The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium and Xperia XZ2 however, can shoot slow-motion videos at 1080p resolution at up to 960fps. The Samsung S9, S9+, and Note9 shoot slow-motion at up to 960fps, but at a lower resolution of 720p. When it comes to slow-motion video, the iPhone XS shoots at 1080p at up to 240fps. And for the first time ever, the iPhone XS records video in stereo sound. That OIS makes a big difference, and Apple’s implementation is solid. The Huawei P20 Pro doesn’t have optical image stabilization in 4K, while the Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+, and Note9 can only do OIS at up to 4K/30p. It’s a real pleasure to shoot with, and if you capture to HEIF, the images are saved in the wider P3 color space.Īpple has one of the best, if not the best video performance in a smartphone camera.
Hues are deeper and richer when compared to last year’s iPhones, and you can see it on the phone’s screen. Apple says the iPhone XS’ screen shows a 60 percent greater dynamic range in HDR photos. The OLED screen is also color accurate, with a wide color gamut (P30) and color management at the OS level. One of the best things about iPhone photographs is their bright, vivid colors, and the iPhone XS takes that up a notch. Portrait shots appear to have cleaner outlines and are more accurate for the most part. And it’s a small detail, but the iPhone XS induces perfectly round highlights in its faux bokeh, which is something photographers love. I’ve grown so used to waiting for Portrait Mode to lock on my iPhone 8 Plus that I almost think it’s not working when the iPhone XS locks on almost instantaneously. The other benefit to having a faster processor is that Portrait Mode is now much faster. But when shooting side by side, the iPhone XS’ responsiveness made my iPhone 8 Plus feel sluggish by comparison. This results in zero shutter lag when you hit the shutter and ensures you never miss the desired shot. The iPhones 8 aren’t slow phones, not by a long shot. Once the Camera app is launched, it continuously captures a four-frame buffer in the background.
The new 8-core Neural Engine is now strongly linked with the iPhone XS’ image signal processor (ISP), and that extra power makes a difference. It’s there when you’re directly facing a bright light source and can be a problem if you’re facing multiple light sources in video, like in this clip below.Īnother headline feature is speed. Something you’ll notice is that the iPhone XS is prone to glare. It could be that Apple is leaving the shadows to preserve contrast (an evenly toned image creates a flat image). But that’s what ordinary exposures are for. Lost shadows are exactly what you’d have expected a better HDR system not to do. Even Apple’s promotional materials for Smart HDR show photos with shadows that have gone to black.
It also doesn’t do much to boost the shadows. Smart HDR manages to preserve highlights, but not for extreme blowouts. What we do know is that competing phones like the Samsung S9 series combines up to 12 images, while the Google Pixel 2 XL combines up to 10. It captures multiple exposures for a single shot and combines them into one image. Smart HDR is a headline feature, and it’s basically a re-brand of HDR. Whenever a shot involves heavy processing, like Smart HDR or Portrait Mode, more noise, not less, is introduced into the shot. And it’s not just detail loss in low light at high ISOs either. At ISO 1,000 the iPhone XS is pushing it, while the Huawei P20 Pro is handling it with style. But low light performance isn’t that much better. The pixels are larger and deeper, and they do make a difference. In good light, the iPhone XS captures noticeably more dynamic range and color than last year’s iPhones, even without the new Smart HDR feature enabled (more on that below). Apple’s iPhones capture good images and exceptionally good video, and the XS offers more of the same but better.įor example, the new, bigger 12MP sensor in the wide-angle camera delivers cleaner images in low light with more detail. There’s not much here in the iPhone XS that you’ll be surprised by.
For readability’s sake, I’ll refer to both using ‘iPhone XS’ from here on. Note: The iPhone XS and XS Max have the same camera system.
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