The iPhone can shoot raw and avoid these issues, it's how I use mine. The complaints people would have if the iPhone didn't post-process for the average consumer... Every camera phone I've ever used has horrible defaults for JPG processing -- avoid it by shooting raw and using something like Darkroom to finesse.
No, you use a half decent professional camera and you can even opt for RAW format, the only processing your getting is the averaging algorithm for your exposure and ISO settings. Even without that all you are getting is some JPG compression, not half baked ML trying to move people's faces around, that's bonkers. Also pretty sure you are not getting RAW on any phone unless you are running some very custom OS/software, even then seems pretty pointless considering how noisy it's going to be.
It's the reason some still pick RED vs Alexa. Your RAW File & Colour Science aren't just up to you, they're carefully mastered with an ODT -- On Device Transform.
Also, let's see how Nikon go in the near future with Snapdragon.
These images are 90% shot on iPhone -- raw and edited in Darkroom on iOS. https://instagram.com/grant.pal
It’s dishonest to try compare color profiles with AI image manipulation .
Sure I forgot about colour correction, congrats... It's pretty absurd to argue uniform pixel data manipulation for colour processing is somehow comparable to ML based full image manipulation. One is for the purpose of trying to improve accuracy, the other is doing the exact opposite.
> and you're entirely wrong
But i'm not perfect either: I was being pushy in the tone of my previous comments.. I was focused on the high level differences but too impatient in my delivery - Had I been more nuanced and respectful you might have been more receptive to it, sorry.