Apple Lied to You About the iPhone 15 Pro

Music-

Every year I take the new iPhone and put it up against my professional daily driver, the Canon R5 in real world situations. I’m a full time landscape photographer who lives in my suv on the road, living and breathing photography and making videos like this one. Last year I was absolutely blown away by the results of the new 48mp images from the iPhone 14pro. Because of that, we’ll be including in this years comparison to see if the new iPhone 15 Pro is a worthy upgrade or not. Lets just say that the answer left me emotional. So sit down, relax, put me on in the background and join me as I take you along to some beautiful spots around Newfoundland and find some great images.

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬

Camera/Video 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫 (Affiliate Links)

Vanlife 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫

Cooking 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫

Camping 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫

0:00 Intro
0:35 Dynamics Test
4:12 Color Science Test
9:31 Midday Light Test
13:51 Low Light Test
18:10 The Answers
23:10 Apple Log Video

[RolandKoller]

Honestly, comparing these tiny cameras to a normal professional camera is mind blowing. That goes for all other flagship phones as well. We are getting insane photos and video out of cameras 1/10 of the size. Great review 👍🏼

[grzib]

Just the fact that you are comparing your profesional camera with cell phone camera is enough to know that these cell phone cameras are amazing

[vonkessler]

I’ve watched a ton of the iPhone 15 verse every other phone and camera out there. You did an awesome job. I feel you did a very fair comparison.

[euden_yt]

As non professional, I’m just impressed that the poptart sized device is almost as good as a $4000 DSLR.

[Mohamedahmed-jzxd]

You may didn't read about it but: iphone 15 pro uses the same main camera sensor that is in iphone 14 pro, imx 803 which is a year old small sensor that uses old tech by Sony. Sony nowadays advertises a brand new family of mobile sensors which is called LYTIA. In fact O neplus 12 will be the 2nd phone to use it this year.
iphone 15 series only advances are fixing the 14 series image processing issues which are over sharpening and crushing the shadows + new processor and colors.
Apple is so much about lowering the cost so this is really what they did, a software update, aka smart hdr 5, that could be available to the 14 series via ios 17 to solve its cam issues but they made it the selling point for the iphone 15 series.

[GregMcMillan]

Apple uses the 90-90 rule with their camera app. They please 90% of the people 90% of the time. Those of us in the 10% range will definitely use a third party camera app so we can control the shutter speed, ISO and white balance. I’d like to see a comparison between the R5 and the 15 Pro Max where you use Reeflex Pro Camera and both cameras shooting RAW. And of course using the 48MP sensor in the 15 Pro Max, therefore it would all be wide angle shots.

[ryandinan]

Alex - I just found your channel - and I love your work. As a photographer myself, I appreciate how you cut through all the BS and get to the point, all while making a fun to watch video, with great editing and music to boot. Nice work sir - and I am now subscribed.

[Gauravmsr]

Incredible video man! I can see how you tried your best to keep the images looking similar to each other and came up with the best camera comparison I came across. I watched more than 15 so far.

[lispbar]

just got my iPhone 15 Pro. Your video does a great job comparing it to a larger camera with real images! Many thanks!

[properfpv]

I have the 15 pro and I have no complaints. It’s beautiful, fast, bright, has pro camera’s, pro features, usb c and great speakers. Winning!

[DigiDriftZone]

I think ability to shoot H265 LOG is the primary improvement in the 15 Pro, it's so big I initially bought a 15 and took it back just to have LOG. It allows you to use the iPhone as a real second camera, that's huge and shouldn't be dismissed as a small difference - I use h265 LOG with the black magic app.

[ichleckererkeks]

Had the 14 Pro from last year september till this years release of 15 Pro Max. Been using my 15 Pro Max and the images and videos are stunning. Still a bit better than the 14 Pro, which is pretty nice.
After viewing your shots it really impresses me, that my 1500€ Phone can shot pretty much 95% of the Quality of the R5. Thats so insane for its size.
Great video. Don't know why you "only" have 40k Subs :(

[markattardo]

I went from the 13 pro max to 15 pro max as it was upgrade time for me. It really impressed me. Watching your video I remain impressed. I honestly expected the R5 images would have been very obvious. I didn't pay attention to the 14 at all so I assumed the images would be a little more noticeable, at least some of the time.
I use my iphone for wider shots instead of buying a wide lens for my camera.
Great video!!

[carljuztine]

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

[andyr]

The biggest problem with cell phone cameras is that they are just horrible to hold and to control the settings, not to mention that it is a problem if you get a call when you are composing a shot. There is no doubt that professional cameras can be made smaller, but what is really important for the pro photographers are the grip and the setting controls, and a cell phone is just "anatomically incorrect" for taking photos - or even to make calls. As an amateur photographer, I will continue to use cameras designated for that, and will only use a cell phone when I do not have a proper camera with me, or when only taking snapshots.

[munir]

Some people misunderstood the message of this video and says only professional grade DSLR can beat an iPhone. No, even a budget kit can beat an iPhone image... Or any other phone ofc

[Camedia]

Fantastic! I look forward to your review every year. I often wonder why I'm carrying so much stuff!! Do you carry a 24-70 also?

Lastly if I may - when you do the print comparison, could you pls zoom in to show the differences. Would really help understand why people make their choices. Thanks for all you do!

[ThatWellnessGuy]

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.

[MRJohnson]

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!

[pedrocastro]

Your videos are amazing and your soundtrack is always a 10. And you are a great professional! Its a joy to see your work