Why is the iphone xs camera so bad
iPhone XS Camera Test: How Good Is It?
yo guys it's Sam today we're gonna be
testing the iPhone 10's against the
iPhone at 10 now there's marginal
improvements across the board but
especially if you have an older iPhone
Apple is boasting a lot of big
performance improvements with this
year's 12 megapixel sensor yeah better
portrait mode better rear and front
facing video and something they're
calling smart HDR so we're gonna put it
all to the test right now so smart HDR
is one of the features I've been most
excited to test because Apple is
basically combining a range of images so
super exposed super underexposed lots of
things in the middle to create this sort
of perfect image where everything in the
background looks perfectly lit and then
everything in the foreground like you're
subject to person and object will also
look perfectly lit as well and while the
feature isn't perfect after using it for
just a little bit I can tell you I
noticed the improvements on the iPhone
at tennis take a look at these photos
from the iPhone 10 comparing it to the
iPhone at 10s especially with the detail
when there's a ton of light coming in
the background you see a ton of detail
on the object that I have in the
foreground but also a lot of detail is
preserved in the background as well
which is something that the iPhone 10
and iPhones in the past have definitely
struggled with so I've noticed that
immediately also just in general being
able to properly or better expose things
that are super bright in the background
and balancing that with what's in front
of the camera directly is also better
again it's not perfect it's not gonna be
the best experience maybe as good as
some DSLRs on the market but it's
definitely an improvement this year and
it's something that I've picked up on
right here's a perfect example of where
the iPhone 10s really shines so we're in
a relatively dark environment right now
it's not crazy bright inside of here but
outside of this little pavilion it's
really bright because the sun is shining
directly down on the grass on the trees
and when I was shooting against this
wall take a look at these two photos
you'll notice that while the iPhone 10
us again it doesn't do the perfect job
of exposing the background and the
foreground it totally destroys the
iPhone 10 with the iPhone 10 you really
can't see much a detail in the
background and with the iPhone 10s you
can and that's really cool now where
you're also going to notice the smart
HDR improvements on the iPhone 10 S is
with video I feel like it's definitely
more dramatic with photos it's not as
pronounced but even in these
side-by-side comparison videos I do
notice things being more blown out in
general when there's a lot of light in
the background on the iPhone 10 video
versus video on the iPhone
Tanna ass I'm not really trying to shoot
anything in particular right now but the
iPhone 10 s has stereo audio so if you
can hear the difference this is the
audio coming directly from the iPhone 10
from 2017 this is my voice speaking it
sounds good so you hear this now again
it's not like studio quality I don't
want you to expect the greatest audio
that you've ever heard but here on the
iPhone 10 s you can definitely tell a
difference I like the way it sounds it's
good and I think it's definitely an
upgrade from last year alright guys so
now we're testing the front-facing video
and stabilization one thing I'm noticing
immediately is while the iPhone 10 s is
able to keep everything in the
background relatively properly exposed
like it's still a little bit blown out
the 10 is absolutely destroying at the
background like just look up here if I
go ahead and turn around like this look
at the difference especially in the sky
and the way detail is preserved totally
different story on the 10 s it looks
really great Apple also says that
front-facing video stabilization is
better this year and I mean I'm walking
this is using the built-in iPhone camera
audio I've got one arm on the camera one
hand free so it would be relatively
shaky normally and I mean it looks a
little bit better on the 10s but it's
still pretty shaky I'm just glad that
Apple didn't apply like a fake motion
stabilization because I've always found
that ribby really strange but this year
especially when yeah when I go up
towards the sky look at the loss of
detail on the 10 especially because the
Sun is like right there it's it's a
pretty remarkable change and definitely
something I think is gonna make most
photos that would have been really blown
out definitely usable I'm pretty good
something really cool that we just
tested that I didn't think would
actually work was motion while you're
taking a photo so at Apple's keynote
they had mentioned you know if you're in
the middle of action if you're jumping
if you're riding a bike and you're
moving really quickly the iPhone 10s
will be able to better select that frame
to make the keyframe rather than just
including it all in a jumbled live photo
that you have to go through later and
take a look at these photos right here
not only was the iPhone 10s able to take
the photos faster than the iPhone 10
that's only a year old it was able to
select that better frame right off the
bat even though we tried to capture it
at the same time sometimes my legs were
blurry sometimes my body was blurry
because the ten just couldn't get it but
I'm blown away by this I didn't
think that the iPhone 10s would actually
be that big of an upgrade for motion but
like I'm here and it definitely looks
incredible so I was able to record most
of my thoughts about photos and videos
on the fly because I noticed the changes
immediately and they were pretty
apparent but when it came to portrait
mode it just was not that easy I had to
go back to my computer and really pull
these images up and take a look at them
dissect them one by one and I realized
honestly the portrait mode upgrades from
the iPhone 10 or like the iPhone 8 plus
to the iPhone 10s aren't that apparent
the biggest change that I've noticed is
the fact that it's more of a soft blur
around you in some cases and I think
that looks okay a lot of the times the
problems that I ran into with the iPhone
10 was the fact that if it missed your
head or a part of your head shape it
would totally just like draw a line
almost between blur and non blur this
year it's a little bit more smooth but
at the same time it's not totally
apparent like I can still kind of tell
most of these images were shot on an
iPhone and it depends on your lighting
and what you're shooting and what people
look like and if we flip over to see a
portrait selfie I still don't think that
these are very good at all I didn't like
them with the iPhone 10 the edges never
really worked for my face and on the
iPhone 10s I think it's better but it
does that same soft blur effect around
you if it doesn't know if that's the
background or if that's the side of your
head where it needs to stop the blur
it's a work in progress and I think for
the average person like portrait mode is
a big feature that a lot of people like
so if you're coming from a phone without
portrait mode know that it's really good
on the iPhone 10s I just think it could
be better in some regards especially
when it decides and where it decides to
add the actual blur or stop it here's a
unique feature on the new iPhone at 10s
that you can't do natively on the iPhone
10 let's say I took this image in
portrait mode you can adjust the f-stop
in post to either add less for blur or
more blur in the background so f-16
obviously not going to be that much
blurry but if you go all the way down to
something like F 1.4 it's crazy like it
looks a little bit fake to me I don't
think portrait mode is perfect and even
in this image you can see around the
edges it's not perfect on this camera
like it doesn't know it but it looks
good I think it does look better than
the
ten even if it's only a marginal change
alright so that is your look at the
brand new camera on the iPhone 10 s the
10s max has the exact same version so
whether you choose the 10s or the 10s
max these are some of the results you
should expect to see if you enjoyed the
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