iPhone 15 Pro - A Filmmaker's Perspective

[@InventiveImagery]

Should've covered the BMD Camera App. That is huge for iPhone filming! My footage looks 10x better than using the native app. Almost seems to have more DR honestly

[@enjamulgalib9465]

How to get BMD Camera app? It’s not available in my app store.

[@danielcottmain4035]

I thought it was designed for remote operation of a few Black Magic cameras … not something for improvement of iPhone photos at all … or am I mistaken?

[@magic2253711]

@@danielcottmain4035 Blackmagic camera app is a free app allowing you to film in 4K Prores using all your lenses. Additionally, on the iphone 15 pro you can record up to 60p in Apple Log internally and externally.

[@InventiveImagery]

@@danielcottmain4035 it is for iPhone video but can also be used with the cameras when doing camera to cloud stuff. It is GREAT for video, especially if you’re doing post production. No more gamma shift and having to change the colorspace, etc.

[@InventiveImagery]

@@enjamulgalib9465 scroll toward the bottom. I posted the link here but looks like YT deleted it

[@evanshaw17]

Matt please do another video on the huge advantage of being able to change depth of focus afterwards!!! Simply game changing!! Inshot the reception and my auto focus was off. It saved me!!!!

[@DerSchaddan]

Forget about filmic pro, blackmagic has a free app that supports apple log and also enables other flavours of prores like LT etc. etc. Which ironically turns the iphone into a... blackmagic pocket cinema camera lol

[@MaximoJoshua]

Great video, but I really wish you would have shown a color managed version of the footage...I am sure your LUT is really cool, but one of the coolest things about this, is they didn't just add log, they added Log that is supported in editors, namely Davinci resolve. So you can get a 100% accurate translation of their log profile out to rec 709 or rec 2020, whatever your deliverable is. You can also match the footage to other cameras, by taking it from their log profile into an intermediate format like ACEScct or Davinci Wide Gamut. I prefer when log footage is first corrected using color science, and then graded adding the creative look on top of that process, to keep the accuracy high. I just think that this highlights the difference between like Filmic Pro's fake log, and actually native log that actually adheres to some standard like ACES, etc Oh, also, the LUT might be super useful if you use BlackMagic Camera iOS app (which gives you false color, zebras, HDMI clean feed, and basically every other feature a BlackMagic camera would give you in their UI), which allows you to add a preview LUT, and also you can use ProRes 422 LT to save a little space. BlackMagic Camera is free...you can also just put BMC on the action button...

[@bystritskiy_b]

Good complementary comment! :) I also wanted to write about the Blackmagic Camera Free App and the action button for quick access of that app

[@mapreader5923]

The Cinema P3 app has been offering 3 different Prores Log profiles for a couple of years on the iPhone 13 & 14, and also lets you film in Prores Proxy, LT, regular and HQ. Amazing app.

[@AlecKinnear]

Pseudo log as Cinema P3 does not have access to the RAW video, just the DolbyVision or Rec709 version Apple will give them. So with a decent LUT Cinema P3 converts one of those back to log. The DolbyVision version does have a lot of information so the right LUT could do a decent job. But contrast and sharpening will still be way too high in the file. I've been experimenting with the alternative apps ProCamera (the German one with three stripes), Blackmagic Camera, FilmicPro and the native camera app on an iPhone 14 Pro. It's awfully hard to get files out of an iPhone which don't look crunchy and overly colourful. These files grade very poorly in DaVinci Resolve. Results are better in FCPX. Log without the extra sharpening and contrast is a big deal. If anyone does have a workflow/app to get high quality gradeable video out of an iPhone 14 Pro, please let me know.

[@DARKSTUDIOSPORTUGAL]

amazing! just bought mine! please do a video talking about the red/apple court problem with raw video :)

[@johnbanton8223]

Hot tip: the new and free Blackmagic Camera app allows you record ProRes log 4K 60 fps if you choose to (and have plenty of space!). Can also change codec to other smaller ProRes options and even h.265 and h.264. All in 4K 60fps log. Has an easy and non-cluttered interface (with zebras although I haven’t figured out which % is useful to have on display). There are some bugs around LUT displays and some serti fa make the preview completely blow out and look overexposed, however on hitting record it seems to fix? Hopefully they’ll fix it soon with updates as it’s all pretty new, but would love to get your thoughts on it or see it in the next video on how to set up for log recording etc.

[@m.s.5779]

I was thinking the same thing as well when he mentioned not having Zebras. BMC APP is FREE!

[@johnbanton8223]

@@m.s.5779 and you can likely assign the action button on the phone to a shortcut that instantly opens the BM camera app. All pain points solved. I always struggled with Filmic Pro interface so am glad to finally have one that is great and has no sub

[@sammyugg]

Can you record 4k60 LOG in h264? The filesizes are way smaller?

[@johnbanton8223]

⁠@@sammyuggyep 4k60 log h264 is no problem and can choose to record it internally as well. With 87GB currently free on my 256GB phone, it gives me over 4 hours of internal recording time vs 19 minutes in ProRes

[@sammyugg]

@@johnbanton8223 that sounds great! The difference in quality is not so noticeable?

[@johnaltern8]

Well dayum..you got me to by an A7s few years ago, and now I’ll be upgrading my iPhone. I appreciate how in depth your videos are.

[@stkuj]

I can't wait till the "how to record" in ProRes video. I might add that I feel that best additions are VND & Mist filters! Lastly, I'd like to see your recommendations for video apps.* Matt - the BlackMagic Cam app is really great - plus it has zebras and it's free.

[@mesut4466]

One last step is to adjust shutter speed with a ND filter. Because the aperture is fixed, shutter goes too high to adjust exposure and that increases also the sharpness of the footage.

[@SteveHartmanVideos]

I hope some day the iphone will have a built in electronic ND filter to keep shutter under control in bright light at 180deg !

[@Skrenja]

​@@SteveHartmanVideosI doubt that would be possible without making the phone super bulky.

[@dr.syeddd]

thats the fuc*****king video i was wating for, i was in high doubt that matt johnson will make a video about 15 Pro max video capabilty, im glad my boy is here, much love from pakistan,,, its 2am in night but still so exicted to watch your video with coffe

[@AL3XFPV]

finnaly a good video about LOG with good upload quality!

[@Arnklars]

Thank you Matt. You should also mention depth limitation. The 120mm lens is around f/22 when converted correct to full frame. And the 24mm is about f/6.3. and you don't have option to control focus. I've had mine for 4 days now 👍🏻😊 regards Lars, Denmark

[@domantasbronusas]

Maybe f stop not focus. Isnt it click to focus thing on phones

[@volcolby]

As a complete amateur and dad filming my kids sports, I have absolutely loved the 15 Pro Max and its ability to capture pretty good video even with the challenges of a large soccer field. 4k 30 is usually enough for me.

[@arsillare]

I've always loved photography but the phones I've had have been so crappy... now on September 2nd I'll have the iPhone 15 pro, I'm so excited, such a beautiful camera and an almost perfect processor

[@arnelreodique]

Hey Matt! Great review! Have you tested how long it can record at 4K until it overheats or stops recording? Thanks! 🤘🏽

[@matttheking1655]

Definitely interested in that raw video court battle!

[@renkunvlogs]

My iPhone 7 is slowly dying. Just a few days ago, the microphone and audio stopped working, which means I can't make or receive any phone calls anymore. I was hoping to wait for the release of the iPhone 16, but I'm going to get the iPhone 15 Pro instead. Thank you so much for this video! Subbed!

[@Jnewtonwright]

Best argument I ever heard on why you should use log

[@SteveHartmanVideos]

Recording to external is not new. You could do it with 3rd part apps. I can do it with my iPhone 11 and black manic app. However there is a big problem … the lightening port is not fast enough for 4k60p. Other smaller files can work tho. So the new 15 pro series (must be pro) has usb-3 speeds that can keep up w it. H264 4k60p is about 100 mbps or about 13 MB per second. The SD card reader I have for iPhone 11 can only write about 8 MB / sec at best. What I do is I can just record to internal storage up to 4k60 and wireless copy to my PC to edit using AirDiskPro which will copy at about 35 mb per second over WiFi, faster than using an SD card adapter.

[@jaroslavjanes1990]

i'm equally excited, the iphone 15 pro is the best upgrade for video shooting, with the combination of the sony a7siii and the sony fx6 i see it as another super backup camera!

[@giorgioguitar]

Hey, tell us about Apple vs RED battle you talked about!!!

[@BDESAI777]

Yes waiting for the video with complete tuto for log shoot along with focus control, bokeh in video, cinematic

[@ThePeterR66]

crystal clear explanation: big thanks . You are a very good sales guy

[@klhonestguide6937]

Can the new iPhone 15 pro max be used for wedding videography?

[@SteveHartmanVideos]

The reason they want you to use external is 30 min of ProRes 422 is 256gb of storage. It would fill your phone in that time. Then you’d have to transfer it off each time. That’s crazy. This way you can get 2 TB SSD for cheap and record 4 hours per SSD at that size and swap them out as you go. Also, you might be right about the heat but I would think the heat comes from the processor not the memory.

[@novollllll]

could be both, as nvme drives for pcs are starting to become faster and heat up alot more example being sabrents rocket nvmes and if u check they have massive heat sinks to have them cool off so apple seeing not only heat being generated from the processor but also the memory aint good so prob y they elminated 4k 60 on internal

[@yanhasmut4005]

The footage you should with the iphone 15 although passable does not compare to DSLR and even farther way from SLR like the GH4 or even and old Fujifilm. Two camera types that you can get for less than 500 right now with a lens. If one was so inclined they could use the iPhone to shoot some types of footage but for a small investment and a slight learning curve one could achieve truly great cinematography for a relatively low price, certainly much less than an iPhone 15.

[@Izzy001-]

Apple lost to Red so sad but that's what patents are for but I sure would like to see a video on it. Thank you in advance. I'm a proud and happy Iphone 15 ProMax 1 Terabyte owner & amateur film developer. Thanks again!

[@franklinmichael671]

12:35 you would be correct except… black magic released their camera app for free and you can set the action button to open that app directly. So you can literally access it with the touch of a button and have all the controls you would have on a regular black magic camera, with the obvious exception of aperture which is fixed. this app really couldn’t have come at a better time, also, get some Samsung 256gb thumb drives, they are fast and cost like 25 bucks. Much more practical than sticking a t5 on the back of your phone with a USB’s cable dangling around.

[@gorri012]

Hey - great overview - I do guess that filmic pro might be dead - Blackmagic Camera is around the corner. Would love to see if and how good it works with the pro max

[@superhumble]

Yes, tell us about the patent battle between Apple and Red! 😀 Great video BTW!!

[@adrianght]

Best video so far! Nice job! 👍 Greetings from Romania !

[@ШотаГоголи]

It's getting cooler and cooler with this iPhone, well, it's probably for advanced photographers and cameramen , it's like a universal camera

[@JayZeee23]

Yes, video of the lawsuit please!!

[@jettubby17]

Thanks for the video and I have an iPhone 15 pro Max on order. When you record 4k 60fps ProRes on a external drive using the iPhone, what video editor would you say works best & smoothest. I use Premiere pro on my Windows system and I'm considering getting final cut pro for my m1 MacBook pro. What say you?

[@MattLaidlaw]

I want the video about Red cameras and apple challenging them.

[@sandeepmates]

would definitely buy luts . I need them ..waiting 15 pro shooting today.

[@paulgero]

Always great reviews!

[@sh0tiphone]

With BlackMagic Camera Apps you can film 60fps 4k ProRess Log

[@edgarquintana_]

Matt..Thank you for all your videos !!

[@papsny]

Yeah usb c 3.0 (not 3.1 or 3.2) + 20w charging... On top of that the prores log isnt there yet. What people forget is the iPhone's sensor size. Wont be surprise if they add a micro sd slot then call it the latest and greatest again... If you really want film features I'd recommend the xperia 1V. 1 inch sensor + s cinetone 😀

[@rippleguys]

Almost all raw video is compressed - blackmagic, prores raw, red raw, etc. There is no reason in the world that Apple cannot implement ProRes Raw in a future update. The data ratee and footprint is actually lower than standard ProRes, so I would politely disagree that we won't be seeing it sooner than you think.

[@rosieclindist373]

I just want to know when you are 🎥 can it be put on pause, and continue

[@TacticalTrucker]

_Yes, but what can you tell me about Zack Snyder’s project of a short film using the iPhone 7 Plus?_

[@yan2410]

i subscribe to this channel because of this video sir, thank you

[@reynoldsj_]

Awesome -- great video. Looking forward to the video on how to film with the 15 Pro. Thank you and God Bless!

[@kleberbassotv]

With the BM app you can record internal 4K 60fps in ProRes or H265

[@A.Nel2684]

Was definitely looking for your opinion on the iPhone 15 Pro Max and it's shooting capabilities and I'm looking forward to your video on shooting in LOG with the phone as well. I'm going to finally make the switch from Android to iPhone and buy the iPhone 15 Pro Max (Black Titanium) with 1TB of storage and I think this would be an excellent B camera for my main camera which is the SONY A7IV. I'm interested to see how the LOG footage on the iPhone looks in conjunction with the LOG footage on a SONY A7IV. I will eventually buy an M2 iPad Pro 12.9 to pair with my M2 Pro MacBook Pro 14" to help in my video editing/creation workflow Also, I'm thinking about buying the Google Pixel 7 Pro or Google Pixel 8 Pro as a backup phone AND a C camera as well. Great video as always Matt! And I may look into buying some of your LUTS 👍🏿

[@soraaoixxthebluesky]

What it’s the Apple input color space and input color gamut? I mean the camera color science. I’m used to grade an Slog and Flog footages. I believe it will look extremely good when grade in Davinci Intermediate + custom LUT/Look.

[@WADESEVEN5]

Great clip! Have you done the video about Apple versus Red?

[@whoismatt]

Not yet I need to

[@Flamamacue]

This really is an insane release from Apple. I always thought the modern smartphones had pretty average sensors in them but almost all the secret sauce WAS the computational/massive overcompensation with the oversharpened look. I have been considering a camera upgrade but it looks like jumping back into iPhone after leaving the ecosystem 10 years ago might be the better idea. I also do photos, I have used Capture One on the iPad which is great also. I love the idea of shooting tethered onsite into the iPhone, and then shooting all the video on the iPhone as well 😂

[@Teluric2]

Iphone video looks to washed . If you re a pro you use a camera not a phone.

[@mamamia601]

⁠never seen a log footage?

[@Flamamacue]

@@Teluric2 photo & video is my full time gig that I make $10k a month with This just helps make it easier

[@Flamamacue]

@@mamamia601 yea I have over 10tb of raw log footage on my server

[@christopherpackart]

I'm thinking of getting one of these for high quality vertical video.

[@eduvivan2562]

As a professional videographer, can I replace a gimbal + camera with an Iphone 15 pro + osmo mobile 6?

[@craigyoung7477]

Wow very informative thanks matty 😊👍

[@areeszgandhistudios]

THanks for the detailed video.

[@BySolway]

id like to hear about the apple vs red suit.

[@NDakota79]

Please give us a download link to some log sample footage. That way we can edit it ourselfs and see how good it really is.

[@droid806]

the footage LOG still look sharpen, also why you use auto-focus if you're sitting on chair in the same position?

[@MarkKidsley1989]

You tried with the new Blackmagic app yet?

[@whoismatt]

Not yet I need to test it

[@TimBelchamber]

@@whoismatt Blackmagic Cam is incredible. Definitely check it out as it is the answer to the end of your video. Full manual control. As its in collaboration with apple and is free - it's basically the 'pro' camera app of iPhone.

[@MarkKidsley1989]

@@whoismatt I just had a go and filmed the cats! Looks pretty good.. no log from what I can see though

[@uldmedia]

​@@MarkKidsley1989 Of course you can also shoot in ProRes Log with the Blackmagic app - somewhere in the camera settings you can choose between HDR, Rec709 and Log. That's why the app has LUT support, so you can see how the image looks with the desired color grading already during the recording.

[@magic2253711]

@@whoismatt I'm seeing issues currently with the hdmi clean feed not working on the iPhone 15 Pro in the blackmagic camera app. Filmic Pro works just fine, but not the blackmagic camera app. Seems as though they need to fix this in a future update.

[@63MacGuy]

Fantastic video. I've been debating if I should upgrade my 13 Pro Max to the 15 Pro Max? I wonder if someone makes a dongle where I could plug in the SSD and a power supply so I can use an external battery

[@amandaburleson2035]

you wont be needing to charge and film at the same time...

[@Lemonade-n2t]

I love your video colour tone

[@tg614]

thank you for the info one day till mine is here

[@Michael-NZ]

Just out of interest, that USB-C cable pictured really makes a difference?

[@carlosp.1846]

With the new shortcut button you can launch any other camera app seamlessly

[@Nitish-Bharadwaj]

Your theory is true, this is overheating, though the performance is a beast!!

[@michaelbell75]

All of the biggest upgrades are on the video side for iPhone 15. I think they have pretty much taken it as far as it can go on the photo side which is unfortunate. I am starting to shoot more video though, so this is cool.

[@CreateNowSleepLater]

USB 3 copy is neat but why did they limit it to that? Could have went USB4 right off the bat for high speed copies.

[@63MacGuy]

Oh, and I assume it still has the low light issue? Only use it in well lit environments.

[@xisanadu1]

Stop Speculating YA Biased Assumption FOOL ❗️

[@carlosread5887]

I have a question: If you used a thunderbolt cable on the iPhone 15, Would you get increased speed compared to the Usb C cable?

[@MamboLui]

Thanks for the video, new sub. As a newbee in video recording I use the iP 13 PM, would you recommend upgrading to the 15 PM? I'm not at your level yet, and primarily record walking around cities site seeing so nothing fancy. I use the regular camera, no prores and use either 20 or 60 fps.

[@ErisedMediaCo]

How’s the overheating been? I’ve heard the ProRes recording is leading to overheating issues in the 15 Pro and ProMax…

[@bernardryan475]

How long continuous recording before it starts overheating? ( that’s not good if that’s happening, sounds like A74 all over again)

[@ErisedMediaCo]

@@bernardryan475 I’m not sure. I’ve seen it in multiple reviews but haven’t had a chance to get my hands on one yet to test myself.

[@domantasbronusas]

Looking forward to grab it maybe as b cam?? Phone cameras are becoming awesome for their sensor size

[@dronebymas9646]

looking forward to that video!

[@SteveHartmanVideos]

Also- 422 color space should help a lot with green screen work. Not just grading. The color channel is twice the data and resolution from 420.

[@rickjames2053]

The new iPhone 15 pro is the phone to get

[@Kim-vs4vb]

having a hard time deciding between iphone 14 pro max and iphone 15 pro max, to create videos for tik tok, youtube, work, travel ect.... help me plz....thank u.

[@nickc9793]

Hi Matt. Thanks for all the good content you put out there for us. It really helps alot. Quick question, I would like to get back into weddings and currently only have a Sony a7iii as i wS in a partnershipand now going solo. I will get a ninja 5 for this so it can be my Bcam for ceremony and speeches, but I need a main cam and I'm stuck between choosing the A74, A7s3, FX3 and the A7rv. What would you choose as the main cam, please

[@clydedigital]

Would you intentionally shoot over-exposed by around 2 stops with this, just as you do with slog etc?

[@AverageDadOfficial]

Awesome content dude

[@gabrielrafer]

Great video, thanks ! that black magic story is so crazy... also.. even thoug you have a mighty beard, i think you should take a step back in terms of framing. But who am I to say that? lol keep up the good work, peace !

[@jeysmoothies]

good video, tons of good learns here. You have a new subscriber in me :) I really like your production/presentation style.

[@bakerfx4968]

Have you tried the new Blackmagic camera app?!

[@cariza5]

Does the iPhone 15 Pro ever get hot when recording 4K @ 60fps or charging the battery.

[@DigiDriftZone]

This is all well and good and really fantastic review covering this, but and this is a big but: the lenses are full frame equivalents of 13mm f/10, 24mm f/6.3 and 77mm f/24 (120mm f/21 on the max)! I mean.... when was the last time you needed to film something and you reached for an f/24 lens? or really that strange 120mm focal length? or the strange 13mm focal length, especially at f/10? - Plus 24mm is a bit tricker and more distorting than the 26mm they used to have in older models. I would go as far as to say video from the 13 and 77/120 is unusable in almost all cases, so you are just stuck with 24mm, but at f/6.3? - I don't know how often I could use that in practice...

[@EvainValencia]

What software do you use to edit the videos recorded in log?

[@cweb1988]

Good old RED....holding the entire world of video back for decades and gating it to the uber rich.

[@MrVh78]

Black magic cam app, my friend

[@KripeshPoudel-zb3se]

Which camera did you use to film this ? 🤔

[@matrixate]

Too bad memory will be a problem unless you start connecting hard drives and ssd's

[@MaximoJoshua]

not only that, you can plug in a thumb drive, an sd card reader, even a CF Express reader, and record to any of those...I don't see much use for recording in 4k ProRes Log to internal storage, like fill it up then tell everyone to wait while you transfer the footage?

[@pixeldesigns5333]

I'd LOVE a video about an apple vs red court case?? Make it please!!

[@Ryan256]

I agree with your theory that ProRes 4k60 is restricted to external drives due to thermal constraints. My 14 Pro Max gets pretty hot when I record 4k60 for more than a minute or so.

[@magic2253711]

The blackmagic camera app is free and let's you record internal 4K 60 in Apple Log Prores. Blackmagic has been working closely with Apple for years. It is possible.

[@MegaNerevar]

Verdict on Black Magic Camera ?

[@Michael-NZ]

Any overheating issues with the Iphone 15 ? not sure if this is fake news or not, but it is a problem with at least two of my devices in temperate zones.Its a show stopper

[@GorlaguntaChiranjeevi]

Hello Brother, I would like buy an iPhone 15 pro for filmmaking (videography). How many hours can i expect battery life in the iPhone 15 pro. Can you please reply for this comment soon...?

[@Doyouloveapples]

Yessssssss!!! I’m going to the power trip concert and I just ordered my new phone. This will be awesome to test out and get good footage. Thanks as always!! Can’t wait for the video! 🙇🏻‍♀️

[@Eyeofkamau]

These are great for budget creatives, but I won’t ever be able to see a cellphone like this as a filmmaking tool. The utility is just not there and the artificial processing of the image is still far too distinct from something from your sony a7siii. If in the future they make cellphones that are Cameras first, phones second… then we’re talking. But while these devices are Cellphone-First, Camera-Second… they’ve got a lkng way to go jn my opinion.

[@MrPhillipsTheChangeAgent]

Are we able to control white balance, iso… when shooting in log

[@troywalt4834]

is it possible to display log footage with a LUT applied during filming?

[@MaximoJoshua]

in BlackMagic Camera you can add the preview LUT

[@costagf]

Hope they add LOG h265 (smaller file sizes)

[@topico456]

I want to know about RED vs Apple about RAW!