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iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot with Apple ProRAW

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Apple recently announced “computational photography” upgrades to their latest hardware and software releases. The iPhone 12 Pro Max adds some exciting new features to the camera functionality; among the highlights is the A14 Bionic chip with a next-generation Neural Engine. The Camera utilizes three lenses— Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto. There’s a bigger sensor, a longer telephoto lens, and a LiDAR Scanner that enhances Night Mode. Dual optical image shift stabilization technology allows hand-held exposures up to 2 seconds!
This is the first time Apple has offered RAW shooting in their Camera App. Apple ProRAW is supported with additional software options for Night Mode, Deep Fusion and Smart HDR 3.

Testing the Workflow with ProRAW Captures
My current image processing workflow routes through Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom and Photoshop. For the first round, I processed these images through the Apple Photos App then exported them to Lightroom.
Apple Photos features automatic adjustment buttons for light, color, white balance, curves, levels, sharpen, noise reduction & vignette. I started exploring with the auto adjustments and fine-tuned the sliders to my taste.

Exporting to Lightroom
The Apple Photos App has two exporting options; the first creates DNG files of the ProRAW Unmodified Originals. The second option includes the modifications made in the Photos App, it creates an excellent 16-bit tiff, but I was surprised that the files are huge— 80-90MB! I have noted some of the image sizes below the attached photos.

Look for the link at the end of the post for the Gallery view of larger images and additional metadata—

iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
First shot with natural & studio light on Tri-Pod, f/2.2, 1/120, ISO 125, -1.33 EV
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Natural & studio light on Tri-Pod, f/2.4, 1/120, ISO 80, -1.0 EV, ProRaw DNG 25.1MB, Lightroom TIFF import— 81.42MB
Brussel Sprouts Boiling— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 100, auto exposure, hand-held, 5500k daylight single light source
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Brussel Sprouts Peppered— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 160, auto exposure, hand-held, 5500k daylight light source
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Maya Artwork f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 640, – .152 EV, auto exposure, hand-held night mode, 65w spotlight source
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Grandma’s Oil Painting, searching for low light detail— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 640, – .152 EV, auto exposure, hand-held night mode, 65w spot single light source, ProRaw DNG 26.1MB, Lightroom TIFF import— 57.56MB
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Shot in the dark without flash on Tri-pod in Night Mode, amazing green pine needles that I could not see with the naked eye? What is LiDAR doing with this exposure? f/2.2, 1/40, ISO 640, -2.0 EV, ProRaw DNG 26.1MB
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Shot in the dark without flash on Tri-pod in Night Mode, note the detail of the trees and lights on the far shore— f/1.6, 1.0 sec, ISO 500, -0.81 EV, ProRaw DNG 24.3MB, Lightroom TIFF import— 92.57MB
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Chick Peas— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 80, auto exposure, hand-held, 5500k daylight light source
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Liberty Lake Detail— 1/120, f/1.6, ISO 100, auto exposure, hand-held
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Chick Peas detail— 1/120, f/2.2, ISO 100, auto exposure, hand-held
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Stone Detail— 1/120, f/1.6, ISO 20, auto exposure, hand-held
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Dock & Reflection of Sky & Trees— 1/120, f/1.6, ISO 40, auto exposure, hand-held
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Dreamwood Bay, nice detail on houses, clouds— 1/125, f/2.4, ISO 25, hand-held
Dreamwood Bay, Liberty Lake, Washington
Dreamwood Bay, Black & White, Smart HDR 3— 1/125, f/2.4, ISO 25, hand-held
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Studio lighting 5500k Daylight on C-Stand Clamp, f/1.6, 1/120, ISO 100, -1.0 EV, ProRaw DNG 17.5MB, Lightroom TIFF import— 59.44MB
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Pomegranate chicken Detail— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 160, -0.81 EV, hand-held, 5500k daylight light source
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Pomegranate chicken Detail— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 160, -0.81 EV, hand-held, 5500k daylight light source
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Pomegranate chicken— f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 200, – 1.0 EV, hand-held, 5500k daylight light source
Favorite Mexican Plate
Favorite Plate with natural light only on Tri-Pod in studio, f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 250
iPhone 12 Pro Max Test Shoot— Apple ProRaw
Favorite Plate cropped shot with natural light only on Tri-Pod in studio, f/1.6, 1/60, ISO 250

First-round thoughts

I’m not ready to put my Sony A7 up on craigslist yet; it’s exciting to know that I can carry such an incredible camera with me that easily captures such high-quality images— especially in low light without a flash.

There’s so much freedom shooting manually with iPhone 12 Pro Max on a tripod. I can easily adjust my ISO, f-stop & EV to ensure I get all the highlights. Once I set the focus lock on the screen, I utilize a Bluetooth release to prevent camera shake.

I am not missing my SD cards! Once an image is captured, it uploads to iCloud automatically— by the time I get back to my desktop, it is already backed up* and loaded into Apple Photos.

You can see larger versions of these images with additional metadata in my iPhone 12 Pro Max Gallery; I appreciate your feedback & ideas—

https://www.martyhiester.com/Portfolio-Galleries/IPhone-12-Pro-Max-Test-Images/

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