Everything You Need to Make GREAT Videos on iPhone!

[@Simon74]

This is my favorite Top Gun themed youtube channel.

[@dj_laundry_list]

If you had asked me last week if Jordan would look good with a moustache, I would have said no, but he rocks it hard

[@ChrisCarberg]

I agree! I was expecting more of a Richard Jewell look but the dude looks suave

[@nicholaseales]

You can manually set exposure in the final cut camera app. Click up arrow > exposure > auto. This switches it to manual and full control.

[@Callediceman]

I would love to see the next step, as in what apps you use for grading, editing etc!!!! And of course some tips and tricks!! Love y’all’s content!! Killer stache too!

[@tdalton854]

me too please!

[@TDCIYB77]

He uses Final Cut Pro for editing. Dont know about grading though.

[@nmecredy]

Hi Jordan, thanks for this. It is always great to see behind the scenes and understand all the work you are doing there. Chris gets to stand in the limelight (and does it very well) but you have an amazing amount of post production to do before we get to see it.

[@qwertyuiop-kd4qq]

You can set shutter speed in Final Cut cam by clicking exposure auto

[@chu0nthat]

Great tips on how to shoot videos the Chris & Jordan way. You guys need a masterclass series on content creation

[@christopherbakke9065]

Remarkable helpful video! Would love to see more informative content like this in addition to the usual gear reviews.

[@yawningmarmot]

Is no one gonna mention Chris's sick karate chops?

[@simonmaduxx6777]

@@yawningmarmot sick isna good word. Get that man some help.. definitely not wu tang quality on display there 😁😁😁

[@ReDevilJR]

Even though I still record video in the compressed format so I don't take up too much space on my hard drive when backing up, I appreciate these videos! Also, just FYI, you can lock the white balance in the default app in the main settings menu after going into the "Record Video" subsection, towards the bottom (Lock White Balance). That update came in the past year or so I believe. Lastly, I wish the default app gave us the ability to not oversharpen the photos/videos. I think it would solve a lot of problems for amateurs like me.

[@stuartbuttle8767]

Solid gold. Thank you, Jordan.

[@qawazauri3422]

Meanwhile in the Android front we have mcpro24fps app with loads of log profile & color space gamut, record in h265 10bit into a MOV container, and the ability to record sound in up to PCM32bit float. The Lumix GH7 is the only consumer camera with that feature.

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

Don't forget Motioncam which lets you shoot up to Open gate Raw Recording, DirectLOG and 60fps Photo Pre capture! Things a ton of professional cameras can't even do! But they after over 10 years on KZbin and almoat 2 years on Petapixel never give android any love, there are comments on every smartphone video tqlking about how great android phones are for video recording FAR OUTPACING ANY IPHONE! But they ignore every comment about Android everytime. Very biased and unprofessional on their part

[@techtt6213]

​@@CallMeRabbitzUSVIyeah or the comments are just removed

[@simonmaduxx6777]

Because android has no standard. If you're talking about features like that then you got a list the phones that actually support them. I would never bother with doing video on my android, it always looks freaking terrible. I'm on a OnePlus 7t which is old of course but it's still an awesome phone. I'm sure I can do some interesting things with the black magic Apple whatever but again the lack of standards is what is the issue. What can work for one person's phone is not going to work for somebody else's generally speaking. And that's the reason why shooting video on Apple is so much easier because the ecosystem is absolutely massive and it's a standard setting that's basically the same for everyone. 😊

[@techtt6213]

@@simonmaduxx6777 Your oneplus 7 series is one of the best android phones to get excellent results. You have very very good camera mods at your disposal not to mention Android 15

[@FoodTechLife]

Ok

[@EscapeSquad]

Awesome video!!!! Thanks so much for the info! Is there an app for log on samsung phones 😊?

[@glenblaven]

Love it - and great to see you guys doing tips and tricks video - more please! 🙏

[@watkinsphoto]

Great video. Is there a more basic video/class that walks through the more advanced video settings on the iPhone 15-16 Pros?

[@bitronicc1887]

“It’s-a me, Jordan!”

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

you can set a 180 shutter on the Final Cut Camera app as well as lock WB 🙂

[@SilatShooter]

Great Video! Learned a lot!

[@RynoDBones]

Honestly, I was on the fence about which new phone I was going to get, but now I’m leaning slightly more toward the iPhone. That Pixel 9 for photos, though….Tough choice.

[@iamakkkshay]

There is a huge bug in apple LOG when shooting with pro manual camera settings via Blackmagic app, the issue is that the white clipping point for Apple LOG is not constant for lower ISO values which shifts the histogram to left and crushes the shadow details and even make False Colour and Highlights Clipping Lights useless as at base 55 ISO the footage clips at about 60-70 IRE instead of 95 IRE which is there when using Auto ISO/Shutter speed setting or using Manual settings only above ISO 1250. This uneven white clipping point in LOG even affects the LUT and reduce the overall dynamic range of the sensor at base ISO of 55. Majority of sensor Analog gain is available only till ISO 400 as rest of it is just digital gain adding up which reduces the signal to noise ratio of image as you go higher. Seems Apple designed LOG only to be used in auto exposure mode via stock camera app with tons of Baked in Noise Reduction.

[@PaperWolfe]

Oh interesting. Thanks for bringing up this issue! I use black magic app so I’ll be sure to pay attention to that when I shoot video

[@iamakkkshay]

@@PaperWolfe @WRNFILM made a great video regarding this white clipping point bug 4 months ago.

[@PaperWolfe]

@@iamakkkshay I’ll check it out! Thanks!

[@billstrehl9822]

⁠@@iamakkkshay thanks for referencing @WRNFLM excellent content!! More videos pls!!

[@yineo]

Do you have a preferred phone gimbal? Or do you use the same gimbal for everything?

[@BeccaFarsace]

clicked for the mustache, stayed for those beautiful slo-mo moments

[@timsandman]

Thank you Jordan 🙂

[@gardien340]

Thanks Jordan - I was hoping for a recommendation of a ND filter and mount.

[@danieldougan269]

I would be interested to know about accessory lenses (telephoto especially) and using a phone to record long takes. Also, what about us Android users?

[@addylandzaat8080]

Since Chris also went iPhone they have no interest in Android.

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

​@@addylandzaat8080They neglected even before that, they are very biased when it comes to smartphones unfortunately

[@iantroup]

Jordan, you have a long way to go to catch up with that Bison that Chris is wearing for his Tache

[@RichardDue]

I have a question for Jordan. Do you ever use a video editor app on your iPhone? And, if so, what is it? (I shoot in ProRes with Apple Log, and if I'm away from my computer for a weekend, and then I shoot something that someone wants to see right away, then it would be nice to pop a LUT onto it and send it to them right away. )

[@kmwong1786]

Can you do some tests with Lexar Go Portable on S5IIX and GH7? Does the hub work with the cameras? Another request, can you review the new Sennheiser Profile Wireless?

[@vincentochoa386]

Do you find smallrig has the best nd filter set up for an iPhone? Or do you think it doesn’t matter which company you use?

[@osszaki]

Is this Lexar ssd work with iPhones only, or able use it with an android phone?

[@senseofeverthing]

I would like to do some more video, but I'm a bit overwhelmed from the possibilities. Could you make a beginners guide where you explain all the settings for complete beginners and what I should look out for? I have several cameras, including an insta360R and a FF Nikons and I know I could achieve more with those cameras than I do right now.

[@ChristianLawrence]

Loving the Tash, Goose would be proud. Picked up the Lexmark drive of kickstarter, it’s a great portable solution. What was the nd filter addition on the iPhone you were using. Love the podcast as well guys.

[@Prismavision_tech_outpost]

The CinemaP3 app is handling anamorphic lenses (even controlling barrel effects manually) and a lot of other great tools.

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

CinemaP3 also has 32 bit float support!

[@VincentChia_online]

After attaching a USB-C SSD, how do i instruct the Pro-Res recording to be stored there?

[@Filipe_Abreu]

I just dropped a video yesterday talking about the Lexar SL 400 😅 you guys have been an inspiration for me 🙌

[@FieldingSmith]

Jordan, since you’re often shooting on the GH7, any tips for matching V-log or Cine-D to apple log? I’ve been trying to do more video lately, and my main camera is a G9ii.

[@chrisw443]

What a smart video idea guys. Great tips!

[@docmelih113]

Jordan looking like a snack as usual

[@RealTechnoPanda]

Jordan in slow mo is exactly we want!

[@TheFilmmakersWorkshop]

Great tips Jordan. Personally, I like the direct connection of the DJI mic 2 to iPhone 15 pro. I look forward to you looking like a Bandito by December! Good luck Amigo

[@calvinmatsyk]

I was at crossroads last December when I had to upgrade from my Sony a6000. I decided to get iPhone 15 Pro and haven’t looked back since. I’m producing better videos of my travels. I’m using a SmallRig cage, SSD external drive and DJI Mic 2 receiver and transmitters.

[@echtesnorwegen]

You really look awesome with the moustache!

[@razfilmstv]

so the Lexar SSD plugs in easy with a case?

[@mr_k4tz]

Does the Lexar ssd fit into a LUMIX G9ii body? Yes, obviously the usb-c port will fit the drive but is the drive’s usb-c plug long enough and is the form factor compatible with the body of the cam? I’ve asked lexar directly and they have been cryptic and evasive with their answers.

[@lexarmemory]

Hey there! The Go Portable SSD comes with a USB-C cold-shoe cable that will provide added length to connect to host devices.

[@MrAndreCoutinho]

Does the iPhone overheat when recording these kind of videos?

[@AdamJRichardson]

Nice! Not just Top Gun, but a Gladiator reference a @2:17 anyone?

[@ton4o5]

blackmagic app footage looks by far the worst, overexposed to the point colour went bad maybe with a stronger ND or with less sun it would be comparable to the others and the proper shutter speed would be an advantage

[@MattDe1971]

Cool video. Looks like your neck skin got clipped when you were leaning against the tree. Interested to hear more about exposing correctly when shooting log on the iPhone, maybe you can discuss on the podcast. Generally your iPhone log footage looks very good.

[@AmadoWildlifeVideos]

I have found adjusting the White Balance/temperature of iPhone clips in Final Cut goes a long way to integrate with footage from a "big camera". (Note the use of 'clips' and 'footage' to give pejorative emphasis.)

[@pdcorlis]

I’m a big fan of the KINO camera app. It’s the video app for the rest of us. 👍🏻

[@KeithShepard]

Ah, that was extremely helpful. Thanks for posting this.

[@j11m11a11]

Love the content Nero!

[@seantomlinson3320]

I really appreciate this video. Thanks. Answering questions I didn’t know I have. That SSD looks fantastic.

[@lexarmemory]

Thanks for the support!

[@t.a-8469]

Damn I have the 14 pro surely the changes are too vast for this to apply 😢.

[@jc-to4ue]

Wow, this is really useful info. Thank you!

[@pxperimenter]

I honestly found the sound quality of the iPhone's internal mic to be better than that of the Rode Wireless. The sound quality of this video seems strangely muffled, as if it was recorded with a dictaphone...

[@JoseART]

*Love the moustache* 🔥

[@johnehman8685]

Extremely helpful! Thank you!

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Awesome & Thanks :)

[@jonstewart9315]

After watching this video i think I figured out why 4k/60p apple log footage looked like 1080p. After I saw this video I recorded in 4k/60p prores Lt in the blackmagic app and the footage was far better. My ssd couldn't''t keep up with the ultra high data rate of the default camera app of the 4k60p prores hq.

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

JORDAN "GOOSE" DRAKE

[@mattstolzman]

Nice moustache, as nice as log video files from my Vivo smartphone 😊

[@memorychor]

Love the moustacheo... I did feel the lexar product being over-promoted tho

[@GrahamJonesJr]

GREAT video!

[@ChristopherBonis]

If it’s good enough for Apple Events, it’s good enough for me! Although the uniform focus/sharpness from smartphone video does bother me a bit. Can someone explain how an iPhone aperture of f/1.78 renders such deep DOF that it requires a computational ‘Portrait Mode’ to simulate bokeh? How is it that Apple got around what I thot was principle of optics-making it so both Jordan and the background are in focus at such a wide aperture?

[@jonstewart9315]

The iPhone has a much smaller sensor than a digital camera. When you apply the crop factor the full frame equivalent aperture is over f6.

[@jlwilliams]

In spite of all the confusing stuff you hear on KZbin, depth of field depends on only two things: final subject magnification (fixed by your screen size) and the "numerical aperture," the actual measured diameter of the "hole" that lets the light through the lens. Apple has been very reluctant to publish true focal lengths of iPhone lenses (instead preferring to capitalize on KZbin-induced photo ignorance by quoting "equivalents" in terms of lenses for Great-Grandpa's Exakta) but the EXIF data on my older iPhone shows its main lens has an actual focal length of 5.1mm, so I'll use that as an example. An f/1.78 f-number on a 5.1mm focal length would be a numerical aperture diameter of a teeny-tiny 2.87mm. Because DOF is determined only by subject magnification and this number, you'll get exactly the same depth of field you'd get at the same subject size with any other lens with a 2.87mm numerical aperture. On, for example, a 50mm lens (regardless of camera format size) a 2.87mm numerical aperture would be found at f/17. So if you took an iPhone photo of Jordan with the phone's 5.1mm f/1.78 lens and another with a 50mm lens on Great-Grandpa's Exakta at f/17, and viewed them both at the same size on your phone screen, you'll see EXACTLY the same depth of field. Hardly anybody in the photo punditocracy wants you to know this...

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

Depth of field is a combination of Aperture and Crop Factor. Multiple those two and you get the full frame equivalent DoF. In this case the crop factor of the iPhone is 3.456 and its aperture f1.8 so doing the math. 3.456 x 1.8 = f6.2208 So th iPhone is equivalent to a 24mm f6.2 lens on a full frame camera in terms of Depth of field. Hope this helps 😊

[@ChristopherBonis]

Thanks everyone! That makes sense. I should’ve figured as someone who shoots on a cropped sensor (M4/3) myself.

[@cyrilhamel8289]

Excellent !! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@obscurelines]

Wait! She be your wife! What a camera household!

[@mostlyfinnishlifeeventsand5112]

In my practice, the Blackmagic app has turned out to have significantly worse AF, at least in low-light conditions, than the stock Camera app. (iPhone 16 Pro Max, H.265 Log, 4k60)

[@officialsimonharris]

problem is that once you start filming it's a race between getting the right footage and the battery draining. The iPhone batteries drain way faster than any dedicated camera when you start recording.

[@harryburnett7086]

Jordan killed the mirrorless market 😂

[@BrownieX001]

Where's the phone cage?

[@rowanstrang8072]

Its endlessly frustrating that no one makes a good magnetic nd adapter for iPhone

[@fofopho]

I personally love the mustache

[@SALVATl0N]

Like it or not, your a mustache guy. You look good!

[@obscurelines]

And for android?

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

They continuously neglect Android even though its the best when it comes to Video recording with Motioncam Open Gate RAW Recording, 32 bit float support and 60FPS Precapture. Not to mention 4K120 RAW slowmotion and all lenses

[@S3mj0n]

The moustache rocks.

[@NaamanBrown]

Black magic cam app 💯

[@mmgbtv]

I’ve never seen you without the mustache, but I think you should keep it

[@Bora1333]

When did petapixel hire shawn gillis

[@Teslien]

might need ND filters since the video looked too jittery

[@belowaverage7539]

hahaha from the thumb nail you look kind of like Shane Gillis with that lip sweater. I love it XD

[@mrdarryljones1]

Nice!

[@ulfw]

A bit silly to use an iPhoen for that

[@b3naqua]

Zaddi

[@vincewhiteman339]

didn't know shane gillis was also a great camera youtuber

[@UweKempf]

Jordan, please! Moustache? 😢 Beard? Fine! Shaved? Fine! But moustache? 🥸

[@addylandzaat8080]

I like your videos, guys, but once again Apple iPhone and no love for Android. You only talk about iPhones - will there be an Android version of this video? Maybe talk about Android once in the podcast? Since Chris went to the dark side, there is no love for Android users :(

[@techtt6213]

There won't be despite video quality being way better if you put in the effort with Motioncam

[@mostlyfinnishlifeeventsand5112]

He's mentioned several times Android, irrespectible of the actual phone model, drops video frames now and then and therefore useless for serious work.

[@addylandzaat8080]

@@mostlyfinnishlifeeventsand5112 and? That is no reason to ignore all the Android users who want to use their phone for personal video, for shorts etc. Not all is high end stuff. Since Chris went to iPhone they only talk about iPhone.

[@mostlyfinnishlifeeventsand5112]

@@addylandzaat8080 He shoots video professionally; hence the need for technically as flawless video as possible. Framedrops are a real PITA. I too shoot a lot on the iPhone when for some reason I can't use my fullframe S5 II + RS4 gimbal etc. and haven't ever seen dropped frames either. I also use iPhones as second etc. cameras for multicam setups, where dropped frames are just unacceptable (you won't be able to properly synch the cameras' recordings if there is even a single dropped frame) NOTE: I haven't used Android for any kind of shooting in the last 9 years. Before that, I occasionally shot on the Note 4 because of the PiP and 4K support not available on the iPhone at the time, (with 4k) before the 6s. It heavily dropped frames - but that was back then. I don't have any recent experience with Android so I don't know how they're now behaving.

[@addylandzaat8080]

​@@mostlyfinnishlifeeventsand5112 He shoots for a major and influential channel and these days they only seem to talk about iPhones. I use an iPhone for work and find iOS really annoying - therefore I will not switch to Apple. I feel they should recognise all the people who use phones differently. I understand it is easier to sync iPhone footage with expensive cameras. But they have a lot of android users in their audience. As professionals they should recognise that imho.

[@skymakai]

Wait, this episode is sponsored? I couldn’t tell! 😂

[@pyroMaximilian]

Is it just me or does the video quality take a nosedive at 6:14? That waxy skin and the awful skintones are the stuff of nightmares. Maybe you shouldn't "have the most control over your image," Jordan, and trust the builtin camera app instead.

[@Peter-kh3lz]

Agree. User error or software bug?

[@AlexArmitage]

I'm here for the mustache. Slight bias

[@albuslee4831]

Perfect video for a self-acclaimed iPhone Video Artest like myself !!

[@B-kl8vj]

Saw the thumbnail and thought it was Shane Gillies. It would be amazing to have him on as Trump, trashing different camera brand. “We Can Hear Kodak Crying, I Said, Kodak Don’t Cry. I wouldn’t Cry”

[@unclefart5527]

Who is that guy? Should have gone Hulk Hogan.

[@iricabalairicabala9489]

...you forgot to mention 'Lexar'

[@alwinbenjamin]

❤

[@famousarmystudio]

If Shane Gillis did tech reviews

[@DogecoinBros]

For filmmaking skip the iphone and buy the "Xiaomi 14 Ultra" (or wait for the 15 Ultra coming February 2025 - Global version)

[@Donbros]

Nah i just love going vanilla when i am with phone and if i needed dandy way to film i take my a7siii Also jordan needs to have both beard and moustache

[@creative.lights]

Cinema P3 is the absolute best video camera app. Not even close. It requires more intentional shooting but for a quick shot, Kino is better.

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

Yep, have been using Cinema P3 ever since Mavis stopped updating their app.

[@HouseOwl]

You Don't look Like A Jordan. You Look Like A Chuck or BOB