. As a budding content creator as my side hustle I think this is gonna help me a lot.

@707tich

24 күн бұрын

Same 🙂I’m a content created and tryna still decide between pro or max

Thank you!!! You’re always so thorough and I appreciate your knowledge and experience.

Tyler you are a true gem. Your reviews are absolutely stellar. Thank you for your hard work.

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

🙏

Thank you for making this useful video. There are many people made "unbox" video but I didn't find anyone review about Camera on iPhone 15/ 15 Plus. This is exactly what I need. Thanks

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thank you, I was waiting for this. If you create a (yet) more detailed "after a while" review, I would suggest making two. One for the 15 and one for the Pro. They are really for two different types of users. The regular 15 user likes the features (action mode, low light, 24MPs) but wants the camera (phone) to do the work. The 15 Pro user may want that as well but is looking for a professional camera as well which Apple now really offers.

Once again, a superb review; one that confirms my "need" for the 15PMx. Cheers!

Great video, could have listened to this for twice the length. Fingers crossed for a podcast episode on everything you talked about here.

Thank you for the unbiased and honest review. I hope that Apple takes into consideration views of like-minded professional photographer's like yourself and of other reviewers too especially, that their HDR 5 needs a bigger shift in the processing of darker parts of the images (1.50~2.20 min mark). And yes, some of us do feel the same too that this wasn't the big jump that we were hoping for. I hope Apple would send some tweaks/fixs/upgrades towards the ip15 based on the above observations. I was really looking forward to getting the ip15 pro but have stopped short, after seeing many such reviews pointing out the very same issues observed. Btw, I love the action mode and the portrait mode. Common Apple, you can do better!

Tyler, Thanks, this is one of the most helpful reviews I've found. I really appreciate the way you scrutinize the photo results from one model to the next, or with adjustments to the settings (e.g. tweaking the aperture setting when in portrait mode, to play down the default's extreme). I'm considering upgrading to the 15Pro, for it's still photo improvements over my current 13. Looks like lots of new potential to take advantage of. Thanks much!

Awesome video. Crazy high quality. Thanks.

This is the review I have been waiting for all week! :-)

That action shot was crazy impressive.

This convinced me to buy an iPhone 15 pro! Thank you, needed such an in-depth video.

Best review of the iPhone 15 Pro cameras by far!

I left the iPhone at iPhone 4, but after being sucked back into the Apple ecosystem by the M1/M2 chips Macbooks and iPads the 15 Pro might just do it for me. That Log looks absolutely insane and as someone with a lot of experience in colour grading and especially using proper log colour spaces this is so exciting. Thanks so much for the in-depth analysis and beautiful showcase versus just "it shoots log just like Hollywood does" with some bad example footage as most other YTers are doing. It's incredible how much better the video can look with the proper colour spaces

@freddybell8328

8 ай бұрын

Don't get manipulated by the ecosystem. The benefits are small.

@tonyhawk123

8 ай бұрын

This is not so much a recent thing. Video is one of the things iPhone has been significantly better at from the very beginning.

That action mode shot! 🤯

BEST REVIEW SO CALM AND FORMAL.. and has a good style..haha

Stellar work here. I was about to send my pro back because I didnt like the battery. Was about to pick plus. Now, I am confused. So thank you for that

I actually like using the action button to launch the camera app. Compared to the camera button on the home screen it saves you two actions to complete. For example. In the scenario of a locked phone. You have to: 1 press power button to activate screen 2 press camera button on the screen With the action button you just press it and can immediately start shooting by pressing it again. It’s just a bit faster and easier. And to some degree this also applies for when you’re in an app. As someone who likes street photography. This small time saving feature can actually really help out capturing these “decisive moments” we hunt for.

Great video - and welcome to Denmark, hope you had a nice time here 😊🇩🇰

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

This is a fantastic overview! Two of my favorite highlights you mentioned is the ability to record directly to SSD which means (theoretically) I can save money on my iPhone by getting less storage and a few external SSDs. And, I am really intrigued by the Apple Log mode.

Great review - thanks! By the way, you can make the visual compression thing intuitive by drawing a simple picture: a top-down view of the camera, subject, and background, with the edges of the field of view drawn as two lines radiating out from the camera. Changing the angle between the two lines (the focal length) doesn’t change the relative size of the subject and background objects - the only way to change the background compression is to move the camera to a different distance from the subject. It’s simple geometry, but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Your showcasing the action mode is actually excellent compared to other youtube reviewer.

this is a good photographer's review unlike others out there pretending to be a photographer. as a photographer myself i would like to know more about the dynamic range and distortion. And yes, I agree 5x is not necessarily be an upgrade when 3x is more useful (for instance, compressed portraits)..

That action mode shot was a thing of beauty😮

Best use for the action button is linking it to a shortcut. What are you doing often? Opening Lightroom/photos, automatically transferring/saving of all photos from the last 24h to a folder, etc can all be linked to the action button The limit to shortcuts is your creativity!

In the UK we have orange streetlights in rural areas during the night. I noticed significantly less lens flair with the 15promax than the 14 promax, far less disturbance from any light source and the resulting image looked less harshly sharpened

That Action Mode 5X shot was magnificent 😍😍😍🤯

I just picked up my iPhone 15 pro. I'm super excited to shot with it! Keep up the great work!

@Ben-eh1qt

8 ай бұрын

Same camera hardware as the 14 Pro Sony imx803

love you , you are the only one who spoke about the base 15

Wow, great review. That RED app footage looked pretty amazing. If someone told me that was from an iPhone I wouldn't have believed them prior to this video review.

The very Best video i have ever seen about any İphone, thank u

Thanks for the review , Chris Evans !

Thank you for the access to LUTs!

The stabilization on the 15 pro is fabulous

Dang this made us miss Copenhagen. Pumped about being about to shoot in LOG. That action mode is not bad at all...might not even bring an action camera anymore for our secondary camera. Thanks for the review, Tyler!

I've retrained myself to get the phone in the position (landscape) to take a photo while simultaneously hitting the action button (with my index finger) to launch the camera. It's tough to break habits but I found this better than launching it on screen and then rotating it to landscape to snap.

Finally a camera review ive been waiting for

10:09 What the VP of camera software engineering at Apple stated about the 1.2x and 1.5x modes: "What we did here is we actually built dedicated neural networks so that when you’re at those focal lengths… we bring in in a kind of very kind of thoughtful and specific way, the pixels from the 48 megapixels to basically do a detail transfer” So, in fairness, cropping into the main camera isn't all they're doing, they're doing some kind of retraining in their neural networks and still combining data from the cropped image and the full non-binned 48MP of the sensor, and somehow, despite the fact that the cropped image is neither 12MP nor 48MP at that point, they're outputting a 24MP image, and as far as I understand it's not just a simple up or downscaling. I wish they told us more about the exact image pipeline for what they're doing with 1.2x and 1.5x that they're not doing with all the other zoom ranges, and for the 24MP capture, but it's not *just* a digitally zoomed in image.

brilliantly thorough, as always

A guide on how to work with log footage would be awesome and much appreciated!

Hugely informative. Copenhagen early autumn is lovely, no harsh sunshine (when the sun does appear!)

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

It’s been beautiful here, the sun just comes in and out all day

10:40 yes, I researched the subject of compression extensively two years ago, and yes, it is absolutely totally dependent on the distance between the subject and the camera, not the focal length. You can actually test that. Take a portrait using a 75mm lens, then take the same photo using a 24mm lens and crop into the subject. The compression will be exactly the same.

@stalman

8 ай бұрын

Very helpful, I think most people think it’s lens magic

@deckverse

8 ай бұрын

They do and I'm thankful to know now it's otherwise. @@stalman

@BTMovieSecondChannel

7 ай бұрын

Not completely, because if you put subjects on the side on a wide-angle lens and then crop in afterwards, they will look distorted. But for centered subjects, yes, it’s the same. Not many people seem to get that it’s just about the distance :). An APS-C 35mm is totally equivalent to a 50mm’ish fullframer.

Awesome video bro! You crushed this

Great work. The action mode plus the 5X zoom was amazing. Having a hard time deciding between iphone 15 pro or pro max. The size still bothers me. But the camera capability in promax makes everything complicated. I would love to get the 5X zoom. Anyway, Wishing you a wonderful time with family and friends in Copenhagen.

very well done, helping me to make a choice in the next few months

Yesss omg i have been waiting for this!

Thanks for a great video! Came here after hearing you on Mac Power Users.

@stalman

7 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for listening!

Filming a iPhone 15 review in one the best cities in the world (my city) - awesome!!

That footage is amazing. I'm still on the 13 Pro Max, currently shooting a short with it using FilMic Pro. I need the 15 using BMD Camera app. Great vid, by the way. Thanks!

As always, amazing review! That photo at 2:01 could have tricked me it came from a mirrorless, only the inconsistencies of the blur on plant gave it away

Thanks for the in-depth video.

Those new Stalman LUTs for iPhone Log are an instant buy :)

Thanks so much for this helpful video