The PERFECT iPhone Camera Settings For Incredible Photos | iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

[@Watzac]

The app I'm using at the end of the video is Lightroom Mobile!

[@bilalahmedwrites]

Thanks, man, Just recently got an iPhone 15 Pro Max and wanted to have the best camera settings. Your video had the maximum views so I watched it and found it very useful.

[@Mr-Gigoloo]

You’re welcome bro

[@NOTHING-vn1tj]

I’m planning to buy Iphone 15 pro max is it good?

[@Azmain333]

@@NOTHING-vn1tjyes

[@KeyD97]

@@NOTHING-vn1tjincredible buy it

[@vasanth1999-dq5hk]

@@NOTHING-vn1tjdon’t buy it’s getting heat quicker

[@8372190]

Thanks for the nice video, Zak! I take photos with my 15 Pro Max because it’s always on me and quite simple to use. I set it on High Efficiency, 24 MP. That’s it. I don’t fancy PRO RAW anymore (I used to have a Canon EOS, Mark III and all the fancy lenses). My photos don’t need to be either incredible nor an art work and believe me, they are good. I use my iPhone App for post editing if need be (I quit Photoshop and Lightroom). I watched the video, because I’m always open to new things, but I realized this wasn’t for me. In 2018, I started using my iPhone for photography when I was in Paris. I never once regretted not having to lug my heavy equipment around. I took great photos along the Seine, inside museums and churches, never once thinking I missed a long lens… At night, from our hotel, I could choose some of my shots and share them with family and friends on FB.

[@Watzac]

No worries at all mate! Not everyone is looking to edit their iPhone photos or get the absolute most out of them. The photos from the stock iPhone settings still look incredible to say the least!

[@abdallamaalim434]

Just brought my 15 pro max today, am I that late? 😅

[@rushilb.8376]

@@abdallamaalim434just got it today . Definitely not late than me 😂

[@KevinPaulBell]

HEIF and HEVC are the way to go. Not only are the file sizes smaller, the image quality is superior. HEIF photos are 10 bit and 4:2:2 color space as opposed to 8 bit jpeg with 4:2:0 or less color space. HEVC (h.265) is, like HEIF, smaller and has better bit rate and color space. Unless you have a pc or Mac that is more than five years old, go with HEIF and HEVC.

[@tjtang]

You are 100% right! I thought … when the 1st point he already tell BS … don‘t need to watch the rest and just start looking comments 😂

[@Watzac]

Good shout dude! Great correction, totally right 🙏

[@Watzac]

Nice!

[@LiamApilado]

I thought so. was questioning the video when watching. Should pin this because the video will miss lead many.

[@angel33333333]

Can someone explain I didn’t understand a word, is this on iPhone?

[@reuterss306]

Thanks bro. I just ordered my phone and really wanted to step up my photography game...this was the perfect way too start. Gonna buy your preset pack as soon as the phone arrives. It so surreal that you now have such a high quality camera in your phone...cant wait to go shooting :D

[@Mayochup191]

Why didn’t you wait for the 16

[@sandeshvantveen]

Great vid! Just switched ti iOS and the keynotes naturally only talk about new features, so this was useful.

[@PedeetZ]

Thanks so much Just got a 15 pro this week and this makes it far better

[@iamscovia]

Thank you . I was crying of a bad camera on the most latest phone but now I’ve got a nice one

[@MJ_PEREZ_MUSIC]

Thank you Zac I changed my camera settings now. Appreciate ❤

[@xandarkiriv4397]

Just picked up my 15 pro max today and I’m excited to use the camera on it! Thanks for the great video mane🙏

[@JessLuix]

Me too 😅

[@easternv1lle]

Just picked mine up yesterday!

[@DAXimusTT]

I've always been an android user and this year i've decided to go all in with Apple everything! This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks Zac. You got a new subscriber.

[@Watzac]

Hey welcome man! Stoked to be able to help you out!

[@MarioMercier]

Super informative video dude, been loving these! Blew my mind when I learnt you can shoot any aspect ratio and crop back to original 4:3 later

[@TheMantombi]

Thank you Zak, I was very frustrated with my dark pictures on my new iPhone 15 especially due to the auto portrait which I’m not a fan off. Your vid helped a lot. Please don’t forget us iPhone 15 users:( When you get a chance please do something for us, but I could pick up a lot from this video as some of the camera settings are the same for the 15 and 15 pro. Tx

[@TECHNIKMM]

Awesome video! Just got your presets can’t wait to try them out! One thing: you say in 16:9 ratio you get the full quality for instagram posts. You don’t. You are cropping in which means you lose pixels. Instead of a for instance 48mp picture you are getting a 36mp picture

[@richardbaluyut5704]

Thank you Zak, it was very helpful. I bought the 'The Master Collection'.

[@xclobin]

Hi! Can you tell me the setting for video or photo in concert venue? My camera lost it’s focus everytime, so I need to hold/tap the camera everytime the light is changing. Cause in the venue concert the lighting is so bright and then change into dark. I'm very tired of holding my phone just to adjust the brightness😅

[@meghandonaldson8880]

Does anyone else have an issue getting clear photos zooming in? The 15 pro was advertised as having great resolution when you zoom in which is why I got it, but all my photos come out blurry, even after changing the settings from this video

[@nabinraii]

🟢 High efficiency = save space ( compress) / 🔴 Most compatible = large space

[@md.mursalinansar5980]

Most powerful camera settings for iPhone 15 please

[@lindaskolaris6751]

Can't wait to try this. Question since you are an expert- Should one purchase lens protectors for camera of iphone 15?

[@domek9975]

no, iphones have sapphire glass which is close to impossible to scratch. Bought protectors scratch much easier and also decrease picture quality.

[@mapk100]

Wow… I’ve just got an iPhone 15 max, and your vid has just been so helpful Thank you 🙏

[@simonuk1213]

Having come from the 11 pro to the 15 pro, the auto macro mode is awesome. No more struggling to get close up photos.

[@rory1er]

What app is being used for the photo edit ?

[@charmawow]

Just gave in to buying my first iPhone (the 15 Pro Max) after still lugging my DLSR around and never using it. Just been pointing and shooting straight out the box until now, so thanks very much for this post!

[@sdo55699]

I just got my first iPhone ever...did Zac Watson say Lightroom Mobile and it's free? Maybe I'm not looking at the right place or Lightroom is no longer free?

[@mushinkamazyambe]

It's not free

[@wolfmoon222]

I am pretty sure Portrait in photo mode just saves information IF you choose to add depth in post. It doesn’t take portraits in normal photo mode. I know LR also can apply depth in post with a gradient filter* Do you believe it affects picture quality leaving this on for say a landscape? or street photography?

[@Dakshmarwah]

Why do you suggest sticking to the 1080p at 30 fps for the video settings. Should we not change it to 4k at 30 fps?

[@ghost_mne]

Idk wtf is he talking im using 4k 60

[@joshsmith72294]

Good video, but I think a bit off on the lens and crop info. You say to only use the 1x, 2x, and 5x buttons to avoid crop, but the 2x button is also a crop. Further, I believe anything between 1x and 2x is a sensor crop, not a post-capture crop. This means you're actually not losing optical image quality anywhere between 1x and 2x. If you look at the image info you'll see that shooting at 1x (24mm) is a 48MP photo, 1.2x (28mm) is 35MP, 1.5x (35mm) is 24MP, and 2x (48mm) is 12MP. Zooming between 0.5x and 1x will cause an image degrading crop, and so will zooming on anything above 5x (or 3x on the regular Pro model), but zooming between 1x and 2x doesn't degrade the image. 🙂

[@onestepup9950]

Wouldn't it be the same cropping in a full 48MP photo to have a 2x zoom the same thing as sensor crop?

[@joshsmith72294]

@@onestepup9950 Possibly? But I also feel like I notice a difference between taking the picture on 2x vs cropping in on a 48MP pic. It seems like the 2x looks better vs the post crop. My guess is it has to do with the image processing that Apple is doing, but I can't be sure.

[@SurgeonOpp]

Just got my iPhone 15 pro max yesterday so I needed the best quality on the camera lenses 😂🫵

[@AKAmaniAKkamana]

You are the best KZbinr I ever seen very easy to understand you very easy to understand everything you are explaining very easy to do everything 10stars you are really good. I did change all my settings for iPhone 15 Pro Max. I did everything you did. You are really good. God bless you so much for everything you do.

[@Teetee8378]

Please what’s the name of the photo editor app you called in the video…I didn’t quite get the name…thanks!

[@swetaprasad1890]

Why did not you on mirror camera? Because whenever i try to take selfie on mirror off mode it looks worse. Can you explain please?4:23

[@globalforce123kant9]

Hey what’s the name of the app? For editing plz Thanks

[@Watzac]

Lightroom Mobile 🙏

[@patk1417]

Zac can you repeat what’s the editing app ?

[@Watzac]

Lightroom Mobile 🙏

[@srutihazarika606]

Selfies taken in iphone 15 are very noisy and grainy. Any suggestions please Zac?

[@justrebootusa]

Awesome - I purchased your presets, and made the charges suggested - I'll be hitting up Rome next month, so this should be awesome on my 15PM. Do you have suggestions on which of your presets should be used on certain scenes (eg. Inside museums, early am, early pm, night, etc.)?

[@Mahkey_Official]

I just bought it, I'm a musician and this helped me a lot to get into it more, I tried it out and will experiment with these tips and tricks as I go, thanks a lot. ♥

[@samiullahqalandari4514]

Oh man! I don’t know what have you done but now I can take 48mp photos. Keep it up bro!

[@youknowme...1840]

Hi, Could you tell us how much iPhone storage you choose? Because when we use iCloud, the iPhone doesn't need much storage. Can you tell us at least we should have this much or so? Thanks.

[@Watzac]

I roll with the lowest storage options as I never shot a lot on my phones. However, I am not shooting a lot more and would opt for at least the 512 option!

[@queenval_]

Thank you. My pictures were coming out so dark and not clear 🙁

[@abhishekr2361]

Hi when raw max is enabled my photos get blurred why is that so ?

[@adventure-seeker-360]

What is the name of the editing app please?

[@Watzac]

Lightroom mobile!

[@lee4515]

Zac I watching your helpful video on camera setting on iPhone 15 pro EXPOSURE. .5 1x 2 5 upon looking on my phone cannot get (5) getting 3. On phone 15 pro 128 Lee

[@aaroncampos4654]

I just started photography, and I use iPhone 15 pro, here for some tips

[@ondraro]

Great video, just a quick note: the iPhone you are using doesn't have a 2x zoom lens, it has just 0.5x, 1x and 5x

[@The9PointStar]

Lightroom is free but the are some pay options, thanks for the video!

[@nerzmbali2795]

Thank you for the information. What settings can I follow if my selfie images are come out darker?

[@Watzac]

My pleasure! Try adjusting your exposure slider shown in the video to be brighter!

[@lenarudiger8575]

Hey Zac, I do Not Like the Selfie photos. Do you have some good Settings, to get better Selfie pictures?

[@ImTheChoice1]

Can someone tell me what Zac is saying around 8:45 in video about “blank blank mobile” . An editing app he is using and I can’t tell with the accent he has.

[@Watzac]

Lightroom Moible! The Aussie accent coming out strong there hey? 😅

[@yamahass66]

Been though all this settings but I missed compability setting. So thanks! Could you do a comparison with manual camera apps for iphone?

[@Watzac]

Great video idea! Stoked I could help out man!

[@10KidsandAGarage]

When I push the pro log on the top of screen, it makes my screen go flat. If turn it off, I have great quality? What could that mean?

[@nellyandon8815]

Switching from Huawei Pro to iPhone 15 Pro Max, and I hope with all these free tutorials, life will just get easier. Thank you heaps, this tutorial is so great!!

[@Watzac]

My pleasure! Enjoy the switch!

[@busyfix]

confused about high efficiency or most compatible should we use

[@vincentmalloy959]

i changed my phone xs to 15 pro and did all the settings you said. However, when i shoot or take a selfie it changes and i think make some auto effects. Before i take a selfie i look beautiful but when click the shoot button and go to check it, it looks disgusting (like high contrast) how can i get rid of this differences before and after taking photo thing?

[@Hunterbenx]

Same 😣 I took my 11 for granted

[@FarzhanaK]

I have the same problem.. Let me know if u find the solution

[@Watzac]

Damn I have no idea 👀

[@VedatMaxhuni]

⁠@@Watzaci think it’s the mirror front camera button OFF - should be ON

[@THURZDAY_]

omggg I hate that!!!

[@lola2lola220]

Can you give me your opinion about filming all my channels on mobile, thank you

[@Watzac]

You should absolutely do it.

[@aaravmitharwal6993]

after these setting how much storage would 1 photo take and 1 video of say 2 minutes take??

[@myselfme767]

This video is super useful! I subscribed!

[@cedricceddyb4857]

Gooday Zak Im am lost on the edit of the pictures, i don't have the same settings as you do, maybe i don't know where to click to access the settings. Please assist Cedric here

[@femorsp]

Man, what about the regular iPhone 15? Any tips for the configuration ?

[@Realitywords89]

whats the name of the app? larue mobile? difficult to understand, thank you

[@Watzac]

Lightroom mobile!

[@Realitywords89]

thank you @@Watzac

[@bigg4664]

Amazing Video!

[@Kadian-dc1mn]

Ive had my phone since early may and i kept saying how come they say iphone is better than android when iphone dont take pics good. Didnt know i had to set the camera. Thank you for this video. This my first iphone and i learned a lot here watching your video. Thanks much.

[@alliplaybycsi1915]

zac .. can u share me how to learn the colour grading in LR... i m beginner to learn colour grading

[@staceyluxuryrealtor5763]

Hi Zac, what settings do you recommend for jewelry photography in a light box?

[@Monisha-p8h]

Thank you for this video. This is very helpful. Can I know where did you do the editing? which app? Is it free for use?

[@Watzac]

Free to use and it’s Lightroom mobile!

[@marymadigan1416]

I find you have to pay for app Zac?

[@srutihazarika606]

The app is not free.

[@amaliaarango3068]

This is if you wan to put your own settings? Right?

[@zainablawal4855]

Tnk u dear🙌u did a great job

[@SmileToYouToo]

thanks man!

[@helaodinsdottir3742]

For the “PRESERVE SETTINGS” what about the spatial video toggle? Do I toggle that one as well?

[@camaleon18]

I don’t know how you got the edit for the colour and all those tabs to choose from

[@royjones1962]

Great and easy content to follow. 👌

[@Watzac]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@Paul-ErikHansen]

Thanks for really great videos, regarding getting photos in 48 MP, as far as I can see, it is ONLY when using the main lens in X1, if you use X0.5 or X5, it is only saving photos in 12 MP, same for Macro, Night mode, Portrait mode... seems also to save in 12 MP...... I dont think Apple is saying this very clear....

[@Pavek17]

@7:17 what button is he pressing to get to the crop options?

[@xiiVisuaIiize]

Just swipe up

[@ryandoan8579]

Thanks for creating this video. Really helpful!

[@P1K2010]

What’s the app called? I’m sorry I could not understand it. Thank you so much

[@zaidin6642]

lightroom

[@joycewycoff3061]

Thanks so much. Possibly stupid question: images I have take are filled with light on the screen and look incredible. When I look at them in photos, that incredible light has gone away. Is it something I'm doing wrong?

[@kelliei9375]

Would you consider pictures taken on a lighted stage from a dark auditorium (ex.ballet) a darker environment? Pro raw or pro raw max?

[@kristalynnblonski7931]

I’ve been playing with the settings of my iPhone pro max 15 and I’m so frustrated that my iPhone pro max 12 photos were better. No matter what I do, they aren’t crisp. I tried your settings and same issue. I’ve read a few things about apple software being an issue. Are you not having these issues?

[@Tathy_Pikachu]

I’m having same problem with 15 pro max. My iphone 11 takes better photos. I’ll return my phone.😢

[@THURZDAY_]

omg yes my 12pro max took better photos!!! I do like the 15pro at all

[@rmappita]

My 12 take better photos too… Still trying to understand …

[@NG-bz8ms]

I also upgraded from the iphone 12 pro and having the same issues. The 15 pro is just shit when you take pictures indoor with bad light or if you make fast movements. Outdoor the 15 pro is awesome. Didn’t sold my 12 pro yet because I‘m still not sure if i keep the 15 But I’m asking myself all the time how is it possible, that pictures from an 12 pro are better that from an 15 pro??

[@henriknielsen4640]

whats the name on your photo editing app?

[@abigailgeerligs4571]

Is this the same for the 15 (not max/pro)

[@danielbozev6942]

how to add the exposure scale in the left corner ?

[@laki991srb]

Help! That flower in the bottom left corner is turned off for me. It disappears all the time, how to turn it on? What is it for?

[@Watzac]

It’s macro control! You just put your phone close to something and you can turn it on or off!

[@Andrewxz1]

I was looking at your video, wow good job sir! Was wondering if I’m the only one (iPhone 15 pro) that has the famous bug of that when I open photo from gallery it doesn’t show at full quality I have to pinch and zoom in and then back to the normal zoom to acquire full quality otherwise if I close the photo and re open it it’s the same , it’s like kinda blurry or not at the full quality pls help 😪

[@Watzac]

Hey thanks for the kind words! I’ve not come across this bug but if you find a fix, it would be interesting to hear it!

[@Andrewxz1]

@@Watzac Absolutely, unfortunately I haven’t find a fix , reported it to apple support, and they are investigating , internet is full of this bug, have you tried it by yourself ? I mean try to take a photo and then open it on photo gallery, then press modify for example and see if it’s become sharper as it’s downloaded it in full resolution 😐

[@robinchuwan]

I have an issue on my Iphone 15 where I use flashlight when taking photos but.. it just doesn't show up in the picture? I compare two photos with flashlight on vs off and there's barely any difference! I like taking pictures of my books, and the shadows cast by the papers don't even disappear in the flashlight photos which doesn't make sense

[@GregoryPatent]

hi, what is the name of editor used in this video? Thank you.

[@Grognakwf]

Thanks for the video, a friend just bought the 15 pro and we noticed that the colors are weird sometimes. For example violet gets a blue touch, if something white is in the frame (eg a white paper), the colors are more accurate. Is there anything in the settings that can help to make the colors more natural?

[@FSvizzard]

what’s the matter with the apple pro res file format for video? HDR or Log?

[@inkyskillz1416]

Sorry I couldn’t understand you what app is it for the photo editing

[@sairashamma1242]

Lightroom

[@busyfix]

Hello, when I set my camera settings like this, will my storage space fill up very quickly? I am an average user and I take photos and videos for social media.

[@tarek307]

lucky you, mine are grainy in portrait mode, i wish i didn't trade in my 13 pro

[@wolfmoon222]

found this tremendously useful thanks mate

[@z27o]

that mask trick was new to me thanks bro

[@abe_ismain]

What of lens protection Any thoughts on protection case for the lenses? 😅

[@Dexu]

dont buy

[@AnabHuseen-u5v]

Thnks a lot zac🙏

[@Turbo_Forge]

This dude is the best!

[@mosessunday676]

What the name of that editing app

[@GooglyMcDoubleface]

I am getting 15 pro max in a week. because I am a reseller, shipper, the area for the camera settings sound familiar. maybe more sales to come.

[@goochma]

Thank you for this tutorial. I just bought the iPhone 15 Pro Max and have set the camera to your suggested settings. But for some reason, my phone doesn't have the Apple ProRes setting in the list of settings.

[@Watzac]

My pleasure dude! That's strange, you're running the latest version of IOS and have a pro model?

[@goochma]

@@Watzac I figured it out. I had to enable it in formats before it would show up in preserved settings. I've been using your settings, and my photos look great. The camera on this phone is pretty impressive.

[@jeronolevin218]

Thank you so much ❤ It's so helpful

[@aselapriyantha2904]

Nice work man now my camera is 🔥