iPhone 12 Pro Max CAMERA Review! Is it THE BEST? By Saurav Sinha

The iPhone 12 Pro max apple, has packed the latest camera technology in this small device. Well, not exactly small, but hope you get the point in this video I'm going to test the device in different scenarios, take a lot of photos and videos and see how it performs super, super excited about this one. So without wasting any time, let's get started. The iPhone 12 Pro max has three lenses and a LIDAR sensor which I'll talk about later. You have the white, the ultra white and the telephoto, which goes till 2.5 x compared to the pro which goes till 2x on paper. The difference between 2x and 2.5 x is not much, but I prefer the 2.5 x because 1 I get more reach and 2. I like the compression of it.

The good thing about iPhones is how consistent it is throughout all the lenses in terms of colors, sharpness and dynamic range. Talking about dynamic range apple is using what it calls a smart HDR. Basically, what it does is it takes multiple exposures simultaneously and the software combines these exposures to give you a final result. Now all these steps happens in a fraction of a second, and it works great most of the time. Sometimes I feel the HDR is too much, and it looks over processed.

According to my taste, you can turn off the smart HDR. If you want, then the results look much more natural, but you lose the extra dynamic range. I wish there was an option to adjust the level of HDR being applied on the images. I don't know if that option is ever going to come, but if it does, it would be pretty handy overall, the image quality is great. It can handle extreme high, dynamic range situations pretty well.

The images have very good contrast. The colors are nice and vibrant, but at the same time they look very natural and not over saturated all. The images you are seeing in this video is straight out of the camera. Without any post-processing, with the new 14.3 iOS update, you get the option to shoot in raw format and apple calls. It is pro raw.

The good thing about these raw files is, you can edit them right from the inbuilt editing application. This update came just a couple of days before the video launch date, so I could not test it enough, but it's a step in the right direction. When you go to the portrait mode, you have two options: the standard and the telephoto lens doesn't matter what lens you use it's going to do a great job in cutting out the subject and separating it from the background. Obviously it's not perfect, but compared to the other smartphones I have used in now. This is the best portrait mode.

I have used till date. Personally, I love using the 2.5 x tell lens for portrait shots because, as I said, I love the compression and the human face- looks very natural at 65 mm focal length without any distortion. I had a lovely time photographing and playing with the cats and the portrait mode was absolutely on point. The background blur looks very natural, and the subject is stack sharp, even when zoomed in talking about low light photography, the biggest improvement over the previous generation is that the night mode is available in all the lenses. I use the ultrawide lens a lot and the night mode is definitely a welcome upgrade.

Unfortunately, you can't turn on the night mode by yourself. If the light is low, it will automatically detect and switch to night mode. Apple should include an inbuilt manual mode which allows the users to change the shutter speed, adjust the focus manually and also the white balance, especially if you are calling a device pro you should at least give a pro mode. You see what I did there anyways I've used night mode in complete dark situations, and I'm really impressed with the results. There is a bit of noise in the images if you zoom in, but for such a compact device.

This is very good and by far the best night mode I have used him now. The LIDAR sensor is a new addition to the pro models. It creates a depth map by throwing invisible light beams, it's mainly going to be useful for augmented reality applications, but in terms of photography and videography. This is helpful, especially for faster autofocus in low light situations in terms of photos, the iPhone 12 Pro max is great. It meets my expectations, but in terms of videos it actually exceeds my expectations before I talk about the video features, it's time to give a shout-out to the sponsors of the video, and that is skillshare is an online learning community, which I personally have been using from a long time.

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There are a lot of flagship phones coming up with HDR display, but none of them till date can shoot HDR videos initially. I thought this is a gimmick when it was advertised by apple, but as soon as I started, recording videos. I realized this is a game changer for sure HDR. Video needs to be processed differently and if you don't want to do those extra steps, you can turn off the hdr2. But if you want that crazy dynamic range, I would recommend keeping it on in terms of resolution.

This can shoot 4k, 60, 30 and 24 fps. You can also shoot 120 and 240 fps in 1080p, but again it doesn't look as good as the 4k videos. Since the a14 bionic chip is so powerful, I would have loved to see a higher quality. Maybe a 4k slow motion option. I hope apple brings it in for the generation iPhones.

One thing that's different about the pro max model is sensor shift stabilization on the standard lens. The lens is not stabilized. The sensor is stabilized. Like you have in body stabilization in the mirrorless cameras, I have tested the stabilization in very complex situations. I mean you know how good the Indian roads are right, but the good thing is this: iPhone handles it without any issues.

I'm very impressed with the stabilization, the tell lens and the ultra white doesn't have sensor shift stabilization. They have optical image stabilization, but personally they work equally well. I know I have been saying this a lot, but I haven't seen such good video stabilization in any smartphone that I've used till now. Anyone who is looking for a compact device that can shoot great, looking photos and videos without putting many efforts. This is definitely a great option.

Is it expensive? Yes, no doubt, but when I saw what this device is capable of, I realized this is way above the other competition and totally worth it. But again, that's my opinion. Let me know what you think about this device in the comments below that's it from this video guys. I hope you enjoyed the video and if you did press the like button, if you're new to the channel for more such content subscribe to the channel I'll talk to you guys in the next one bye.

Source : Saurav Sinha