The First iPhone That Can Replace My Camera? | 15 Pro/Max 1 Month Review!

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Timecode
00:00 What to Expect!
00:29 Sunset Photo!
00:58 Low Light Photos!
03:03 Touristy Photos!
04:29 How to make Portrait Mode look Better!
05:04 Different Lenses & How Versatile They Are
06:34 Gimbal Test
08:37 External Audio via USB-C
09:04 48MP iPhone VS 51MP Pro Camera
09:40 Taking DRONE Shots with an iPhone!
11:18 Final Photo! Wallpaper Worthy??
12:31 Summary
13:59 Thank you from SquareSpace
14:44 A Happy Ending

[halimrahman]

I was super surprised with the quality coming out from the iPhone 15 Pro Max during my Camino de Santiago trip last week. But, still can't beat the details from Sony a7IV and the stabilisation coming out from GoPro 11. Other than that, iP15PM is a great travel companion.

[MollyFitzBrown]

Magsafe monitor, nice idea!!! I have been loving my iPhone 15 pro! I've made a few vlogs with mine (Universal and Disney) but boy does it hate wind and need an external mic! Otherwise I'm impressed! The stabe is bonkers, I love it!

[purplecorde]

Excellent work Jason! Always appreciate your videos like this! 👍🏼🔥

[mrbrown]

Would you choose this phone over the Sony Experia 1 v? How do you think they compare?

[gerald]

My set up for recording log footage with the iPhone 15 Pro is a Crucial X9 4 TB SSD connected over USB-C via a Duttek USB-C to USB-C male-to-male adapter. The adapter is only about one inch long. The SSD is super light and compact. There is no stress on the connector due to the low weight of the SSD.

[alexv]

Awesome video! Which do you prefer using the most, 3x or 5x? Also how was the battery life of the pro on a day while mostly taking photos/videos?

[Coatsey]

As always, Jason, a great video. I'd be interested in someone being brave enough to do an impartial review of the picture quality using Apple log versus the new DJI pocket three, both in its 10 bit and HDR formats. Are you that man?

[portraitonetelo]

Jason, I thoroughly enjoyed your review on the ip15pro/Max and as well as the tips and tricks that you have shared. Awesome shots btw and thanks for turning into a human drone in the name of photographic science! Keep up the great work. ✌️

[kamillisowski]

Every one have different feeling, in my opinion that's great how smartphone get better and better, nowa days on 90% on my trips I getting only my smartphone, have good enough resolution to print in daylight photos .
I think its not only me but we see in sales numbers of mirrorless and other systems how they loosing year by year ...

[meharyarhaider]

Which one would you prefer in terms of camera? 15 pro or pro max?

And do you think that 3x of pro model does the job and that 5x of pro max on telephoto isn’t that worth it?
Thank you in advance.

[Windsurfingaddict]

Loved this video and your happy funny style, I have ordered iPhone 15 pro max and will be with me sometime in November and coming from 12 pro max, my huge dilemma is iPhone 15 pro max vs buying either a used Sony hybrid camera and torn between heavy full frame or cheaper APS-C as meant to be more versatile and portable and which Sony camera that will compete or be better quality than iPhone pro max out of camera and log footage, all comments would be so helpful 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[puckhead]

Cell Phone cameras are mainly good enough if you're viewing the content on phone

Otherwise they're not good enough

HOWEVER...they're super important when you consider you're cellphone camera is the only camera you have in many situations

[STACYBURK]

It seems the images don't quite pop like the images from the Samsung 23 ultra. But it looks like the video on the iPhone is better. Which do you like most... the iPhone or the Samsung?

[fjuraa]

Hi Jason, could you make a video on how to use Sony Xperia phones as an external monitor for Sony A7 camera? :)

[coder]

Are you going to try the Pocket 3? I think you’d be surprised how much of an upgrade it is over the Pocket 2… it now has a sensor twice the size of the 15 Pro’s main camera. It would be cool to see your opinion of it!

[indradinho]

The 1.28 type sensor on the latest iPhone is good enough for all needs (my Android phone Xiaomi 13t uses a sensor of a similar size), at least up to ISO 1600 without crop because currently the AI denoise feature on Adobe Camera Raw is quite perfect. Unfortunately, now smartphone manufacturers choose 24mm as the main camera.

If only the main camera on a smartphone uses a longer focal length such as 35mm. Or at least between 28-35mm. As someone who has been too used to using the 35mm lens on the original Fujifilm X100 for the last 8 years, 24mm is definitely too wide for my taste. Yes, you can crop, but it doesn't take advantage of the entire camera sensor.

[SJtoday]

I want to be completely transparent and hopefully it helps my frustration. So I bought a $5, 000 Sony A7 IV & lens setup, but I’m a novice in the realm of photography and videography. I’m completely regretting buying that equipment to still suck at photography and videography. I can 110% saying it is the knowledge of the individual behind the camera… oh and EDITING, you get someone with skill in Lightroom and photoshop and the creation goes into another dimension. I bought an iPhone 15 Pro Max today for giggles and damn am I contemplating selling my camera. My hope is that one day I acquire the skill to actually be good enough to actually seek the benefits of the Sony setup, but I’m afraid by then my equipment will be outdated.

Am I the only one who might’ve jumped out of my abilities thinking the equipment makes the biggest difference?

[michaelbell]

Great video, really enjoyed it! It's only going to be a few years until you can fully replace a dedicated camera kit with a smartphone for almost anything. Once they can get the high megapixel sensor working with all the lenses and get better low light performance, game over.

[naizondj]

the way she said PISA so funny ahhahahah im italian and it was funny... love u

[beats]

Thank you for this interesting production. As someone who immediately transfers all photos to my 4TB MacBook Pro 16 would you say that 256GB would be sufficient storage for an iPhone 15 Pro Max?