

You’ll need to turn it on: Go to Settings > Camera > Format to do that. (Wink.) How do I shoot ProRAW?Īpple has done a great job of implementing ProRAW into the Camera App of the two iPhone 12 Pro models. And many pro photographers will now shoot their real estate photos as JPEGS with iPhone-when no one is looking. But a pro may shoot real estate photos in JPEG since maybe a hundred bucks is involved. They may shoot weddings in RAW since thousands of dollars could be at stake on the shoot and prints and they’ll really work those images to make them look their best. It should be pointed out that most pros shoot a mix or RAW and JPEG and it’s often based on how much they’re getting paid. Yes: You can go back and essentially re-expose that image from the original sensor data in the ProRAW file at any time, which is extremely easy if you’re using iCloud. So is there any real advantage in shooting RAW? The ProRAW images also take up 10 times the space of a HEIF at about 25mb each. With ProRAW you can get a image to 100%, but it means you must edit every image to do it. Why can it look blah? The iPhone took into account the extra light range offered by the 12-bit sensor data and tried to give you an accurate representation of that as opposed to giving you a final photo. Let’s say the preview is 90% perfect, often looking blah: poorly exposed and lacking vibrance.

It’s a big fat dump of all the somewhat-processed (but uncompressed) censor data, plus an average-looking JPEG preview. On the other hand, a ProRAW or standard DNG image is not actually an image at all. But the image looks good enough on a standard iPhone, iPad or computer screen. Because it’s a finished, 8-bit photo and not intended for editing, much of the data has been stripped away from the file so you can’t accurately modify it enough to get to a flawless 100% image. You can get these photos up to 99% perfect often with just a tweak of the Magic Wand in the Photos app. The standard iPhone formats of JPEG and HEIF are designed to give you final photos that are (let’s say for argument sake) 98% perfect and considered a final photo. You hear so much about the pros using RAW, you’d think the format would give you be guaranteed to give you stunning photos. What’s the difference in ProRAW and JPEG/HEIF format? Now Apple has finally introduced RAW in the Camera and Photos apps on the iPhone 12 Pro models in iOS 14.3.

We’ve been able to shoot with Adobe’s RAW DNG (Digital Negative) format since iPhone 7.

FebruHow to shoot and edit Apple’s ProRAW format on iPhone 12 Pro.
