{"id":32047,"date":"2021-04-02T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32047"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:47:10","slug":"long-term-iphone-12-camera-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/02\/long-term-iphone-12-camera-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Term iPhone 12 Camera Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lux.camera\/iphone-12-camera-review\/\">Sebastiaan de With<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/lux.camera\/iphone-12-camera-review\/\">\n<p>The only time that I found the smart image processing on the iPhone noticeably bothersome is when skies get overly tinted blue. It&rsquo;s clear that the iPhone can now easily detect and segment the sky in a shot, and it applies nice smooth noise reduction to it to get wonderful gradients. But even cloudy skies tend to get a blue cast that isn&rsquo;t as neutral as you&rsquo;d like.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Initially, I hadn&rsquo;t tested Portrait + Night mode very much. In the few tests I did, though &mdash; comparing it to a regular camera and the iPhone 12 mini, which is unequipped with a LIDAR sensor, it works outrageously well[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Flaring on the ultra wide and wide cameras is not just noticeable, but outright bothersome when shooting into light. In the above image, you can see the telltale iPhone &lsquo;green orb&rsquo; flare that is a result from internal reflections in the lens. This can be fairly unobstrusive as in that shot, but when shooting many bright point sources of light head-on, can outright ruin a shot.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Noise reduction is something I never really enjoyed on iPhones, and I find it really bothersome that ProRAW does not give granular control over how much is applied to a final image. When shooting in dark conditions with the iPhone&rsquo;s less light-sensitive cameras, you can get muddled images that would&rsquo;ve looked nicer with some grain. It&rsquo;s almost like a watercolor painting[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/24\/proraw\/\">ProRAW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/30\/the-iphone-12-pro-max-real-pro-photography\/\">The iPhone 12 Pro Max: Real Pro Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/13\/iphone-12-and-iphone-12-pro\/\">iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/iphone-12-reviews\/\">iPhone 12 Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastiaan de With: The only time that I found the smart image processing on the iPhone noticeably bothersome is when skies get overly tinted blue. It&rsquo;s clear that the iPhone can now easily detect and segment the sky in a shot, and it applies nice smooth noise reduction to it to get wonderful gradients. 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