That is what I was thinking. The poster said the photo looked okay at the moment they took a picture and the phone's processing takes over and he then gets junk.
I wonder how hard to is to take 'RAW' photos without adding an app first.
I wonder how hard to is to take 'RAW' photos without adding an app first.
This is a “there’s already a solution, but the average consumer wouldn’t know about it, because the defaults are made for them” type of problem.
One could claim that it's a UI problem, and should be exposed in the Camera app. This may be true, but the files are 10 to 12 times larger, with a real "quality hit", as perceived by the average user, for overall aesthetics. I personally think it should be in the settings menu. It's not something you would want enabled without understanding and intent.
It’s a little frustrating that apple added this feature, for this exact kind of thing, and they’re, inadvertently or not, getting a little dumped on, do to lack of knowledge/research.
These features (Google also attempted to standardize it, not sure they succeeded) were a big deal in the photography world.
I understand what you mean about most users do not need such a feature. But while supporting computers I am surprise how many features of programs users do not know exist not just because they do not use them but also how hard it is to get at some features.
Personally, I seen too many programs where you need to know to turn OFF certain functions before you can enable some other feature. The users often never see what they needed because it is so hard to enable that feature without know they need to turn something else OFF.
Go to Settings -> Camera -> toggle Apple ProRAW on
Then in the Camera app there will be a "RAW" button that you can tap on to enable RAW capture
Third party camera apps like Halide (https://halide.cam) focus on just using the RAW capabilities by default
Here’s a comparison I just made between the iPhone camera’s RAW and default modes, and Halide: https://i.ibb.co/XFMJVjz/9-DD734-F7-CA00-4-E53-85-C7-283315-...