I haven't posted for over three months. The main reason is that my wife has had some injury problems and I have been looking after her. The secondary reason is that I have been changing some things around regarding my photography equipment. And the main reason for that is I am shooting a lot more video. This is obviously the way things are going. With the constant improvement in internet speed, computers and phones it is now much more possible to publish video content without the viewing platforms grinding to a halt. So, with some exceptions, my gear reflects that change. With the purchase of an an iPhone 13 Pro and a Panasonic Lumix GH6 I now have the capability to shoot high quality footage. Plus switching to using Final Cut Pro on an M chip Macbook editing does not take so long.
So here's an example shot with the iPhone 13 using the Filmic Pro app. in Panoramic wide screen Cinematic mode. As you can see the quality is terrific. This was also shot hand held, so you can see just how good the stabilisation is. All from something that I can keep in my pocket.
While the video has definitely improved on the latest iPhone, the stills have remained pretty much the same. There is now an Apple raw format, which marginally improves things, but on the whole the stills output is OK, but nothing more than that. it seems that the small sensor is more suitable for video.
More later.
