Apple's "shot on iPhone" film likely isn't

26 January 2019
You can't produce that sort of footage with an iPhone XS and off-the-shelf accessories.

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Abhijeet, 27 Jan 2019Well, i have only seen bokeh effect in videos on Huawei pho... morePortrait mode on video recording.... excuse me what?

Do our today's mobile SoC capabilities even could get over it?

    Anonym, 27 Jan 2019The gymnastics Apple had to do in order to produce this fli... moreWait, what gymnastics? I don't really understand what you're on about.

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      • Sooren
      • 0Wh
      • 27 Jan 2019

      Apple know well how their blind fans are and why they are called their iSheeps. The only important for them is the TITLE, they do not care what you put with small letter or the disclaimer. They will proclaim and announce to the four winds that their iPhones make better videos than professional cameras and will spread it as an undoubted truth. I have already seen someone affirming it. I hope that none of them will go to a wedding and try to do the multimedia report with the iPhone unless want to be thrown out and fired immediately.

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        • Anonym
        • LiK
        • 27 Jan 2019

        The gymnastics Apple had to do in order to produce this flick, which are many as you can see by the specialized rigs and high-grade equipment on top of the iPhone, simply pale in comparison to the gymnastics people are doing to deny the fact there is indeed an iPhone shooting all that footage (even if bellow all that gear).

        In fact, it's Apple itself that does the disclosure of using additional hardware and software.
        iPhone is just a brand, not a specific piece of hardware. They could've just branded whatever they wanted as an "iPhone" and make no disclosure whatsoever (as others already did in photography, with DSLR camera bodies posing as smartphones). Still, there it is, a familiar iPhone behind all that gear. That, by itself, is impressive.

          Spudly Mcgudly, 27 Jan 2019Now now, we all know that simply isn't true. Your statement... moreAs suggested below people feeling socially insecure could be the link between the two...

            AnonD-800802, 27 Jan 2019LMFAO I don't give a flying shiitake mushroom on what you t... moreNow now, we all know that simply isn't true. Your statement is based on the fact that on Flickr more pictures are uploaded from iPhones than any other phone, device, SLR or compact. That DOES NOT make it the most popular phone in the world. Simple maths dictates that an impossibility.. there are more Android phones out there than iPhones, and even that number would be dwarfed by the sheer number of simple point and click cameras that still exist. May I suggest some logic and research before making wild statements based on something you read once..

              not Iphone user, 27 Jan 2019I think it's only logical to assume they used some extra le... moreA rather bizarre point of view, but interesting.

              I guess it could be reduced to "Assume people are lying to you when they state something"

              On the last part. Just a thought: Could it be a correlation the other way round?
              Could it be that it is the same socially insecure people that (in the style of "The Emperors new clothes") want to be sure they have the devices according to the current fashion, to feel socially acceptable, that also have this immense urge to post a myriad of videos?
              Not saying that this goes for any video-poster or any Iphone-owner, but just that it might not be uncorrelated....

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                • Fayth
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                • 27 Jan 2019

                BiyoBiyo JunJun, 27 Jan 2019no ... people will hate uwell said :D

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                  • Fayth
                  • EtE
                  • 27 Jan 2019

                  but at least they don't lie, even with these heavy hardware software add-on, it's still shot on iPhone

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tu6
                    • 27 Jan 2019

                    AnonD-800802, 27 Jan 2019LMFAO I don't give a flying shiitake mushroom on what you t... moreDid this research of yours were done outside of your well appointed basement or not? Real world figures tend to get skewed that way. Generalizing "cameras" as iPhones is 1 thing.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vCK
                      • 27 Jan 2019

                      mehtasameer2087, 27 Jan 2019Why use extra hardware and display ,it's not about android ... moreLMFAO read the article. Clearly lack of comprehension skills is a common trait among the Android followers. It is so easy to click on any Apple article here and spread hatred.

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                        • 27 Jan 2019

                        YUKI93, 27 Jan 2019"...most widely used camera in the world."? Show me thos... moreLMFAO I don't give a flying shiitake mushroom on what you think. Do your own research. iPhones are still the most widely use cameras in the world. Live in denial for all I care.

                          AnonD-800802, 27 Jan 2019LMFAO hardly an oddity when “shot on an iPhone” tagline has... more"...most widely used camera in the world."?

                          Show me those figures, and I'll believe you. If it's just fanboy talk, forget it! I won't buy in.

                            BiyoBiyo JunJun, 27 Jan 2019soo , people hate people put tagline "shot by iphone" but d... moreI thought nearly every Android phone have that "taken by" watermark... thing, not just Huawei.

                              AnonD-800802, 27 Jan 2019LMFAO did you even read the article!? Obviously not. It’s n... moreWhy use extra hardware and display ,it's not about android or iOS it's about the companies that make gimmicks,you didn't read or understand what I said

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 27 Jan 2019

                                Luxor, 27 Jan 2019Apple is telling us that their camera are crap unless you b... morehuh better than android OEMs who straight up talk BS and just used a DSLR to shoot photos and videos while claiming its from their phones

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • v3B
                                  • 27 Jan 2019

                                  so what gsmarena it was still captured with an iPhone they just treated it like a DLSR body with added gimbals and lenses.

                                  No different than any crap android brand also with their "fake" advertising, they too use additional hardware and software to enhance their videos, hell some even straight up lied by not even using the phone and used an outright DLSR.

                                    I have to say, the image is extremely soft in the corners, bokeh looks weird and distracting and low-light performance leaves me thinking "Is it super soft or way out of focus?". Can't say I'm impressed, but that's not just an iPhone thing, I don't think any tiny 1/2.3" (or smaller in most cases) sensor with a tiny crappy lens can make a pleasing video.

                                      That's because most consumers aren't very bright and are mentally incapable of going into the settings to disable that "feature".

                                        YUKI93, 27 Jan 2019Definitely an oddity claiming to "shot on iPhone" since I s... moresoo , people hate people put tagline "shot by iphone" but dosnt care about huawei user share photo with "taken by" watermark on it ?

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