iPhone 15 and 15 Pro Camera: Apple's next step in photography

[iMore.com]

Apple's iPhone 15 lineup is rumored to be getting camera upgrades no matter which model you buy, but what should you expect your money to buy you come September 2023? Full story from the iMore Blog...

 

[Annie_M]

I will reserve judgment until the real facts come out next fall.

 

[Up_And_Away]

MaxTech has a video to take a 48 mp sensor Raw photo but then easily convert one or many to, I believe, JPEG. This reduces file size by 10 times. Imho raw to jpeg conversions looked better than smaller sensor pics (most not by a big amount though).

These camera additions to flagships are benefitting much more the small percent who change settings per pic or location. The vast majority let the default/the OS do the choosing, they just point and shoot. Big sensors can be good but they flood the OS and SOC with data while in the act of taking the pic. This can cause a bad pic. Imho The biggest benefit to most consumers would be improving OS-SOC decision making with sufficient data.
The huge zoom is just not useful often. Get a tripod and maybe.

 

[tadpoles]

Why the camera’s results are by no means inconsequential, IMO, phone cameras have long been good enough for most uses. I saw a shootout between the S23 Ultra and the iPhone 14PM and in many instances the S23U’s camera handily produced shoots more pleasing to my eyes (notice how I didn’t say, ‘better’). I wouldn’t trade iOS’ features to get thst though and the S23 Ultra is one heluva an awesome phone with more features than most, I suspect, will fully exploit. I love my 2 iPhone 14PMs for their, IMO, balanced approach and great cameras. Would 10x optical zoom be welcomed? …but of course.

 

[Up_And_Away]

Why the camera’s results are by no means inconsequential, IMO, phone cameras have long been good enough for most uses. I saw a shootout between the S23 Ultra and the iPhone 14PM and in many instances the S23U’s camera handily produced shoots more pleasing to my eyes (notice how I didn’t say, ‘better’). I wouldn’t trade iOS’ features to get thst though and the S23 Ultra is one heluva an awesome phone with more features than most, I suspect, will fully exploit. I love my 2 iPhone 14PMs for their, IMO, balanced approach and great cameras. Would 10x optical zoom be welcomed? …but of course.

Pretty much this right here. For the vast majority of users, pics are very good on most modern flagships. The differences are very often small to the average user.

Yes, S23 took some more pleasing pics. Samsung definitely took a bit more of the Snapchat route this year. Process the pic to make it pleasing…to some. I prefer the true representation pic, I’ll make it pleasing if needed . That’s easy enough to do. But all of it is very much personal taste.