As a VFX artist and supervisor I can confirm, that what you say is true. The ony factor in compression is the perspective, that is created by the distance to the subject. If you take a widangle shot from the same distance as your portrait, how could there be parallax (movement between foreground and background) if you didn't change your position, right? If you move towards something, the things farther away get smaller at a slower rate as the things closer to you, so the background objects look smaller on an image in comparison to the foreground object, than if you're further away.

Recording to an external device and LOG are by far my favorite new features. It’s incredible to think that someone can buy one of these phones and tackle multimedia projects, from start to finish.

The log footage looks great. I can’t believe it came from an iPhone.

Been following you for a while with another of my accounts, your chill energy is unique and your observations devoid of unnecessary drama. It's relaxing and informative, that's rare in our culture now. Keep being you and more influence to you.

The only review I actually look forward to every year!

That log footage was absolutely amazing, was not expecting that

This is definitely the only video videographers and photographers need to watch. Record direct to USB devices is the most game-changing feature, because it means to save $500+ on an iPhone with larger storage. Suddenly you have a log-capable camera for a little over $1000 which is also your phone. And also, as an iOS developer, I can say that iOS 17 brings a TON of new features when it comes to connecting the phone / iPad (which already has USB-C) to photo / video equipment. It's clear Apple has shifted from trying to sell you the most expensive phone just for the sake of it, and moving towards really Pro features. Great video Tyler.

Dang man. This was great. So cool you were at the Capture One studio. As a commercial photographer who tethers with Capture One onset that’s one of the things in mind when they show that in the Keynote. Beautifully made video man. And yes, the LOG footage is crazy. I picked up the 15 promax yesterday, and was testing it out on my children and threw it into Resolve last night, and was impressed at how good it looked.

Amazing review, Tyler! I love how you articulate and put all the info and your thoughts together!😀🤘

Buddy gave us a movie straight outta Hollywood. That Intro was fire 🔥🔥 Almost forgot for a minute I'm watching a Phone review.

Best review I've seen of the camera system so far. I'm really impressed by the video footage you were able to get out of this tiny little device. I know every year it seems like Apple is promising that something that fits in your pocket can shoot films with, and everyone laughs and rolls their eyes, but every year they get a little bit closer, and I think this year was a big step.

As usual, the best iPhone camera system review from a photographer's point of view out there!

Wow! The action mode footage you got from 5x zoom on the statue…. Can’t believe with that amount of shakiness and zoom you got such smooth motion…. Always wanted stabilize in post but never spent the time to learn. That’s a hidden game changer feature for me, I love zoom and motion when recording in an iPhone

Yes! Loved seeing what you were able to do with the log footage, amazing stuff.

Every year I look forward to your review of the new iPhones and this year is no exception. Thank you once again for making a detailed, well-rounded review of the new phones and for staying consistent throughout the years. It makes it even more impressive to see these sometimes iterative feeling upgrades year over year amount to quite impressive improvements when switching from a two or three year old iPhone. Coming from a 13 Pro the wow-feature for me this year was your example of the action mode shots. Don't know that I will use them very often but quite impressive and nice to have with all the other improvements that impact daily use more.

What a great review, thanks for sharing your experience with both phones. Really impressed with the action mode and LOG footage

Always look forward to your review on the new iPhones, but I think this was your best work yet. Really nice pacing to the video, informative without being overly technical and a good mixture between video and photo. Not to mention you had some great shots in a beautiful location. Look forward to the next one!

so happy with this new iphone. started using it for my own productions and for something so portable, its really doing a fantastic job with log mode and the direct to ssd recording. unbelievable qol improvements for professional shots

As a videographer that log footage actually looks amazing, I usually never use phone footage mixed with my videos but could see myself using this for some quick b-roll

Incredibly well-done video, Tyler. Super informative and easy to follow. Production quality is incredible!

By far the best camera review one could get on KZfaq.

This is the review I have been waiting for all week! :-)

I'm waiting every year for you camera review ... hands down the best iPhone camera reviews on YT! :)

You did a great job showing off the camera quality of the iPhone 15, I'm bought in

Really helpful, thank you!! I just ordered a 15 Pro Max this afternoon and am so excited! I'm moving up from a 12 Pro Max and can't wait to try out these new features.

Great to see the improvements the iPhone 15 camera got. The pro features look useful and well considered but the quality jump across the board is 👌🏽

Those log videos look stunning. Great great video, thanks for making it.

As always Tyler, intelligent, comprehensive, and stylish content

Thanks for the informative video. This morning, I was in tears because my very old phone was finally broken. I've had a photography hobby for years, but I've never really used my phone for it. Now, I'm getting eager for some new experiences. I already shoot in raw most of the time and I will almost certainly use the log feature for video - at least on occasion.

The work you’re doing Tyler here on KZfaq is simply great. Had to tell you 😅

The Action mode in 5X is absolutely amazing! Great review video.

This was an amazing video. I really like the time you took to research and put this together!

This is a top notch review. I’m not a photography expert and by watching your video I was able to finally understand many technical concepts. Thanks! 🙏 Hats off to you 👏

This is the best review I’ve seen on the iPhone 15. Your video is informative and stunning. I’m due for my iPhone upgrade. As a budding content creator as my side hustle I think this is gonna help me a lot.

Thanks for this amazing review Tyler! Great as always

The log footage is fantastic, wow

Thank you!!! You’re always so thorough and I appreciate your knowledge and experience.

Why am i watching it even though i cannot afford

Saving this for later as i havnt watched this but thank you! for including the non pro 15. I couldnt find a single camera review of the regular 15

To answer you question about focal length ( I am a vfx supervisor ) you are absolutely correct (+/- lens distortions happening on wide lenses close to subjects that add even more to the effect). But yes it’s correct. A zoom is technically a crop, the face changing is because if you compensate the crop by changing your distance to the subject then it’s a perspective change. That’s what happens in a vertigo shot basically.

The action button was placed there for camera control when you rotate the phone to landscape position. In this position you can use it as a shutter button as well.

Tyler produces amazing videos and I was looking forward to his feedback on the iPhone 15 pro’s cameras and software. Fantastic stuff.

FINALLY a reviewer talking about taking a pro res video & show what to do or what you can do after taking a pro res video FINALLY! got sick of all these dumb reviewers out there moaning about how great pro res is without explaining anything. THANK YOU!!

This is a high level review of cameras of the iPhone 15 pro (& max). You just got a new subscriber.

Thanks for the in-depth video.

Finally a camera review ive been waiting for

This was a huge upgrade for video. Super excited

This is a fantastic overview! Two of my favorite highlights you mentioned is the ability to record directly to SSD which means (theoretically) I can save money on my iPhone by getting less storage and a few external SSDs. And, I am really intrigued by the Apple Log mode.

Tyler, Thanks, this is one of the most helpful reviews I've found. I really appreciate the way you scrutinize the photo results from one model to the next, or with adjustments to the settings (e.g. tweaking the aperture setting when in portrait mode, to play down the default's extreme). I'm considering upgrading to the 15Pro, for it's still photo improvements over my current 13. Looks like lots of new potential to take advantage of. Thanks much!

Yesss omg i have been waiting for this!

Great video, could have listened to this for twice the length. Fingers crossed for a podcast episode on everything you talked about here.

Thank you for the unbiased and honest review. I hope that Apple takes into consideration views of like-minded professional photographer's like yourself and of other reviewers too especially, that their HDR 5 needs a bigger shift in the processing of darker parts of the images (1.50~2.20 min mark). And yes, some of us do feel the same too that this wasn't the big jump that we were hoping for. I hope Apple would send some tweaks/fixs/upgrades towards the ip15 based on the above observations. I was really looking forward to getting the ip15 pro but have stopped short, after seeing many such reviews pointing out the very same issues observed. Btw, I love the action mode and the portrait mode. Common Apple, you can do better!

Awesome video bro! You crushed this

Thank you, I was waiting for this. If you create a (yet) more detailed "after a while" review, I would suggest making two. One for the 15 and one for the Pro. They are really for two different types of users. The regular 15 user likes the features (action mode, low light, 24MPs) but wants the camera (phone) to do the work. The 15 Pro user may want that as well but is looking for a professional camera as well which Apple now really offers.

Thank you for making this useful video. There are many people made "unbox" video but I didn't find anyone review about Camera on iPhone 15/ 15 Plus. This is exactly what I need. Thanks

BEST REVIEW SO CALM AND FORMAL.. and has a good style..haha

Tyler you are a true gem. Your reviews are absolutely stellar. Thank you for your hard work.

I searched for a iphone camera review. This is the best bit of YT I've seen for a while, all the others where people giving an opinion, or not really knowing what they were talking about. This one was so much better. I still think those "focal length" are just marketing blurb. (and unintended side effect: I really, really want to go to Copenhagen now)

Best iPhone 15 camera review by far. Thank you.

I just picked up my iPhone 15 pro. I'm super excited to shot with it! Keep up the great work!

Found this video occasionally. But i am surprised by it's details, very good work!

That action mode shot! 🤯

Wow, great review. That RED app footage looked pretty amazing. If someone told me that was from an iPhone I wouldn't have believed them prior to this video review.

Once again, a superb review; one that confirms my "need" for the 15PMx. Cheers!

Dang this made us miss Copenhagen. Pumped about being about to shoot in LOG. That action mode is not bad at all...might not even bring an action camera anymore for our secondary camera. Thanks for the review, Tyler!

Great review - thanks! By the way, you can make the visual compression thing intuitive by drawing a simple picture: a top-down view of the camera, subject, and background, with the edges of the field of view drawn as two lines radiating out from the camera. Changing the angle between the two lines (the focal length) doesn’t change the relative size of the subject and background objects - the only way to change the background compression is to move the camera to a different distance from the subject. It’s simple geometry, but a picture is worth a thousand words.

This convinced me to buy an iPhone 15 pro! Thank you, needed such an in-depth video.

brilliantly thorough, as always

Finally! The review I was waiting for lol

Thank you for the access to LUTs!

Awesome video. Crazy high quality. Thanks.

Looking forward to try out the log shooting and external storage video recording with it. Also the USB-C is such a huge game changer here too. Thanks for showing it very well.

Stellar work here. I was about to send my pro back because I didnt like the battery. Was about to pick plus. Now, I am confused. So thank you for that

I left the iPhone at iPhone 4, but after being sucked back into the Apple ecosystem by the M1/M2 chips Macbooks and iPads the 15 Pro might just do it for me. That Log looks absolutely insane and as someone with a lot of experience in colour grading and especially using proper log colour spaces this is so exciting. Thanks so much for the in-depth analysis and beautiful showcase versus just "it shoots log just like Hollywood does" with some bad example footage as most other YTers are doing. It's incredible how much better the video can look with the proper colour spaces

this is a good photographer's review unlike others out there pretending to be a photographer. as a photographer myself i would like to know more about the dynamic range and distortion. And yes, I agree 5x is not necessarily be an upgrade when 3x is more useful (for instance, compressed portraits)..

FYI, you can enable HEIF max to force 48 megapixel images in the stock camera app. You can then zoom 1x-2x and it will scale pixels accordingly. 1.5x is 35mm and about 24 megapixels for instance.

Your videos are always amazing. Deserve many more subscribers.

Beautiful footage!!

Best review of the iPhone 15 Pro cameras by far!

Great video - and welcome to Denmark, hope you had a nice time here 😊🇩🇰

A guide on how to work with log footage would be awesome and much appreciated!

Subscribed. Excellent and informative review. Much respect. Too much click bait type videos out there. Good to see one that bucks that trend.

I have waited for this video!!!

That action shot was crazy impressive.

Impressive doesn't cut it! Just stunning. Going to Vienna this December, can't wait to try your luts too! So so so impressed

As always, amazing review! That photo at 2:01 could have tricked me it came from a mirrorless, only the inconsistencies of the blur on plant gave it away

That Action Mode 5X shot was magnificent 😍😍😍🤯

That footage is amazing. I'm still on the 13 Pro Max, currently shooting a short with it using FilMic Pro. I need the 15 using BMD Camera app. Great vid, by the way. Thanks!

I actually like using the action button to launch the camera app. Compared to the camera button on the home screen it saves you two actions to complete. For example. In the scenario of a locked phone. You have to: 1 press power button to activate screen 2 press camera button on the screen With the action button you just press it and can immediately start shooting by pressing it again. It’s just a bit faster and easier. And to some degree this also applies for when you’re in an app. As someone who likes street photography. This small time saving feature can actually really help out capturing these “decisive moments” we hunt for.

Great work. The action mode plus the 5X zoom was amazing. Having a hard time deciding between iphone 15 pro or pro max. The size still bothers me. But the camera capability in promax makes everything complicated. I would love to get the 5X zoom. Anyway, Wishing you a wonderful time with family and friends in Copenhagen.

Those new Stalman LUTs for iPhone Log are an instant buy :)

That action mode shot was a thing of beauty😮

In the UK we have orange streetlights in rural areas during the night. I noticed significantly less lens flair with the 15promax than the 14 promax, far less disturbance from any light source and the resulting image looked less harshly sharpened

Hugely informative. Copenhagen early autumn is lovely, no harsh sunshine (when the sun does appear!)

Best review on the tube!

Your showcasing the action mode is actually excellent compared to other youtube reviewer.

Jeeze that footage is sharp & clean ✨

This was helpful! Was looking for someone who tried out the tethering on the iPhone and even if I wouldn't buy an iPhone, it was nice to see the demo, and of all the things the CEO of Capture One :D

amazing vids ! thanks for the review

Best use for the action button is linking it to a shortcut. What are you doing often? Opening Lightroom/photos, automatically transferring/saving of all photos from the last 24h to a folder, etc can all be linked to the action button The limit to shortcuts is your creativity!