Kevin Raber

Kevin Raber

Indianapolis, IN

Photography is my passion and has been for 50 plus years. My career in photography has allowed me to travel the world, meet some of the most interesting people on the planet and see things I could never have dreamed of. My goal is to share the passio...
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The Daily Chat – Gallery Night

The Daily Chat – Gallery Night

Get Out And Visit A Local Gallery   In Indianapolis, and I’m sure in other cities, we have what is called gallery night.  Taking place normally on the first and second Fridays of the month, galleries open their doors and hold openings...

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    Kevin Raber
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    48 mega pixels
    on: September 20, 2023 at 10:56 pm

    My Pro Max 14 has 48mp. Is it really worth it to upgrade just for the increased telephoto lens?

    That’s a choice you have to decide.  There is a lot more than just the longer lens.  There is 48mp raw and HEIC as well as shooting portrait mode anytime a person is seen in frame.  This allows you to go in and do selective focus and depth of field.  The video has a LOG format now and the USB C allows you to shoot tethered to Capture One and other apps in the near future.  For me the answer is yes it is worth the upgrade.  But, I’m on the plan where I can upgrade every year and the price per month changes little.  Based on what Apple is saying the number of upgrades and new purchases has pushed back delivery to late November and December.

    Kevin Raber
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    Re: The future
    Reply #1 on: September 20, 2023 at 10:52 am

    I am confused about the advertised 7 lenses on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. These have been categorised as Macro, 0.5x (13mm), 1x (24mm), 1.2x (28mm), 1.5x (35mm), 2x (48mm), and 5x (120mm). The main 1x lens is given as being 48MP, though 24MP is also quoted, and the 5x is given as 12MP. I cannot find the MP of the other lenses, so I rang Apple support this morning. I spoke to an advisor and he said he would find out. After hanging on for 20 minutes, he came back to me and said that information was not available, but there would be an announcement in due course!

    This matters to me as I print and would probably want to use all the lenses. On my ILC camera, if I change the lens, the MP stays the same as it is dictated by the sensor. I am not at all sure this is the case with the iPhone 15 pro max as the lenses are built in and the 5x is only 12MP. There has been uncertainty in the press about Apple’s wording on whether the 1.2, 1.5 etc are crops or not. Whether they are crops or not, I would like to know the pixel dimensions for each. I assume all the lenses produce 4×3 images. If they are crops, why bother when I could crop a 1x, 24mm 48MP to exactly what I want in LR.

    It is all very puzzling to me. Am I missing something?

    Jonathan

    You bring up a good question.  I am putting up a video today on why I ordered the new iPhone 15 Pro Max.  I have also found some answers to what you mentioned in the YouTube video.  I suggest you Google iPhone 15 lenses to see if you can get answers.  I listened to Ted Forbes today, and his video is pretty good at explaining this.

    When I get my iPhone (early October) I’ll certainly be running some tests and then looking at file sizes and printing from these files. I’ll hopefully be better at explaining this once I have tried it.  I also shoot most of the stuff I do in ProRAW exce;t for those family snapshot things.  The HEIC files without RAW are pretty darn good.

    try watching this ….he was at the Apple event.   https://youtu.be/QW2w55S98j8?si=YbAjOOHqOi5JVQCW

    Let’s see if anyone else can help here too.

    Kevin Raber
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    Re: another wake
    Reply #2 on: September 19, 2023 at 9:35 pm

    I see a bit of Jackie influence

     

    Kevin Raber
    Kevin Raber
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    Re: Capture One’s NEW License Options (Terrible)
    Reply #3 on: September 16, 2023 at 8:06 am

    This is what I use.  Depending on the size it can take a while, but it has done a great job.  https://cyme.io/avalanche-for-capture-one/  

    I’ll do more on this as an article.

     

    Kevin Raber
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    Re: Capture One’s NEW License Options (Terrible)
    Reply #4 on: September 16, 2023 at 12:08 am

    As a former VP of Phase One which makes Capture One I was appalled as you can probably tell from this thread at the new pricing system.  Talk about making something complicated.  I switched to Lightroom, and I certainly don’t find it boring.  I feel liberated and I have a catalog the likes of which C1 would never have handled. The workflow and masking in LR is incredible.  I print right to Imageprint from LR.  So, to me who knows C1 intimately LR does the trick and then some.  Once again there is no better or worse.  Use what works for you and get the job done.  I have no regrets about where I am today.  More on LR and my conversion will be coming soon.