bertpel t1_j60n7fq wrote on January 26, 2023 at 9:41 PM

Reply to comment by altxg in 48MP ProRaw is broken by altxg

I don't think not processing is an option – after all, we are talking about Apple. If they deem something good (enough?) there is a chance it will become the default without any toggle.

I can't disable the "Smart" HDR function in my 13 mini. Only way around it is using the Lightroom camera (or any other third party camera app, I suppose). That also has the nice advantage of keeping noise reduction and sharpening to a minimum, which makes them my problem to consider afterwards. I also like noisy but sharp pictures better than the clean, oversharpened "smartly" optimized mess that has become normal.

Maybe try that? Lightroom saves DNG files (at least on my 13 mini, which doesn't offer RAW files otherwise). Maybe it gets the sensor data before any "smart" processing can take place.

As I said, your images are very difficult edge cases. I think even my mirrorless camera would have to ramp up the ISO to unuseable heights for this scene.

altxg OP t1_j635pgt wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:26 AM

I used to use Halide for a while, and have tried Lightroom’s camera as well. Both are excellent for taking RAW photos. Unfortunately it seems like neither are capable of taking RAW 48MP photos, they’re both limited to 12MP. Maybe it’s an API thing that Apple skipped

bertpel t1_j637hmo wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:47 AM

From what I've read just now Halide should be able to – they offer "ProRAW" and "RAW", so there has to be a difference in… rawness :D

For Lightroom I just found complaints from September and October of last year and a standard "we're working on it". Don't know what's the situation now.