What is Apple ProRaw? iPhone 12 pro users Check this out…

Today Apple released iOS version 14.3 which enables Apple ProRAW support on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Max Pro. This is a brand new photography hybrid file format that will let you capture a raw file with all the computational imaging data that you can edit in post production. This includes everything from HDR to Nightsight to Image Segmentation that Apple phones perform in the imaging pipeline into a DNG file that you can do your own edits with. Apple ProRAW provides 12-bit DNG files that feature 14 stops of dynamic range.

You can edit these files in 3rd party apps now such as Pixelmator, Affinity or even Adobe Lightroom. There is a noticeable difference in the image quality and it makes the iPhone Pro and Pro Max the top smartphone camera systems on the market.

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[alihassankhosa]

i love watching things I can't afford

[nathanvu]

I was editing ProRaw in Snapseed and the quality is absurd! Great flexibility for shooting!

[yamil_rivas]

100% agree with you. Many early YouTube reviews that I saw were critical of the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max’s image quality - but they all failed to mentioned Apple ProRAW and what it could possibly bring to the table. I’m glad you were dialed in on that from the beginning.

[MJBold_]

Coming from an iPhone 8 I was honestly in disbelief when I first used the camera on the iPhone 12 Pro. Super impressive stuff!

[utopia]

Great video as usual, Ted. Quick note... you mentioned Pro Raw being exclusive to Pro and Pro Max models due to the A14 Bionic chip. However, the iPhone 12 also carries the A14 chip. So it’s probably not only based on the chip. I think the exclusivity of Pro Raw is more likely due to the LIDAR Scanner baked into the Pro models. The scanner measures the speed of light reflection from environment objects which probably feeds a ton of data helping the phone create the Pro Raw file. Just a thought and hope it helps. Thanks for the amazing videos!

[ConstantinSPurcea]

Also, the Ultra-wide and the front camera never worked in RAW in Lightroom, it was only JPEG, so to have now all four in RAW and especially ProRAW is amazing.

[toxotis]

maybe you could a comparison between jpg and raw, some samples etc...

[MannyOnePointFour]

Just playing around with it. It’s definitely a game changer!! ProRaw images imported into Lightroom Mobile look better than raw images shot via Lightroom Mobile. Crazy!!!!

[BfoSHIZnats]

I'm sure the iPhone 11 Pro could shoot ProRaw if they wanted to. You can take incredible DNGs in Lightroom. Apple doesn't like giving out free features though...

[actiaint]

Damn - just bought 1phone 11 pro. Update a week later: I returned the 11 and bought the 12 pro max... returned as the yellow tint warm screen made reading what is meant to be white txt difficult but the cameras were insanely good.

[RonaldBrown]

I've really looking forward to this new feature, and I'm glad that you've had good results with it so far in your testing. I'll be taking more photos than ever now with my iPhone.

[AlBergstein]

Good review. After hanging in there on my iPhone 7 Plus for the last few years I decided that instead of buying a new laptop this year I was just gonna go ahead and upgrade the phone to this iPhone 12 max plus. I must say I am blown away by this phone. As a long time professional photographer this phone gives me virtually everything I need in a carry around camera. I purchased the iographer to mount it for video work, but so far I've only really been shooting stills. The ability to shoot ProRAW on this camera along with the video quality puts this camera on a par with carrying around my Gh5.Obviously the GH5 and 5S has some capabilities that make them better for longform video projects, but this cameraphone is absolutely superb. thanks for the great review from the point of view of a serious still photographer. It was just enough to help clarify the capabilities of this new format.

[Randuski]

All of this is great. But from what I've seen the new phones have the worst lens flares. Almost to a point where i don't know if i could use this phone for videos and photos. All the big reviews seem to avoid the issues somehow, but it's pretty bad

[amitadhikari]

Means we don't need DSLR camera for photography because we can easily make our image quality like dslr camera with the help of Apple ProRAW support isnt it?

[peterharris]

This is the phone camera I have been waiting for. Pro Raw is incredible. The camera alone is good but this appears to take it to another level

[kore]

I purchased the iPhone 12 mini and I’m really thinking of switching to the iPhone 12 Pro. I’m coming from an iPhone 6S so I obviously don’t upgrade regularly. Is it enough of a difference within the 12 lineup to go from regular to pro? Thanks for any input.

[chesterjohnson]

Using a Apple 7 for a after thought to take images or if I do not have me older Nikon DSLR gear. I am learning and may upgrade phones and pick up a smaller mirrorless camera with only a lens or two. Thanks for the info in this video.

[syahrirx]

Would appreciate if you can compare between Apple ProRaw and Samsung's DNG Raw (in Pro mode) in future videos!

[randalalansmith]

I just shot the same subject in ProRaw and JPEG.
Can't tell the difference in the editor when darkening or lightening by 2 stops. ProRaw just tints the highlights with grey when darkening. The native editor treats the RAW same as JPEG, and so does Lightroom.
I think I'm just wasting storage space.

[venomk]

Well, doesnt the google pixel have this for about two years now? They got computational raw support and it's basically what Apple is now calling ProRaw or am I wrong?