A Review of the iPhone 15 Pro Max for Photo and Video Creation

The iPhone 15 Pro Max sits at the top of Apple's popular line of smartphones, offering a wide range of powerful tools and capabilities for photo and video creators alike, making it a compelling option for many users. This excellent video review takes a look at the phone and how its most advanced features perform in the workflow of a professional creative. 

Coming to you from Samuel Elkins, this great video review takes a look at the iPhone 15 Pro Max for photo and video applications. As a flagship in the iPhone 15 line, the Pro Max offers some incredible capabilities, including:

  • 48-megapixel 24mm f/1.78 main camera with optical image stabilization
  • 12-megapixel ultra-wide 13mm f/2.2 camera
  • 120mm f/2.8 telephoto camera with optical image stabilization
  • True Tone flash
  • Smart HDR 5
  • Portrait Lighting with six effects
  • 63-megapixel panoramas 
  • Night mode and Night mode portraits
  • Burst mode
  • Apple ProRAW
  • Macro mode
  • 4K video at up to 60 fps
  • Cinematic 4K HDR at up to 30 fps
  • Action mode 2.8K video at up to 60 fps
  • Dolby Vision at up to 4K at 60 fps
  • ProRes video recording up to 4K at 60 fps with external recording and 1080p at up to 240 fps.
  • Time-lapse with stabilization
  • Audio zoom 
  • Log video
  • Academy Color Encoding System
  • Stereo recording
  • USB-C connectivity

Altogether, the iPhone 15 Pro Max looks like an impressive creative tool. Check out the video above for Elkins' full thoughts on the device.

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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Absolute waste of money compare to 14 very lill improvement... I was actually thinking of getting my first iPhone but when I saw how far is 15 behind Samsung, Xiaomi and Huawei and after the release of Dji pocket 3 I know what I am going to buy.

This is where unfounded opinions such as your own are pretty meaningless. DXO on the other hand who unlike you do extensive testing have a very different opinion. Though they rated the Huawei P60 Pro at no1 the iPhones came next in position 2 and 3 with the Samsung Galaxy S23 coming in at 19th position behind even the iPhone 13 Pro! The Dji, I’m not sure about it not making the cut into the top 20. So much for data free opinion.

Incidentally that was just for the camera score as we are all about photography.

Great that you have mentioned DXO. Site known for its "pay more get higher on the list" STRATEGY. I see google pixel right being iPhone 15 pro.. Dont you? With no doubt you have iPhone yourself and it feels great to have your phone on top of the list. When DXO introduced scores over 100 it became site of total nonsense. Plus half of the phones from brands like Xiaomi are not even listed on DXO list. IPhone is behind other smartphones sadly for me... I need it for more then just taking selfies on front of mirror.
We have macbook pro M1 and ipad pro 12.9 m1, but not going to support this kind of nonsense where it looks great to walk around with new iPhone... DJI pocket 3 has 1"sensor and it is made for vloging.. AND IS NOT A SMARTPHONE!!! 😉... Do you see canon C70, C100, C300 on the DXO list? No? Well....