The iPhone 12 Pro Max Has AMAZING Stabilization! By iPhoneographers

Okay guys getting right into it here, and this is the 12 pro max versus the 11 pro max and walking handheld here at studio, where we're doing some renovations to the green screen stage. If you've seen any of my previous videos, you probably recognize the stage and there's the mannequin Ripley who's been in a bunch of my previous videos as well, but comparing the two cameras here again using the 12 pro max and the 11 pro max looking at which one is better, depending on the scenario and whether the upgrade for stabilization is actually worth it. Let's find out all right for those shots. I use this rig just two iPhones connected together, and then I use the native iPhone camera. App apple has added new tech to the wide camera in the 12 pro max called censorship. It more or less works like ibis on a traditional camera, not exactly like that.

But in that vein, censorship can stabilize an image over 5000 times per second, so the question is: does it work? So what I've done here is edited two sequences together, one shot on the 12 pro max and one shot on the 11 pro max, it's the exact same sequence. I was using that double handheld rig, and so you can see for yourself if you can see a difference and again, I'm just walking around handheld here pretty subtle movement, nothing too crazy, showing off what we're doing here and by the way, just a quick note what all these upgrades are putting in a system to do infinity, set work and also use Unreal Engine. This is the technology they use on the Mandalorian, but with the Mandalorian they're using LED projection screens, and we're using green screen, but you can do live keying and including these upgrades is a brand-new red Komodo I'll talk more about this stuff in a future video. So, overall, I would say that both these perform pretty well they're really kind of hard to tell apart truth, be told. Remember too, the 12 pro max is shooting HDR, but this isn't a HDR edit and the 11 pro max doesn't have the ability to shoot HDR and so you're, watching everything back in SDR standard, dynamic range, so now the side by side.

Here, let me know in the comments, if you think you see any difference and if you know which camera is, which I will say in this particular scenario, they are very similar, and I would say pretty hard to tell apart so which one is the 12 pro max. Well, if you guessed camera a would be correct. B12 pro max uses the new sensor shift technology, but it doesn't do a ton unless you're really bumping the camera around. That's what I found so far anyway. It is a little better here, especially if I bump the camera a little or walk faster.

But overall, these are very similar, looks moving the camera around getting bumps and jitters is where you'll really see. The sensor shift makes a difference so right here, I'm walking fast, I would say not quite jogging, but a pretty good pace and the camera is going up and down, and so it's much better than it would be with no stabilization. But it's not super smooth. Now, here's the 11 pro max, and you can see it is a similar look, but not quite as smooth as the 12. But again I'm not really bumping the camera too hard here, I'm just walking fast, and so it goes up and down here's the side by side.

Again, this is more of a subtle difference. The 12 pro max is better using the sensor shift, but it's not that dramatic, but using a dolly. This is where you start to really see the benefit, but before I show the two wide comparisons, let's look at the ultra-wide because the ultra-wide made a big difference last year and finally gave us the ability to actually do this kind of shots with an iPhone because it doesn't have is and that's a good thing in this case for video, I showed a comparison last year between the 10s max and the 11 pro max, really demonstrating the benefit of the ultra-wide lens. The problem with the ultra-wide lens, though of course is it- is not good in low light, and it's super wide. It's a kind of stylized shot, not great for all things for sure, but again for video and for doing dolly shots like this.

It works very well and the 12 pro max and the 11 pro max are pretty much identical in this respect, but using the wide camera, it's a totally different story. So here's the 12 pro max again with sensor shift and this concrete is pretty bouncy and here's the 11 pro max, and now you can see just how bouncy this concrete is. This footage is 100 unusable, and you can't fix it. So the sensor shift tech and the wide and the 12 pro max makes a world of difference here, and it can also make a difference in what you would normally perceive as smoother shots like on this countertop, but without sensor shift. They really aren't so smooth.

So here's the 12 pro max and this shot looks great and doing this kind of shots are things I do all the time and iPhones in particular, because their size make them great for this kind of shooting. Although it was tricky in the past because of the is issues, and so the 11 pro max here, bounces and jitters again, it's a very smooth surface, but the is just does not perform well for video, and again you really can't fix this kind of shots in post-production. So the sensor shift makes a big difference in this kind of shots. It's now making the phone so much more usable in a wider variety of shooting situations check out how bumpy and crazy that shot is now the same shot with the 12 pro max and the wide censorship literally night and day difference here. That is again it's just so incredible.

Now another driving shot here with the 11 pro max camera on the dashboard, which you just can't easily do it's just so bouncy and jittery, but with the new 12 pro max, it's easy and looks great now the side angle door shot it's more subtle, but if you look closely, you'll see little jitters in the 11 pro max and with the 12 pro max. It's completely smooth and by the way the camera rig is sitting on the armrest, and so it is bouncing with the chassis of the vehicle again as a filmmaker car. Shots are something I do all the time, and so these new improvements will really come in handy. So all these car shots. I had the cameras on the dash like this.

It was just kind of a temporary setup. I would normally mount them more securely, but it worked. Fine for this testing and shooting up at trees like this, I like this kind of shots as well, and for this kind of shots, the 11 pro max holds its own. It does fine, but overall, this new sensor shift technology does a pretty remarkable job. For me, this is huge, and I think filmmakers in general should be really quite happy with what apple is doing with the pro max these details really matter, especially if you're trying to create more professional content with an iPhone, be sure to check out my previous video on the low light aspects of the 12 pro max and coming soon more videos highlighting the new video features of this device.

Thanks for watching guys, this is Blake Calhoun, please like subscribe, and I will see you in the next video you.

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