iPhone 15 Pro - A Filmmaker's Perspective

The iPhone 15 Pro is one of the most exciting releases that Apple has had in many years for filmmakers! Here's my perspective on ProRes 422 LOG recording in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max.

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0:00 - Why I'm so excited about the iPhone 15 Pro!
1:40 LOG Is The BIGGEST iPhone Upgrade in Years For Filmmakers
3:01 It's Time To Make iPhone Footage Not Look Like iPhone Footage
4:14 ProRes LOG Examples
5:05 Color Grading SHORTCUT!
6:01 USB-C Upgrades For Filmmakers
8:20 ProRes LOG 60fps Sample
9:53 Think Of The Possibilities!
11:04 Limitations Of The iPhone 15 Pro & Pro Max
13:12 ProRes LOG Tutorial Linked In Video Description

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[InventiveImagery]

Should've covered the BMD Camera App. That is huge for iPhone filming! My footage looks 10x better than using the native app. Almost seems to have more DR honestly

[DerSchaddan]

Forget about filmic pro, blackmagic has a free app that supports apple log and also enables other flavours of prores like LT etc. etc.
Which ironically turns the iphone into a... blackmagic pocket cinema camera lol

[evanshaw]

Matt please do another video on the huge advantage of being able to change depth of focus afterwards!!! Simply game changing!! Inshot the reception and my auto focus was off. It saved me!!!!

[MaximoJoshua]

Great video, but I really wish you would have shown a color managed version of the footage...I am sure your LUT is really cool, but one of the coolest things about this, is they didn't just add log, they added Log that is supported in editors, namely Davinci resolve. So you can get a 100% accurate translation of their log profile out to rec 709 or rec 2020, whatever your deliverable is.

You can also match the footage to other cameras, by taking it from their log profile into an intermediate format like ACEScct or Davinci Wide Gamut.

I prefer when log footage is first corrected using color science, and then graded adding the creative look on top of that process, to keep the accuracy high.

I just think that this highlights the difference between like Filmic Pro's fake log, and actually native log that actually adheres to some standard like ACES, etc

Oh, also, the LUT might be super useful if you use BlackMagic Camera iOS app (which gives you false color, zebras, HDMI clean feed, and basically every other feature a BlackMagic camera would give you in their UI), which allows you to add a preview LUT, and also you can use ProRes 422 LT to save a little space. BlackMagic Camera is free...you can also just put BMC on the action button...

[mapreader]

The Cinema P3 app has been offering 3 different Prores Log profiles for a couple of years on the iPhone 13 & 14, and also lets you film in Prores Proxy, LT, regular and HQ. Amazing app.

[ALXFPV]

finnaly a good video about LOG with good upload quality!

[arsillare]

I've always loved photography but the phones I've had have been so crappy... now on September 2nd I'll have the iPhone 15 pro, I'm so excited, such a beautiful camera and an almost perfect processor

[stkuj]

I can't wait till the "how to record" in ProRes video. I might add that I feel that best additions are VND & Mist filters! Lastly, I'd like to see your recommendations for video apps.* Matt - the BlackMagic Cam app is really great - plus it has zebras and it's free.

[mesut]

One last step is to adjust shutter speed with a ND filter. Because the aperture is fixed, shutter goes too high to adjust exposure and that increases also the sharpness of the footage.

[DARKSTUDIOSPORTUGAL]

amazing! just bought mine! please do a video talking about the red/apple court problem with raw video :)

[johnbanton]

Hot tip: the new and free Blackmagic Camera app allows you record ProRes log 4K 60 fps if you choose to (and have plenty of space!). Can also change codec to other smaller ProRes options and even h.265 and h.264. All in 4K 60fps log.
Has an easy and non-cluttered interface (with zebras although I haven’t figured out which % is useful to have on display).
There are some bugs around LUT displays and some serti fa make the preview completely blow out and look overexposed, however on hitting record it seems to fix? Hopefully they’ll fix it soon with updates as it’s all pretty new, but would love to get your thoughts on it or see it in the next video on how to set up for log recording etc.

[johnaltern]

Well dayum..you got me to by an A7s few years ago, and now I’ll be upgrading my iPhone. I appreciate how in depth your videos are.

[dr.syeddd]

thats the video i was wating for, i was in high doubt that matt johnson will make a video about 15 Pro max video capabilty, im glad my boy is here, much love from pakistan, , , its 2am in night but still so exicted to watch your video with coffe

[adrianght]

Best video so far! Nice job! 👍 Greetings from Romania !

[mden]

These log videos from YouTubers are really about selling their video presets/Luts

[arnelreodique]

Hey Matt! Great review! Have you tested how long it can record at 4K until it overheats or stops recording? Thanks! 🤘🏽

[matttheking]

Definitely interested in that raw video court battle!

[giorgioguitar]

Hey, tell us about Apple vs RED battle you talked about!!!

[volcolby]

As a complete amateur and dad filming my kids sports, I have absolutely loved the 15 Pro Max and its ability to capture pretty good video even with the challenges of a large soccer field. 4k 30 is usually enough for me.

[SteveHartmanVideos]

Recording to external is not new. You could do it with 3rd part apps. I can do it with my iPhone 11 and black manic app. However there is a big problem … the lightening port is not fast enough for 4k60p. Other smaller files can work tho. So the new 15 pro series (must be pro) has usb-3 speeds that can keep up w it. H264 4k60p is about 100 mbps or about 13 MB per second. The SD card reader I have for iPhone 11 can only write about 8 MB / sec at best. What I do is I can just record to internal storage up to 4k60 and wireless copy to my PC to edit using AirDiskPro which will copy at about 35 mb per second over WiFi, faster than using an SD card adapter.