Rohan Thakur and Bharti Bharani: Admirable Creators Impressed by iPhone 15 Pro's Camera Capabilities
Rohan Thakur and Bharti Bharani — better known as Ronnie and Barty — are prolific content creators. The filmmaker duo generally create a lot of travel videos but their recent companion has been the iPhone 15 Pro. Apple has upped the camera ante with the iPhone 15 Pro and it has certainly left a few content creators — including Ronnie and Barty — impressed.
The one feature that has caught the eye is the new 5X lens, which according to the duo is “definitely a game changer especially with the inbuilt stabilisation and action mode - you can happily say goodbye to gimbals!” What the 5X lens does, according to Ronnie and Barty, is that it “makes shooting close ups of subjects less intrusive and helps us filmmakers be a fly on the wall more easily. Furthermore, having all three lenses (13mm, 24mm and 120mm) in a single device makes the storytelling process a lot more versatile.
Travel content creator Kritika Goel completely agrees with the duo. “With the 15 Pro Max, I’ve really enjoyed playing with the 5x telephoto lens, which captures so much detail,” she told The Times of India. She further said that the ability to switch between different focal lengths on the fly is something that she really appreciates.
When it comes to videos, it is the iPhone’s ProRes and Cinematic mode that is the biggest talking point. For instance, Ronnie and Barty say that mobile filmmaking was restricted to taking single shots for short form content or shooting behind the scenes stuff. “But with the new ProRes capabilities we can now shoot complete sequences in longer videos as we have full control over the colours, sharpness etc in post production. Also, the dynamic range that is now available lets you shoot freely in extreme light conditions, without any loss of information in the highlights and shadows,” they explain.
Editing clips together from a DSLR and phones is now possible without most people noticing. Goel says that as a travel vlogger, she has gone from shooting her vlogs on mirrorless cameras to now relying on the iPhone for most of her content. “The ability to shoot in ProRes provides unparalleled flexibility in post-production, allowing for better colour grading and editing,” she says.
Tips to get the best out of iPhone 15 cameras:
- “In low light conditions use the main/default camera - 24mm - it has the widest aperture and hence the lowest noise levels,” say the filmmaker duo.
- For night or low-light photography, Goel recommends “making use of the night mode and different exposure durations to capture well lit shots in low light conditions.”
- Setting the default EV (exposure value) to minus 1 in settings helps counterbalance the iPhone’s tendency to overbrighten images. “This setting compensates for that, and makes your life easier in post production especially if you are shooting in places with a lot of varying light and shadow,” note Ronnie and Barty.
- Utilise the in-built editing tools in the Photos app to improve the quality of your images, as suggested by Goel.