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he caption says it all. Another way. I keep reading what a great camera the iPhone 12 is supposed to be. I had better be because it’s a terrible phone.
I decided to test it.
I made this photograph towards the end of dusk. That means I made a time exposure. I wasn’t sure about the first couple of exposures. A little yellow wheel caught my attention. It turns out that it shows just where in the exposure time the camera is working.
I tested that theory.
If you want a sharp exposure let the wheel finish turning. If you want motion, move the camera slightly during the exposure, say about in the middle of the wheel’s turning.
Oh man.
Maybe this phone will be more than I thought it was, which is to say no fun at all.
I’m not a video maker, but I did test the phone during Hurricane Ida. For the fist 30 seconds or so I didn’t know how to turn on the microphone. For the next 30 seconds you can hear what it sounds like. It’s very scary.
Try it sometime.
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he real experiment was in the camera rather than in post production.
The camera over exposed the scene. It’ll do that when it’s trying to capture detail in the deep shadows.
That’s any easy fix.
It happens with DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. Digital cameras of all types want to open up the shadows.
That’s great if you are making a RAW file. You have control of everything. Not so much using a smart phone.
In all cases you should darken the file in development. Once I did that all those reds and oranges popped out.
There wasn’t much to do after that.
You are looking at the results of what turns out to be a really important experiment.
STORYTELLER 
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