iPhone 13 Pro terrible 1080 video quality

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iPhone 13 Pro terrible 1080 video quality

One of the main reasons I purchased the iPhone 13 Pro, was I thought the video quality would be good. Turns out it's really bad. I ended up having to use my DSLR camera to get the quality I need. I edit videos in Davinci on Windows 10, and there is just no way to make iPhone content usable. If there is a way to get video from the iPhone 13 Pro to look as good as it does from my DSLR, then let me know. Here is a comparison. Same settings used in both cases. 30fps F/2.8

Thank you!

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Dec 5, 2022 12:58 PM

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Rob_H1

Community Specialist

Dec 7, 2022 2:55 PM in response to Mrokcramed

Hi,

Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!

We understand that you're interested in taking higher quality videos with your iPhone 13 Pro.

You can enable ProRes which will offer higher quality videos as outlined here: Record ProRes videos with your iPhone camera

"Set up ProRes

To set up ProRes, go to Settings > Camera > Formats, then turn on Apple ProRes.

Record a video with ProRes

Open Camera, select Video mode, then tap to turn ProRes on.
Tap the Record button or press either volume button to start recording.
While recording with the back camera, you can pinch to zoom in or out, tap .5x, 1x, 2x, and 3x (depending on your model) to toggle between lenses, or touch and hold the lens picker, then slide the dial for more precise zoom control.
Tap the Record button or press either volume button to stop recording.
Tap when you want to turn off ProRes."

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

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