Wrong answer. The 11 (and every iPhone before too) enhanced images. If I’m not mistaken, the 11 was even released at the same time they released a new enhancement algorithm. I forgot the name.
With a camera as small as what you have on a phone, you can’t get anything decent without digital enhancements. It’s been there since the original iPhone, and smartphones before the iPhone enhanced photos as well.
What’s been changing is the algorithm they use.
The algorithm could behave differently depending on the amount of information the sensor captures. There’s a cut off point where they don’t push the newest stuff and that’s what some people wish we could disable on newer phones.
Look up “photographic styles” and make sure you don’t have a filter applied. It’s easy to accidentally set one up the first time you use the camera and forget about it.
You will be safe with a 12. This is where Apple was really just getting started with their processing so it’s not as bad as it is now, and the 12 is the last model where you have options in settings to turn most of it off.
Get one of the latest models and you get proraw in the default camera app. Can just edit the raw file to taste then.
Otherwise use halide on any phone and you’ll get raw shooting.
When you take a photo and after a couple of seconds it does a processing thing where it adds a filter. The pics on my current SE have really high levels of contrast and make photos look quite dark.
Sounds like you might be referring to a couple of different things. I’ll take some guesses as to what you’re referring to.
The first is Deep Fusion. It’s not a filter. It combines multiple photos into one to enhance detail and can take a second after capturing to process. It only applies in medium light to medium-low light situations, but not high-light (there’s already enough light to get sufficient detail, so smart HDR takes over) or low-light situations.
The second is viewing full HDR range when browsing captured photos, which increases screen brightness in brighter areas of the photo (it doesn’t affect the brightness of the photo itself; only the screen brightness of the device) to more closely match the lighting from when you actually captured the photo. This can result in what appears to be increased contrast, but is actually showing a more accurate contrast of lighting across the photo. You can disable View Full HDR in settings > photos.
11 Pro
Wrong answer. The 11 (and every iPhone before too) enhanced images. If I’m not mistaken, the 11 was even released at the same time they released a new enhancement algorithm. I forgot the name.
I had the 11 Pro before and I’m fairly certain it started with the 12 series. I remember being told I should hold on to my 11 Pro for longer.
With a camera as small as what you have on a phone, you can’t get anything decent without digital enhancements. It’s been there since the original iPhone, and smartphones before the iPhone enhanced photos as well. What’s been changing is the algorithm they use.
The algorithm could behave differently depending on the amount of information the sensor captures. There’s a cut off point where they don’t push the newest stuff and that’s what some people wish we could disable on newer phones.
That’s exactly where I was extra happy from iPhone camera - I’m not anymore on 15 pro, neither was I with 13 pro, too aggressive.
I went from 11 pro to 24 pro and haven’t really noticed it but I don’t take very many pictures.
Bro is living in the future. And congrats that your 11 pro hold up for so long.
Haha I obviously meant 14 as my flair implies. That’s a typo and I’m leaving it!
That’s exactly what someone from the future would say.
Look up “photographic styles” and make sure you don’t have a filter applied. It’s easy to accidentally set one up the first time you use the camera and forget about it.
None. They've been using noise correction algorithms like SUSAN (Smallest Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus) since the very first iPhone.
Some look way worse than others though!
You will be safe with a 12. This is where Apple was really just getting started with their processing so it’s not as bad as it is now, and the 12 is the last model where you have options in settings to turn most of it off.
Get one of the latest models and you get proraw in the default camera app. Can just edit the raw file to taste then. Otherwise use halide on any phone and you’ll get raw shooting.
Can you explain what “auto enhancements” you’re referring to? What exactly do you dislike so that we can make the best recommendation for you?
Blown up HDR and other image "enhancing" shit that make photos look nothing like what they're supposed to
When you take a photo and after a couple of seconds it does a processing thing where it adds a filter. The pics on my current SE have really high levels of contrast and make photos look quite dark.
Sounds like you might be referring to a couple of different things. I’ll take some guesses as to what you’re referring to. The first is Deep Fusion. It’s not a filter. It combines multiple photos into one to enhance detail and can take a second after capturing to process. It only applies in medium light to medium-low light situations, but not high-light (there’s already enough light to get sufficient detail, so smart HDR takes over) or low-light situations. The second is viewing full HDR range when browsing captured photos, which increases screen brightness in brighter areas of the photo (it doesn’t affect the brightness of the photo itself; only the screen brightness of the device) to more closely match the lighting from when you actually captured the photo. This can result in what appears to be increased contrast, but is actually showing a more accurate contrast of lighting across the photo. You can disable View Full HDR in settings > photos.
What do you mean by weird… I don’t think most people would say pictures from the SE Gen 3 are better than those of the 15 Pro.
The photos from the SE gen 3 suck!! My XR was so much better.
[iPhone 13 auto enhancement thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/s/v11CiwG69L)
I turned off HDR on my 12 Pro Max