Re:Apple iPhone 14 Pro Camera test
by SebastianKra on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:01PM
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I'd recommend shooting in ProRaw and then using Affinity/Darkroom/Pixelmator-Photo to edit it.
Photos shot in ProRaw still display the opinionated high-clarity [1] version in the photos app. Only editing in a third-party app will override that.
Unlike Raw, ProRaw will still do much of the good (IMO) processing, while allowing you to avoid Apples color-grading.
[1] I believe clarity, not sharpness, is the reason why iPhone 13 photos look so bad. It clears up parts of the image that are supposed to be foggy, thus removing an important depth queue and making the image look flat.
In the following examples, notice how minor details are blown out, making the image almost look like a mosaic.
Photos shot in ProRaw still display the opinionated high-clarity [1] version in the photos app. Only editing in a third-party app will override that.
Unlike Raw, ProRaw will still do much of the good (IMO) processing, while allowing you to avoid Apples color-grading.
[1] I believe clarity, not sharpness, is the reason why iPhone 13 photos look so bad. It clears up parts of the image that are supposed to be foggy, thus removing an important depth queue and making the image look flat.
In the following examples, notice how minor details are blown out, making the image almost look like a mosaic.
- https://ibb.co/Stjh2xr
- https://ibb.co/TghZqVx (Apples default processing)
- https://ibb.co/fHD7R13
- https://ibb.co/Hh53pWL (Apples default processing)