Phase two in the iPhone Challenge – the ProCamera app
After testing the new iPhone 16 Pro Max with the standard Apple photo app and achieving very good results, I have started to use a third party camera app „ProCamera“.
Enjoy the my first pictures made with the new setup. All I used in this first attempt of taking pictures with ProCamera is the EV correction between -0.3 and -1.
Please have a close look to those images yourself.
Verdict
One thing, and that has nothing todo which photo app I am using, Apple Original or ProCamera, is the fact by shooting with the iPhone, Sunstars are simply not possible. This has todo with the fact that the sensor is small and the iPhone cameras have no mechanical diaphragm. Still I am sure the will be software available for the iPhone that emulates wonderful Sunstars. If you like it or not is another question.
In general I have the impression with ProCamera the images are a bit sharper, the colors and exposure more “aggressive” in a positive way to my taste. Still I am asking myself, how much apple core technology and software of Apple is used by the ProCamera app. It might be that ProCamera is just placing a filter to the apple produced pictures and offers some access to some more parameters that are automatically handled by the original Apple Photo app.
As a summary there are some mixed feelings using ProCamera. I expect to get a better impression in the coming days when I got a chance to experiment more with all the features of this app. I would be very happy if you would share your experience using the iPhone for real photo work.