Apple Lied to You About the iPhone 15 Pro

Loved the format, loved your comparison, too much talking though. Way too much for a 25-minute comparison video.

I did such a comparison myself. I have the 15 Pro Max and an a7iii with Sony 24, 35 and 135mm primes. I can wrap this up real quick: there’s no realistic comparison between a full frame (or APSC) camera and its huge lenses with any smartphone. Not at pixel level. But: there’s more than image quality in photography. Some of the best photos in history are made the last century with film (and not always professional grade film) and shot with vintage lenses without the clinical corrections of today. You can compare photos from Magnum photographers of the 1960s for example with a modern iPhone and the image quality of the iPhone is ten times better. But is that matter? For me, after a decade shooting (not professional) with various big sensors, my iPhone 15 Pro Max is possible my best camera “experience” I ever had. Sure, it doesn’t have the editing latitude of a full frame camera but I don’t even care (I don’t need shoot ProRAW because I like the SooC images from the iPhone). Shooting raw is a necessity if on big cameras because they don’t have the processing power built in for smart HDR, Deep Fusion, Photonic Engine etc. and believe me, I am sick and tired of editing every single image on Lightroom Classic in order to make it usable. Not to mention the added inconvenience to carry a camera bag full of cameras and lenses and a tripod.

For my street photography or anything during day time the iPhone is my main camera. I am only taking my full frame for blue hour or night shots, especially if I need to print. By the way, I made a test print from iPhone 15 Pro Max on fine art paper 285gsm at A3 size and the image is perfectly fine!

Physics don't lie.

Biggest difference is that the base iPhone 15 without the max or pro still get the same 48 MP camera.

Like u have to take shots in better situations to notice the difference bcuz in peak daylight you not gon notice the difference in no phone really

The 15 pro has a little bit more detail…same sensor but different internal processor…so yes it does have an overall stronger processor to get out a little bit more detail on the same sensor….so they are different just not that much

The colours on the maple trees were sooo beautiful! 😢

great video! satisfying to watch. please use s23 ultra or s24 ultra

you should show the tele and wide to show the difference between iPhones and pro cameras.

It is not the camera, but the person behind It.

Im so happy I up grade it to the 15 Pro Max

with the beach one, i don't get how you are comparing an iphone with a set algorithm that recovers highlights etc, with a straight out of camera r5 shot. The shots could easily be matched.

But the 15 pro shots default at 24mp vs 12mp of the 14

Would be possible to focus stack with iPhone 15 Pro to achieve the depth of field for landscape photography?

I used to be someone that upgraded my iPhone every 1.5-2 years. After my daughter was born I got the iPhone X Max. A year later my son was born. I kept that phone (because it had all their baby photos and videos and I was paranoid) until recently when I came to terms it was time to move on.

So last weekend I got the iPhone 15 Pro Max…

Holy crap!

For context, I’m an independent filmmaker and up until last weekend my soul would die when other filmmakers mentioned they would shoot their project with an iPhone. It made me cringe and die in humiliation for them. But after getting this phone and downloading the BlackMagic camera app (for free!) I can honestly say that the iPhone is a viable option. I’m used to shooting on Arri and RED, but I’m definitely more open to shooting on this phone for smaller things. And while I still prefer Arri and RED, it’s insane to see that phone cameras are catching up so rapidly to cinema cameras in quality. Unreal!

IT IS ALREADY 2024, PHOTGRAPHER COMPARING IPHONES TO DSLR WAS ALREADY A BYGONE ERA 10 YEARS AGO !

Comming from an iPhone 13 mini I welcome the 15 Pro Max with USB-type C. I use a Canon R100.

Phone with 1inch sensors liko Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi...smoking 15pro all the way, iphones are 3 generations behind Chinese brands...so sad. I tested 15pro max agsinst Vivo X90pro plus, Xiaomi 13 ultra...and difference is huge.

So for photo amator better buy iphone 15 pro? p.s hah i was think that r5 was iphone 15 pro :D

You mentioned that you lived on the road and couldn’t use Apple log video because of storage space. USB C cable and an external SSD drive are all you need to off load your large files from the iPhone 15 Pro Max. This is actually a great upgrade. I do agree with your comments regarding the camera being similar to the 14 Pro Max. Thank you for the great content!

Any apps you can recommend to control iso and shutter speed?

In your personal opinion, what is the best compact travel camera? Thank you!

For me it always comes down to this, the most important camera is the one you have with you and that’s why I sold my full frame canon DSLR, beautiful pics but a nightmare to carry around. Great video btw, loads of really useful info ❤

Good work Alex.

Great video Alex! That was a lot of work and dedication, and a very honest and fair comparison! subscribed :)

Great video! I'm going to sell my MFT camera, because the new iPhone is so damn good. I don't need a big camera anymore.

yo, do you realize how annoying the music is between the 'insights' you are trying to share?

awesome video, 10/10 wow.

Thanks for sharing. It was a great review.

I could tell the canon was camera B, but it was SOOOOO difficult. Some images I couldn’t tell a difference

Im a bit confused, videos that are come from log are washed out, professional videos, usually have mellow editing also, so in reality is very little editing I have to do to a log footage. I still have my 14pro, Im thinking on using Moment's log option for those days with crazy contrast in Florida, I do lots of videos of me kayaking, it'll be nice to have less blown out videos. Thanks, lets hope 16pro makes a great comeback!

best video on iphone cameras I seen so far, great work mate!

I went from the iPhone 12 Pro Max to the 15 pro Max. The only annoying thing I found is the lens flare and that’s it.

I ordered my iphone 15 pro today and camt wait for it to arrive. I’ll get this upgrade from iphone 8 so i will have quite a shock😅

I'm looking for an update.i have iPhone 12 64GB, but for vlog and other media its not enough, but I can't afford a phone with a price of a car😂

Great video!

What’s with the song

Great video! I'm going on vacation next month and was trying to pack light and bring only one lens, but I was struggling to choose between my 35 or my 24-70. This video made me realize that my smaller, lighter, and faster 35 is the best way to go since I've already got a great zoom on me in the 15 Pro.

Thank you for filling us in so acurately with all the 'real' advantages of the new iPhone compared to the 14Pro Max and your R5. That was fun to watch and made me think again before moving on to the next purchase. .

Hi, great video, thanks, can you please tell me the references of the supports that you are using for the iPhone?

thanks Al3x :)

might be the best irl test to see the capabilities of the 15 pro yet, impeccable content right here

So here's the elephant in the room for me.... the CAMERAS on the latest iPhones are fantastic, no doubt about it. BUT the software and pos-processing is absolutely HORRENDOUS! In order to get decent pictures you really have to shoot everything in RAW, which creates major storage space headaches when you take 1000's and 1000's of photos (as we all seem to do these days given both the ease of mobile phone photography and of course, social media use). 
Even iPhone RAW is not rue RAW though, and it's telling that I guessed 4 of the 5 R5 images correctly due to the way Apple apply over-sharpening, contrast and crushing of blacks. If you shoot just with the regular settings (non-RAW) the difference in certain photos is infinitely greater and somewhat mind-blowing... in an entirely NEGATIVE way. Everything is far far too harsh, and so much detail is lost in a cacophony of over-sharpening and aggressive contrast enhancement which makes so many shots where detail is important... unusable.

amazing comparison❤ keep doing what u love ❤

You make me wanna be better at taking photos of everything. I love it

Awesome tests man. Great taste in music as well ❤️