The PERFECT iPhone Camera Settings For Incredible Photos | iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is a photography powerhouse. Today I am walking you through the best camera settings for your iPhone. These iPhone camera settings will work on any iPhone. Using the best camera settings for the iPhone 15 pro will take your photos to the next level.
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Thanks, man, Just recently got an iPhone 15 Pro Max and wanted to have the best camera settings. Your video had the maximum views so I watched it and found it very useful.
Great vid! Just switched ti iOS and the keynotes naturally only talk about new features, so this was useful.
Thank you Zac I changed my camera settings now. Appreciate ❤
Thank you Zak, it was very helpful. I bought the 'The Master Collection'.
Thanks bro. I just ordered my phone and really wanted to step up my photography game...this was the perfect way too start. Gonna buy your preset pack as soon as the phone arrives. It so surreal that you now have such a high quality camera in your phone...cant wait to go shooting :D
Awesome video! Just got your presets can’t wait to try them out! One thing: you say in 16:9 ratio you get the full quality for instagram posts. You don’t. You are cropping in which means you lose pixels. Instead of a for instance 48mp picture you are getting a 36mp picture
Wow… I’ve just got an iPhone 15 max, and your vid has just been so helpful Thank you 🙏
Super informative video dude, been loving these! Blew my mind when I learnt you can shoot any aspect ratio and crop back to original 4:3 later
Would you consider pictures taken on a lighted stage from a dark auditorium (ex.ballet) a darker environment? Pro raw or pro raw max?
Thanks for creating this video. Really helpful!
Thank you . I was crying of a bad camera on the most latest phone but now I’ve got a nice one
Thanks man I really learned a lot. I appreciate you putting this together.
Thank you Zak, I was very frustrated with my dark pictures on my new iPhone 15 especially due to the auto portrait which I’m not a fan off. Your vid helped a lot. Please don’t forget us iPhone 15 users:( When you get a chance please do something for us, but I could pick up a lot from this video as some of the camera settings are the same for the 15 and 15 pro. Tx
I just bought it, I'm a musician and this helped me a lot to get into it more, I tried it out and will experiment with these tips and tricks as I go, thanks a lot. ♥
Been though all this settings but I missed compability setting. So thanks! Could you do a comparison with manual camera apps for iphone?
Great video idea! Stoked I could help out man!
found this tremendously useful thanks mate
Just picked up my 15 pro max today and I’m excited to use the camera on it! Thanks for the great video mane🙏
Me too 😅
Just picked mine up yesterday!
Thanks for the nice video, Zak! I take photos with my 15 Pro Max because it’s always on me and quite simple to use. I set it on High Efficiency, 24 MP. That’s it. I don’t fancy PRO RAW anymore (I used to have a Canon EOS, Mark III and all the fancy lenses). My photos don’t need to be either incredible nor an art work and believe me, they are good. I use my iPhone App for post editing if need be (I quit Photoshop and Lightroom). I watched the video, because I’m always open to new things, but I realized this wasn’t for me. In 2018, I started using my iPhone for photography when I was in Paris. I never once regretted not having to lug my heavy equipment around. I took great photos along the Seine, inside museums and churches, never once thinking I missed a long lens… At night, from our hotel, I could choose some of my shots and share them with family and friends on FB.
No worries at all mate! Not everyone is looking to edit their iPhone photos or get the absolute most out of them. The photos from the stock iPhone settings still look incredible to say the least!
Just brought my 15 pro max today, am I that late? 😅
Omg 😢you save a soul, Thank you for this video my pictures are now lit💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Awesome - I purchased your presets, and made the charges suggested - I'll be hitting up Rome next month, so this should be awesome on my 15PM. Do you have suggestions on which of your presets should be used on certain scenes (eg. Inside museums, early am, early pm, night, etc.)?
Thanks! Great tips
Great video sharing …thanks zak
and Zac, not trying to tear you down. You have a lot of good info in here...
Thank you so much for the hacks man it really helps!
Thanks for the video!! New subscriber✌️
Tnk u dear🙌u did a great job
Hi Zac, what settings do you recommend for jewelry photography in a light box?
Is it possible to use your Lightroom settings, with the standard version of the app, or must I buy Lightroom premium ?
Great! Thank you ❤
Thank you for the information. What settings can I follow if my selfie images are come out darker?
My pleasure! Try adjusting your exposure slider shown in the video to be brighter!
Why do you suggest sticking to the 1080p at 30 fps for the video settings. Should we not change it to 4k at 30 fps?
I am pretty sure Portrait in photo mode just saves information IF you choose to add depth in post. It doesn’t take portraits in normal photo mode. I know LR also can apply depth in post with a gradient filter* Do you believe it affects picture quality leaving this on for say a landscape? or street photography?
I've always been an android user and this year i've decided to go all in with Apple everything! This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks Zac. You got a new subscriber.
Hey welcome man! Stoked to be able to help you out!
Man, what about the regular iPhone 15? Any tips for the configuration ?
Great video. Thanks for the tips.
My pleasure!
Thank You !!
thanks man!
This video is so helpful 🙏
Great video with great tips that i'll be incorporating for sure. I've always been afraid of lightroom and always justified it in my mind with the idea that a great photo won't need help to be great. I do admit that it's just an excuse not to learn a new software and ideology. however, I'm not sure if I'm alone in this thought, but I preferred the orginal picture to the finished product (the sample picture you were editing in lightroom). I think the edits you made were incredibly clean and made it look like some sort of utopic spire of a building. But man, something about that lightly grungy original shot struck me!
Thanks for the feedback dude! At the end of the day it’s all personal preference right, I like to add a little something something to my shots and there is absolutely no need for anyone else to do so! Either way, it’s a good idea to playa round with Lightroom and learn what it can do to you photos just in case one day you need to fix something up!
Thanks!
Thank you bro
Hey Zac, I do Not Like the Selfie photos. Do you have some good Settings, to get better Selfie pictures?
Nice work man now my camera is 🔥
This video is super useful! I subscribed!
Good video thanks
Zac I watching your helpful video on camera setting on iPhone 15 pro EXPOSURE. .5 1x 2 5 upon looking on my phone cannot get (5) getting 3. On phone 15 pro 128 Lee
Great and easy content to follow. 👌
Thank you for the feedback!
Can't wait to try this. Question since you are an expert- Should one purchase lens protectors for camera of iphone 15?
no, iphones have sapphire glass which is close to impossible to scratch. Bought protectors scratch much easier and also decrease picture quality.
Hi! Can you tell me the setting for video or photo in concert venue? My camera lost it’s focus everytime, so I need to hold/tap the camera everytime the light is changing. Cause in the venue concert the lighting is so bright and then change into dark. I'm very tired of holding my phone just to adjust the brightness😅
Thanks legend
what’s the matter with the apple pro res file format for video? HDR or Log?
Is Profoto the only way to professional hss iPhone photography. I have Godox x2 pro but can’t find out how to use the flash with an app via Bluetooth in some type of manual mode in the photo
yay! this is great thanks
My pleasure!
Name of the editing up😢😢 please
Hi Zac, thanks for the run through with setting. It's very helpful. oh by the way what is the name of the app for the mobile photo edit. I'm sorry very new to tech. thank you
Hey Vicky! Thanks for the feedback, stoked to help out! The app is called Lightroom!
Very helpful
Glad you think so!
What app is being used for the photo edit ?
HEIF and HEVC are the way to go. Not only are the file sizes smaller, the image quality is superior. HEIF photos are 10 bit and 4:2:2 color space as opposed to 8 bit jpeg with 4:2:0 or less color space. HEVC (h.265) is, like HEIF, smaller and has better bit rate and color space. Unless you have a pc or Mac that is more than five years old, go with HEIF and HEVC.
You are 100% right! I thought … when the 1st point he already tell BS … don‘t need to watch the rest and just start looking comments 😂
Good shout dude! Great correction, totally right 🙏
Nice!
I thought so. was questioning the video when watching. Should pin this because the video will miss lead many.
Can someone explain I didn’t understand a word, is this on iPhone?
Selfies taken in iphone 15 are very noisy and grainy. Any suggestions please Zac?
Very good
Most compatible will give pics in JPEG.. so dnt u think so HEIF will be better option… what’s ur take
So good ❤video information ℹ️ 😊
Thank you!
I don’t know how you got the edit for the colour and all those tabs to choose from
Thank you for this tutorial. I just bought the iPhone 15 Pro Max and have set the camera to your suggested settings. But for some reason, my phone doesn't have the Apple ProRes setting in the list of settings.
My pleasure dude! That's strange, you're running the latest version of IOS and have a pro model?
@@Watzac I figured it out. I had to enable it in formats before it would show up in preserved settings. I've been using your settings, and my photos look great. The camera on this phone is pretty impressive.
that mask trick was new to me thanks bro
Gooday Zak Im am lost on the edit of the pictures, i don't have the same settings as you do, maybe i don't know where to click to access the settings. Please assist Cedric here
Pretty cool, that work amazing
Switching from Huawei Pro to iPhone 15 Pro Max, and I hope with all these free tutorials, life will just get easier. Thank you heaps, this tutorial is so great!!
My pleasure! Enjoy the switch!
Is this the same for the 15 (not max/pro)
Cracking video. Cheers for heads up on light room app. Basically you’ve just turned my phone into a google pixel 8 pro. I’ll stick with my iPhone for ever now.
Please what’s the name of the photo editor app you called in the video…I didn’t quite get the name…thanks!
Nice
Ist any zoom other then 1X 12mp?
Hi, Could you tell us how much iPhone storage you choose? Because when we use iCloud, the iPhone doesn't need much storage. Can you tell us at least we should have this much or so? Thanks.
I roll with the lowest storage options as I never shot a lot on my phones. However, I am not shooting a lot more and would opt for at least the 512 option!
What of lens protection Any thoughts on protection case for the lenses? 😅
dont buy
Thank you for this video. This is very helpful. Can I know where did you do the editing? which app? Is it free for use?
Free to use and it’s Lightroom mobile!
I find you have to pay for app Zac?
The app is not free.
how to add the exposure scale in the left corner ?
When I push the pro log on the top of screen, it makes my screen go flat. If turn it off, I have great quality? What could that mean?
Love it. Thank you.
Thanks, great video Learned a lot I don’t edit much, as I feel it’s cheating a bit Feel great when I take a photo and think just as good as one that’s been tinkered with
I have an issue on my Iphone 15 where I use flashlight when taking photos but.. it just doesn't show up in the picture? I compare two photos with flashlight on vs off and there's barely any difference! I like taking pictures of my books, and the shadows cast by the papers don't even disappear in the flashlight photos which doesn't make sense
hi, what is the name of editor used in this video? Thank you.
Why did not you on mirror camera? Because whenever i try to take selfie on mirror off mode it looks worse. Can you explain please?4:23
Oh man! I don’t know what have you done but now I can take 48mp photos. Keep it up bro!
I use the Google Photos app to make some nice adjustments, the photo must be taken via JPEG max, if I do it in RAW then I cannot adjust the photo in Google Photos. I have set your settings too.
There might be a non-compatible issue between the photo and the software
whats the name on your photo editing app?
Does anyone else have an issue getting clear photos zooming in? The 15 pro was advertised as having great resolution when you zoom in which is why I got it, but all my photos come out blurry, even after changing the settings from this video
I just got my first iPhone ever...did Zac Watson say Lightroom Mobile and it's free? Maybe I'm not looking at the right place or Lightroom is no longer free?
I still don't understand about 4:3 and 16:9. Do you suggest to use 16:9 by default and crop it later?
It doesn’t make a difference as you’re still able to adjust the crop like you shot in 4:3 afterwards. I sometimes shoot in 16:9 just for a guide!
Good video, but I think a bit off on the lens and crop info. You say to only use the 1x, 2x, and 5x buttons to avoid crop, but the 2x button is also a crop. Further, I believe anything between 1x and 2x is a sensor crop, not a post-capture crop. This means you're actually not losing optical image quality anywhere between 1x and 2x. If you look at the image info you'll see that shooting at 1x (24mm) is a 48MP photo, 1.2x (28mm) is 35MP, 1.5x (35mm) is 24MP, and 2x (48mm) is 12MP. Zooming between 0.5x and 1x will cause an image degrading crop, and so will zooming on anything above 5x (or 3x on the regular Pro model), but zooming between 1x and 2x doesn't degrade the image. 🙂
Wouldn't it be the same cropping in a full 48MP photo to have a 2x zoom the same thing as sensor crop?
@@onestepup9950 Possibly? But I also feel like I notice a difference between taking the picture on 2x vs cropping in on a 48MP pic. It seems like the 2x looks better vs the post crop. My guess is it has to do with the image processing that Apple is doing, but I can't be sure.
🟢 High efficiency = save space ( compress) / 🔴 Most compatible = large space
Zac can you repeat what’s the editing app ?
Lightroom Mobile 🙏
Hello, I have the 15 pro max and I don’t have apple ProRes nor Live Photos as an option- only spatial video…. Any idea why?
Hi! Just wondering, does your iphone 15 pro max make photos taken dark after clicking? Because mine sure does and idk how to fix it. Even if i'm outside and the lighting is so nice, the photos taken looks dim/dark
Just use pro raw
This is if you wan to put your own settings? Right?
Just got my new Iphone 15 pro and I am following allong but in my camera at the top right it doesn't say Raw Max, it says raw 12? I do have an iphone 15 pro, not the max.
What’s the flower for that was yellow?
I was looking at your video, wow good job sir! Was wondering if I’m the only one (iPhone 15 pro) that has the famous bug of that when I open photo from gallery it doesn’t show at full quality I have to pinch and zoom in and then back to the normal zoom to acquire full quality otherwise if I close the photo and re open it it’s the same , it’s like kinda blurry or not at the full quality pls help 😪
Hey thanks for the kind words! I’ve not come across this bug but if you find a fix, it would be interesting to hear it!
@@Watzac Absolutely, unfortunately I haven’t find a fix , reported it to apple support, and they are investigating , internet is full of this bug, have you tried it by yourself ? I mean try to take a photo and then open it on photo gallery, then press modify for example and see if it’s become sharper as it’s downloaded it in full resolution 😐
Can someone tell me what Zac is saying around 8:45 in video about “blank blank mobile” . An editing app he is using and I can’t tell with the accent he has.
Lightroom Moible! The Aussie accent coming out strong there hey? 😅
Hey what’s the name of the app? For editing plz Thanks
Lightroom Mobile 🙏
So glad this video popped out. Using my 14 pro to its full capacity.