swiftdream
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 11, 2022 12:54:47 GMT -8
We’ll see what the 48mp camera can do IQ wise. One of the editing apps I use for iPad or iPhone is Pixelmator Photo, used to cost $8 but has gone subscription. I’m grandfathered in. It has a Super Resolution feature that really works well for tight crops, eliminates the jaggys and makes the heavily cropped image look smoother and more natural. I guess the macro mode on the newer cameras helps too. The only nit I have with Pixelmator is no local editing so I send the image to Snapseed or Affinity Photo for iPad. Those let you work on Layers with masking capability. The Apple Pencil helps me paint more precisely.
Yes, I’m quite ready to fire up those new camera systems later this year.if the satellite connectivity gives a good signaling performance that will add some safety. Right now it’s pretty much just the whistle on the sternum strap. Lol
Also the current tele camera on my 12 pro max doesn’t support night mode. I think the 13 does so I’m looking forward to that as well. In two years they do make a lot of headway.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 20, 2022 16:10:35 GMT -8
I’ll need to read it up in the users guide but I’ll report back if I learn anything. Survived my data transfer with minimum trauma, though my old Series 2 Apple Watch was fussy to reconnect.
One thing I noted, even in the early days when indexing behind the scenes reportedly uses battery power my over night numbers, with the Always On enabled (though it shuts itself off when it realizes it’s the middle of the night all in its own without sleep mode enabled, it also shuts off when you’re wearing a paired Apple Watch and walk away from it; cute) was roughly 1 % per hour.
I like those distance gimmicks: my iPhone notes where I’ve left my car since I’ve paired the system with it. Shows up automatically in maps. The AirTags also work: my keys fell under a chair and it was a small mater to locate them. The sound wasn’t terribly helpful: I think its high frequency is too high for good directionality. But there’s also a distance and direction indicator which led me right to them (more or less, I had to look under the chair).
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 21, 2022 12:56:27 GMT -8
HsF, did you get a 14 pro max? Moved up from the 13? Didn’t know you were going to do that. What storage did you get? I looked into a black 14 or max with 512 g down in the opposite corner of the country and it won’t be available for a while.
Saw some very interesting reviews so looking forward to this evolution.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 21, 2022 14:29:40 GMT -8
14 Pro Max 256gb, space black. I’ve the Apple Upgrade program and the monthly cost was the same as for the 13 pro max 256 I was upgrading from.
I’d set up a pre approval so the morning of I hit a couple of clicks and was done in under a minute.
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 21, 2022 15:02:25 GMT -8
That’s fantastic. The 256 phones were more readily available when I got the 12 so that’s what I’m using for now, until that 14 drops in my local.
Dare we ask for some samples? I’ll have to live vicariously for the time being.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 21, 2022 15:30:23 GMT -8
Im heading to Lake Champlain and then New Hampshire’s White Mountains Saturday and while I use dSLRs and mirrorless for photos since they don’t geotag I’ve the habit of taking location shots along the way and the Photos program notes the time stamp and organizes so I’ve a better idea of where the location was. [ETA so I’ll definitely have iPhone photos to share]
I learned that the hard way by having some interesting NY building details in photos with close to no idea beyond “south of Penn Station” of their location… 😩
The one tricky bit was I’d upgraded to iOS 16 and its a later build than the 14 was shipped with: that caused some issues that are best avoided for the smoothest transition. I wound up doing a full restore from the 13 backup rather than a “setup from” the backup and while everything looks fine I didn’t like it renamed the phone John’s iPhone 13….
I’d expected it just to ask to do the upgrade to the newer build and then keep going with the setup, it didn’t.
I’ve never come closer than maybe 60% full on my 256 phones so figured I’d stay with that one more round.
ETA: AppleInsider really liked the 14 pro max cameras.
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 21, 2022 17:01:58 GMT -8
That sounds good, maybe a couple macro shots if you’re so inclined. May you encounter blazing color. I bet the new camera systems will be so nice.
If you want to use geotagging and then later want to share them without there is a great app Metapho. It lets you strip the metadata or even change it. I don’t geotag because of the idea of being tracked out there. I don’t share data with my gps app either, got those turned off in settings.
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Sept 22, 2022 6:44:20 GMT -8
Interesting as my personal phone is an iPhone, but an on the fence due to antenna strength vs the inReach. Also letting friends know how remote you are may also invite others knowing how remote one is (telemarketers and spammers come to mind).
Still with enough controls and perhaps a better antenna, more competition (the satellite service is “free” for only 2 years .. what if one wants opting out later?).
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 22, 2022 7:46:26 GMT -8
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 22, 2022 9:06:25 GMT -8
One thing that is already bugging me about iOS 16 is it wants so much conformation to sync the photos I just took with a nicely charged battery. I wonder if there is a way to circumnavigate the 20 questions thing it is suddenly doing.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 22, 2022 9:18:33 GMT -8
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Not something I’ve run into. What’s the circumstance?
I wonder if that’s some echo of the child protection issue that’s making the rounds in various ways. I have been asked about allowing FB to receive a photo: even simply screenshots of maps…
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 22, 2022 10:12:40 GMT -8
? Not something I’ve run into. What’s the circumstance? Every single time I go hiking and come back with a bunch of photos and take it off airplane mode so it will sync it starts these questions. With iOS 15 it just wanted to know if I really wanted to resume syncing and would ask me twice. Now it’s not so sure I want to use battery power right away so I have to monitor it until it gets it. This happens several times a week post hike after going to iOS 16. I need it to sync so they show up on the iPad for editing as I’m only shooting ProRaw. I bet the 49 mp files will be a trip after the 14 pro max is in my kit. Lol
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 22, 2022 11:59:06 GMT -8
Oh yes, I’ve seen that in previous versions of both iOS and OS whenever I had a full load to transfer to iCloud and my laptop or iPhone was not connected to external power. It will run for a while, then realize there’s 150 GB to upload and go,” Whoa! Let’s think about this”. The iPhone is more conservative about power, understandably, but they’d both do it. From watching the phone upload process it’s slow in realizing the size of the upload (or, iirc, a download): that may be what keeps triggering questions as the number keeps getting bigger and bigger. and those ProRaw files are sorta huge anyway. (On the 14 up to 84mb per)
My solution is to plug them in. I expect even just slapping a MagSafe pack or plugging in a 6k Anker or your vehicles power would shut it up. I don’t use iCloud for photos storage at the moment as I overflowed my 2 TB capacity and haven’t sorted out what I want to do next. I’m reluctant to go with another subscription but Adobe or Halide may be the optimal route as I do like having my older stuff available and everything no longer fits in iCloud. My on-site backups are on 14 TB drives at the moment, I’ve gotten sick of retiring “too small” drives after just a few years.
As to those pauses to save battery? I blame all the whingeing people do about battery life. For me liking to walk around I’ve long had Anker sticks, recently a MagSafe pack and a 10k Anker MagSafe pack that will also charge via usb-c, which is more power efficient though it means a cable.
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Post by swiftdream on Sept 22, 2022 12:58:50 GMT -8
Excellent info
that’s what’s happening when there is a full load of ProRaw files to sync. With one or two when doing a photo project around house it doesn’t happen, just post hike with 50 or so large image files. I’ll slap the MagSafe on when I get back.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Nov 15, 2022 13:02:57 GMT -8
It’s gone live and there’s a pre test feature: “a dedicated demo mode buried within settings. By heading to Settings > Emergency SOS > Emergency SOS via Satellite > Try Demo, you can test it out without the fear of an errant emergency call. This will mimic the real-life experience without the strain of figuring it out for the first time during an actual emergency. Should the need arise, you'll be more comfortable using this feature.” Hands on with Emergency SOS via Satellite on iPhone 14 appleinsider.com/articles/22/11/15/hands-on-with-emergency-sos-via-satellite-on-iphone-14
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