yo it is time this is the iphone 12 mini
and the big boy iphone 12 pro
max i've got a chance to spend about a
week in two completely different worlds
on one hand you have everything that is
great about the iphone 12 and a compact
tiny form factor
that spoiler alert i kind of really like
and you have a
6.7 inch monster of a phone with a new
camera system a new telephoto lens and
as i kind of break down my final
thoughts a more in-depth video just
wanted to share what i thought so far
and while we're at it
shoot this on the 12 pro max and the
front facing camera
on the 12 mini now this is being
recorded in dolby vision hdr however if
you're watching this here on youtube
you're watching it in sdr and if you're
thinking well what is the point don't
worry i got you
down below i'll drop a link to the
source file so you can see exactly what
this looks like on your device
if you're on an iphone with an oled
display you should see a huge difference
but the cool thing is
if you're on ios 14.1 or later on an
iphone 8 or later you should still see a
huge difference compared to what you're
watching here on youtube
now real quickly to get a couple quick
questions out the way that a lot of you
may have and maybe wondering
yes if you've been looking forward to a
flagship type iphone
in a compact one handable form factor
the 12 mini
is it you get everything that is awesome
about the 12
the same cameras the same ola display
the same a4 timbotic chip
except it is packed in a much smaller
body roughly
the size of an iphone 8 except you get a
5.4 inch display
that is the most pixel dense out of all
the 12s on the other hand the iphone 12
pro max
my goodness it is a bap so if you like
big phones this has you
written all over it but if you don't it
might be a little excessive
i love every phone or separate max
because
i wear skinny jades and that big ass
phone don't look good with
it's in my front pocket you know i'm
saying so let me know if your team big
phone
or not i actually got a chance to sit
down with gada from dave and if you've
watched dave
fist bump if you haven't please watch it
now we got a chance to sit down and talk
about the iphone 12 apple watch series 6
life mental health and i'll drop a link
to that down below so in terms of being
mildly excessive in terms of size the
camera system so far on the 12 pro max
has
not disappointed i will break it down
way more in depth in my full review so
definitely make sure to subscribe for
that but the cliff notes version of that
is with the wide angle lens you're
getting a much bigger sensor there is
better stabilization
and as far as the telephoto lens aka
that third camera you don't get on the
12
there is now a 65 millimeter focal
length equivalent opposed to the 52 we
are normally used to
before i dive into that myself i am a
video nerd so i was really curious to
check that out
gotta say it did not disappoint the
first thing that i noticed
is the extra depth that you get because
of that bigger sensor which translates
to
these beautiful beautiful toner balls i
realize a lot of people are going to
comic book
guy the 10 bit dolby vision hdr footage
on these phones but i gotta say
the more and more i mess with it the
more impressed i am again the video that
you're watching right now
is graded in sdr and i'm sure we've all
seen our fair share of these clips just
blown the heck out
all over the internet the coolest part
here is yes this was shot
and captured in dolby vision hdr but
because of the
depth the dynamic range the latitude
that you retain
the flexibility you have is bananas if
you're in final cut pro and you have an
hdr clip
in an sdr timeline the only thing you
have to do is head over to the exposure
tab
and then drag the highlights down until
things start to look normal
seconds later you have a beautiful sdr
clip that is also future proof with that
hdr metadata
and if you want to break down to that
and how it works definitely check out my
12 pro review
stabilization has also been really
impressive on the pro max but honestly
don't sleep on the mini either
this was shot on the 12 mini shout out
to ryan and emma for grabbing this
footage and again what you're watching
is sdr so i cannot wait to show you this
in hdr that'll be up on the music
channel soon so definitely subscribe so
you don't miss that
now spoiler alert as much as i've
enjoyed the new camera system on the 12
pro max which is
really really good there's something
about the 12 mini that is
really really enticing like for real i
am super tempted to
use the mini it's compact it's
lightweight it's just kind of refreshing
when you're used to using
a giant phone i'm someone who doesn't
typically use the telephoto lens too
often on my phone but as far as what
that gives you on the 12 pro max for
example
really like i would break it down is
you're getting three different focal
lengths or three different perspectives
without ever moving a foot
it's a little confusing but all four
phones the mini the 12 the 12 pro and
the 12 pro max share
the same 13 millimeter ultra wide angle
lens as far as the wide angle lens or
the main camera on these phones the mini
the 12 and the 12 pro share the same 26
millimeter lens
and again it isn't until the 12 pro max
where we get that bigger sensor and
better stabilization so without a doubt
that portrait lens is going to give you
a unique look especially being at 65
millimeters i think for me though
maybe more so than that lens the only
thing that would really hold me from
going to the mini
is lidar lidar i think is super
underrated you of course get all those
ar benefits but as far as the cameras
go you get night mode portrait shots
better auto focus and low light
and because there's much better depth
data you get better portrait shots
better cutouts especially on
objects not people take a look at this
picture taken on the 12 pro max and then
compare it
against the 11 pro max and you should
see a couple of things
one is focal length that's at 65
millimeter equivalent versus 52 and it
is worth noting
that you do get less light let in on the
65 which is a different conversation for
a different day
but more importantly again you see that
much better cutout
so at the end of this i am really torn
on one hand i
really do enjoy the camera system on
this 12 pro max
but there is so much going for the 12
mini again
i think if it had lidar it would be the
perfect phone either way though these
are
super fun phones if you guys have
questions you want to see answered in
the more in-depth video drop a comment
down below
hopefully you guys enjoyed the video if
you did and you are feeling like being
awesome make sure you guys drop a like
thank you guys so much for watching this
is jonathan
and i will catch you guys later
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