iPhone 11 vs iPhone 12: ULTIMATE camera comparison! By KLGadgetTV

Hey guys so today is gonna, be all about the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 11 cameras. We're going to dive in the front camera. We're going to dive in the back cameras, photos, videos, basically everything so grab your popcorn and get comfy. So a little of intro we've got three 12 megapixel lenses in total, you get two on the back and one on the front. The iPhone 12 main lens now has faster aperture and night mode is finally available on all its lenses, and you're, also getting smart, HDR, 3 and Dolby Vision, HDR, which is kind of a big deal. So do I like the iPhone 12 cameras better than the iPhone 11? I do.

Let's do photos first now, what I'm about to say applies to almost every photo doesn't matter if it's ultra-wide portrait night shots. If you compare both phones, the iPhone 12 offers more details. Now, I'm not saying that it's much better, though, in fact the differences are almost non-existent in most of the photos. The iPhone 11 is just as awesome, but if you need to pick you're bound to see some differences, it's not just more details. The iPhone 12 also takes brighter photos and has more vibrant colors.

You get bluer skies. The yellows and reds are more intense, and you get a little more contrast, but sometimes that's not the case. If you point it to the sun, the iPhone 11 actually captures better details as compared to the iPhone 12. Also, this is definitely a preferential thing, but I like that the iPhone 12 has cooler tones. It's the same with the ultra white shots, you get more details on the iPhone 12, but while some say the distortion is less obvious on the new iPhone, it feels the same to me.

The edges are still warped, but both the iPhones have natural, looking colors and great dynamic range. Of course. This is thanks to apple's smart HDR, which got even better on the iPhone 12. So what smart HDR does is it takes 9 frames that focuses on different exposures, and it picks out the best part of each frame to merge into a photo. It's not like the HDR on some android phones, where it combines all the shots into one.

Smart HDR uses machine learning to detect scenes and bring the appropriate adjustments now to the selfies. The iPhone 12 is once again more detailed, but I noticed that it tends to soften my face and I don't know what magic this is, but I kind of look chubbier on the iPhone 12. , not complaining, I'm just pointing it out. The selfie is also slightly brighter on the 12, but if we look at portrait selfies, the iPhone 12 tends to have harsher edges. Now, that's fine when the subject segmentation is accurate, but when it's not the edges, look kind of choppy.

I also noticed that when you use the back cameras to take human subjects, sometimes there's like this washout layer, which is weird okay here comes the fun part night mode so night mode on the iPhone 12 is applicable to all lenses. It makes a huge difference guys night mode on the ultra white lens is a much welcome feature and works great in super dark situations, but the iPhone 12 seems to be unable to handle the exposure on the background, as well as the iPhone 11. The background is slightly blurred and overexposed on the 12, but there's less noise, and it's brighter than the 11. The iPhone 12 also has cooler tones, but that's not always the nicest. Sometimes the iPhone 11 has more vibrant colors.

Okay, no more photo talk. Now, let's talk videos and how apple added Dolby Vision HDR. To put it simply, it's a kind of HDR format so like on android phones, you might get HDR 10 or HDR 10, plus on the iPhone 12 is Dolby Vision, HDR, so you're supposedly able to get more details in your highlights and shadows more colors. Even but the thing is Dolby Vision, HDR isn't as mainstream. Yet it's awesome because it uses dynamic, metadata and offers scene by scene or even frame by frame tone mapping, but it's not as easy to share these videos to others, mainly because there aren't many displays that support this format.

So I know it sounds confusing, but what I'm trying to say is Dolby Vision. Videos are only compatible with Dolby Vision displays, otherwise it will be viewed as a SDR content thanks to backwards compatibility, in fact, most TVs that support Dolby visions are quite pricey, so the feature is great, but it's just not necessary. Yet, alright, no more technicalities, it's time to check out some of the videos we've shot on both iPhones and who better to walk you through these videos than our expert Manila. Well, hello! What's up guys, my name is Manila, and I am the senior videographer for kl gadget TV. Yes, it is me the person behind the camera this whole time.

Okay, so there's a few things I'm going to mention in the video comparison. First, let's start with night video, but before I start, I just want to tell you that this whole night, video was actually shot in the pouring heavy rain. As you can see, it is raining, and I'm inside my car right now. I don't know what I'm riding but yeah. Why? Because it's actually monsoon season here in Malaysia, so it arranged every day and every night there's nothing.

I can do about it, but whatever it is, the job has to be done on time. The iPhone, 11 and iPhone 12 can shoot up to 4k 60 frames per second, but the iPhone 12 has a wider aperture, which means the iPhone 12 can shoot a brighter video. The iPhone 12 does well in the night video it looks brighter than the iPhone 11, not much, but still good. I was surprised. The iPhone 12 night video can also capture details, even in the pouring rain.

The color on the iPhone 12 video also looked nicely saturated. As you can see in this video look at the red, it looks intense, and the color tone is just nice. As for the ultrawide lens knight video, the iPhone 12 still perform. Well, it's not as bright as the main lens, but it does look a bit brighter than the iPhone 11. You can also see that the iPhone 11 struggled to brighten up the area, but the iPhone 12 looks brighter to the point that you can see that I'm shooting under an umbrella.

Okay. So now the problem with the night video. So I saw a few tech YouTubers mentioning the light flare, light reflection problem on the iPhone 12. Well, let me tell you: this is not a new problem. This light flare like dot light reflection problem has been there since the iPhone XR guys.

So, as you can see here, these are some of the videos that I shot using the iPhone XR. When I was in Taipei two years ago, you can see that the light problem has been there this whole time. For me, this is not a big problem. I think that the light reflection look cool. If it's not too obvious it somehow looks like you use a lens filter on the iPhone.

To be honest, I don't think apple will want to fix this, because again, this problem has been there since the iPhone XR. Well, if it's not an iOS problem, why would apple even bother fixing this another cool thing about the iPhone 12 is time-lapse now has night mode, so as for the daylight, video, both phones actually look more or less the same, which I am not surprised at all, but I do notice that the iPhone 12 video color tone look a little better and the video saturation look a little intense than the iPhone 11. But wait here is the fun part. Surprisingly, the iPhone 11 showed better details than the iPhone 12, which means it looked sharper. I'm not sure why the leafs details in the iPhone 11 video look sharper here compared to the iPhone 12.

Same goes in this next video as well. I mean look at the buildings on iPhone 11. It is sharper as for the ultrawide lens video again, both phones look more or less the same, it's hard to find the differences. If you can't see it, but I do notice that the color tone on the iPhone 12 look cool compared to the iPhone 11, which look warm still. The iPhone 11 show a better detail and sharper even with the ultrawide lens, as for the front facing camera.

Yes again same, but if you look properly the iPhone 12 video color saturation look a little higher and also brighter than the iPhone 11. Also, it does work well under the sun for both iPhone nothing bad for the slo-mo video it can shoot up to 1080p 240 frames per second. Yes, I did shoot slo-mo videos, so, as you can see, the slo-mo videos look slow and good, but if you watch properly the video color tone on the iPhone 12 look warmer compared to the iPhone 11, which look cold as an iPhone 11 user. If you ask me if I'm going to upgrade to the iPhone 12, the answer is no. I do think that the iPhone 11 performance is still great.

The camera still does well for me. I have no problem with it at all. You already see this side-by-side comparison. It looks more or less the same, as the iPhone 12 like why upgrade when it's still great. As for the Dolby Vision, HDR that the iPhone 12 series has, I don't think it's really necessary for me to shoot HDR videos now even already explain why you get it okay, so I'm done talking back to Yvonne, so there you go.

Our videographer says that she won't upgrade and I kind of think she's right, you've seen the side-by-side comparisons. The differences are really minor, but if we were both reaching rich, and we were to upgrade, we would instead go for the iPhone 12 Pro max instead of the iPhone 12. So that's it for our video today remember to give us a thumbs up. If you like this video. Let us know what you think in the comment section down below, don't forget to subscribe to our channel Kroger TV, and I'll, see you in the next one bye.

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