iPhone 16 Pro’s Apple Log & Blackmagic Camera: The EXPOSURE Issues No One Talks About

I've been having issues with the Blackmagic Camera app lately

My iPhone Rig:

#iphone16promax, #applelog #blackmagiccameraapp

[WRNFilm]

Have you used Apple Log on a production yet?

[ckhicks]

Dude, this is great research. Keep ‘em coming!

[jax]

Something I don’t hear many people talking about is how after about 15-20 minutes filming in ProRes Log at 4k60 the phone will consistently stop the recording because of dropped frames due to “overheating” even though the phone isn’t hot at all. I saw a post about it on the black magic forum and a couple Reddit posts but nobody seems to have any advice or solution other than “drop the frame rate”

[Tecknowledgy]

I thought I was going insane!!! I knew I was right!

[solutionboytv]

This completely wrecked me on a recent night time project. I thought my blacks were safely exposed high enough, as I was showing green 18%MG on false colour for my dark areas, when in fact everything was massively underexposed and false colour just didn't show anything below that - it stops at the green! The fact that the histogram also stopping showing levels under that 18% meant I thought I was ok there as well. This I just for Apple Log, the other 3 colour space options in the app show the full range of false colour and histogram

[richardstirling]

Thank u for confirming what i suspected + I just shot a film using BM false colors outside at 55 Iso with two NDs in bright daylight + I pushed half into yellow - anything under was crushed

[mitutmonster]

Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing. Just shot using ISO 1250 on a sunny beach in Malaysia. Used VND and a Polariser to control exposure. The highlights didn’t clip. The blacks retained details. Will be testing ISO 1600 since watching your video. What I can say is that the iPhone is a beast. It’s like having an industry grade backup camera in my pocket. Filmmaking sure has come a long way. Renting a celluloid camera and buying a high grade ISO 250 film stock feels like ancient history. 😂

[MJM]

Amazing. More of this !! iPhone 16 will be my next phone for video

[MePeterNicholls]

Oh god yes I have been struggling with this.

[estebanmorales]

Iso 1600 is the best and 97% zebras for clipping point

[vladislav]

Hello, fantastic video. I'm very glad that someone is covering this topic so thoroughly. Please tell me, when we switch from automatic exposure mode to manual, the clipping point changes. Does this mean that the dynamic range decreases? Or does the dynamic range just become a bit more compressed?

I saw you change the Shutter Angle and the dynamic range decreases? What is the clipping point? Please explain this once again in as much detail as you can. What's happening? It looks like everything is fine in automatic mode. How are things in Final Cut Camera? Is the Blackmagic Camera definitely not buggy and allows correct interaction with the iPhone camera? (I use automatic white balance and heard that the native camera app and Final Cut Camera have much better algorithms, and that the white balance in Blackmagic is glitchy; could this be the case here as well?)

Please explain why you are using ISO 1, 600 not 1, 250?

Also, I've experienced problems with extreme noise reduction and loss of detail when shooting Apple Log on iPhone 15 Pro Max at ISO 1250 with the H.265 codec. Please tell me, was this only because I was shooting in a compressed codec, and would the problem go away if I used ProRes? I need to try it. As I understand now, that's the case.

Additionally, as far as I can see, the noise reduction algorithms differ in the iPhone 16 Pro, and it doesn't ruin sharpness as much. ISO 1600 doesn't look the same on the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro in terms of detail. The 16 Pro is better. Is that true?

I would be grateful for the most detailed answer. Your work is incredibly important to the world; it allows us to better understand the nuances and manipulate the iPhone truly professionally. Your video is like a breath of fresh air among very superficial and mediocre guides. Such a level of detail and depth is hard to find. I'm happy that I found you and subscribed.

[V-adventurous]

Thanks for the tips and great video. Honestly this video should have more views.

[TaoCovillault]

I have the feeling that every single vieo I watch on exposing Apple Log confuses me even more 😅
But this is very interesting ! And you definitely did a great job researching and explaining 🙏

[giokyo]

Okay so what ive got after a few days of research trying to get the best iphone apple log footage.(till now)

- only use the main 24mm lens

- Zebras for exposing highlights
79 ire at 55 iso
80 ire at 100 through 400 iso
96 ire at 1600 iso for the best dynamic range but will cause noise.

[xavierpierre]

you should do a video showing the tech pack would love to see how you work it

[pglazzari]

I’m going to have to try it brother. Thanks

[skymakai]

Just found your channel and am really enjoying it. I love how smaller YouTubers are doing content that's so much more interesting than just shilling products. But isn't the best ISO 1250 as Gerald Undone tested?

[cuscuztech]

Great video, you should try Motioncam Pro on a 1 inch sensor phone...you gonna be impressed....prores log, from real raw footage (no noise reduction/sharpening unlike iphone) and so many more options, various gamuts and logs to use, etc...

[barkal]

Thank you for doing the hard work. Can you elaborate on best practice for shooting log in H265 which is used by many documentary shooters?

[iPhone-Cinematograhy]

Thank you for your content! I'm following & sharing...