Do you still need a "real" camera? An iPhone in the Galapagos.

On a once in a lifetime trip, do you really need to bring a big camera? Can you get by with just an iPhone? I took an iPhone 14 Pro to the Galapagos to field test Halide.

[@octothorpe12]

The coolest tax write-off ever!

[@johnforde7735]

I love your content, Ben. I'm also a software developer, and I love Halide.

[@fespinozacast]

Your videos are awesome! Very inspiring and interesting

[@petermclennan6781]

Halide was worth the purchase price for the ease of adjusting focus and exposure alone.

[@erikdendress]

Love this! (and your apps)

[@indianfyre]

The best commerical for your app and iPhones yet ;) Good on ya brother, hope to one day make it out here myself

[@AMitchell_YT]

I've been using Halide for only about 2 months and it's incredible what work you guys have done! Keep it up! p.s. Any thoughts on allowing LUTs in realtime or video options?

[@schretter1]

Ben, Great video. I see this as a great excuse to return to the Galapagos which I visited pre-smartphone in 2010. Are there any plans to add the neural processing to the tele lens, i.e. shoot manually in RAW to reduce the shake and then add the neural processing for an extra 2x?

[@johnsharpTravelandAviation.]

Great film, took me back to my trip in 2014. Certainly agree that as the animals are so close, an iPhone would do the job.

[@nicholaswilliamsart]

I wish to god something like this existed for pixel 7 pro.

[@TheRenHoek]

Great video! Mobile gimbals like the DJI Osmo seem to be advertised exclusively for videography, but do you think the image stabilization offered by such devices would help for still photography too? Is it good enough to compensate for the micro-tremors you mentioned and make handheld shooting sharper?

[@r_bear]

Additionally, Google Camera implements "neural telephoto" already, in a sense-I'm not sure which NN(s) are used in Halide, but GCam uses RAISRss as part of its zoom pipeline. More relevant, perhaps, is that it uses handshake (or OIS if you have tripod stabilization!) to allow for super resolution. Having moved to iPhone recently, it's very clear that Apple's photography team is behind Google's, particularly when it comes to their robust align + merge and zoom algorithms. Glad halide is helping to close that gap, at least...

[@wipkino9605]

Thanks for the great video. I love Halide. What underwater case did you use?

[@preetmangat6253]

We’ll wait for his answer however I would like to share that I’ve used iPhone 14 Pro underwater without a case, on multiple occasions, without an issue. You just have to wait for a few hours before you can recharge your phone. Just wanted to share 😊

[@wipkino9605]

@@preetmangat6253 Thank you!

[@laurentlea]

Merci pour cette vidéo très intéressante. Vous semblez annoncer une prochaine vidéo sur la façon de traiter une photo brute dans Lightroom ? Passionnant.

[@user-fi6hg8vq6c]

I'm thankful that the camera technology has come such a long away that pretty much all of the recent mobile phones can take good/great images and video. Until you can actually swap out glass on these phones I don't think they'll ever completely replace a dull size camera but for social media it might now matter.

[@TheSmartWoodshop]

....or technology will continue to improve and digital enlargement will equal or surpass high-end glass.

[@user-fi6hg8vq6c]

@@TheSmartWoodshop I guess AI art is sort of already doing this, at least for the audience who doesn’t care about authenticity

[@TheSmartWoodshop]

I am not referring to the creation of content that doesn't exist. Instead, I am considering the advancements in technology related to pixel enlargement. In terms of 'authenticity,' I have never witnessed the shallow depth of field characteristic of an F1.2 aperture. Neither have I experienced a scene in black and white nor have I ever observed a wave frozen in place as recorded by a high shutter speed. Depending on one's interpretation of 'authenticity,' it is possible to argue that any photograph lacks authenticity. 😎 @@user-fi6hg8vq6c

[@simonharper8978]

Lovely location Ben and great video - looking out for your RAW developing video next??

[@Rexyspride]

Mr Harper! How the devil are you?!

[@simonharper8978]

@@Rexyspride Hey Mr Pride! Lovely to hear from you. All good thanks. You too I hope? Miss the old days of beta testing Mattebox for Mr Syverson, still in touch with Eugene though which is nice and Ben now and again.

[@Rexyspride]

@@simonharper8978 All good here thanks! Man, those days feel like an eternity ago. I was just looking at the comments and though hey, I recognise that owl!

[@simonharper8978]

@@Rexyspride hehe, yeah it's been around forever ;)

[@user-ny5lu2dp1j]

Very nice. I also take the photo with my iphone 13 pro. Actually recently I am making an camera prpraw app too. SwiftUI or UIKit, which kinds of tech do you suggest?

[@RizwanAzad]

I have iPhone 14 plus. Do you think Halide would complement its cameras as well as it does with the cameras of Pro series of iPhones?

[@sandofsky]

Obviously I'm biased, but we built Halide to make the most of whatever hardware you have. On the 14 Plus, you should get access to Neural Telephoto; it won't compete with a real telephoto lens, but I do think it's solid step up.

[@chadkohalyk]

Great vid! What is the wriststrap you are using with your iPhone? Dropping the phone while taking pix is like one of my biggest fears 😱

[@simonharper8978]

@ben I'd love to know also - it looked like a Peak Design case?

[@simonharper8978]

Peak Design Cuff - just ordered one to go with my Nomad Rugged case. (my last reply disappeared so posting again for you)

[@sandofsky]

Peak Design Cuff. I like that it has a little magnet to help coil it around your wrist when it isn't in use.

[@simonharper8978]

@@sandofsky looking forward to mine turning up soon 👍🏼 Ordered as soon as I’d worked out what it was.

[@digitalphanes206]

hi, why is the s only 1/1 max? with all the features this app has, it seems weird that it limits this. longer exposure is so important in low light and for special effects.... i still get too much noise in the shots i want to take, and obviously its impossible to do light painting and stuff...

[@sandofsky]

1/1 is all the hardware can do. For longer exposures, there's Spectre, which uses computational photography to overcome the limitations.

[@OecherTuppes]

I tried Halide a long time ago, and it didn't have a video mode then. Is that still the case?

[@Patrcz98]

Nothing changed.

[@agiverreviga4592]

You can't shoot regular RAW in 48 MP yet, can you?

[@sandofsky]

Unfortunately, not yet. But whenever Apple opens up access, we'll support it in Halide.

[@bau.media.]

@@sandofsky and please announce it everywhere! 😝

[@Skyi_A]

IPhone X ?