I have a 14 Pro Max and I take a lot of photos with it. I have the “rich contrast” filter on all the time. This looks better to me. I don’t use the portrait mode too often, to me it seems muted, but then again I’m used to the rich contrast filter which doesn’t apply to portrait mode.

I also see struggles with low light. I try to have as much light as possible and hold as still as possible while taking night shots.

I don’t use Pro Res too often, or I forget to use it when I wanted to haha