iPhone 14 Pro vs 13 Pro Camera Comparison

The iPhone 14 Pro: A Camera Upgrade Worth Considering?

When it comes to camera upgrades, some users may not see the point in upgrading from an older model, especially if they're already satisfied with their current device. However, the iPhone 14 Pro offers several notable improvements over its predecessor, the iPhone 13 Pro.

One of the most significant upgrades is the front-facing camera. The iPhone 14 Pro's camera features a faster maximum aperture of f1.9 and autofocus capabilities, which were not present on the 13 Pro. While these changes may seem subtle, they can make a big difference in certain situations, such as group selfies or self-portraits.

For example, take a look at the side-by-side comparison below:

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As you can see, the iPhone 14 Pro's camera produces slightly better results, with less of that yellow tinge that some older iPhones can capture on the front camera. The images also have more definition and better contrast, making them appear sharper and more vibrant.

Another area where the iPhone 14 Pro shines is in low-light photography. The new camera features an improved image processing pipeline, which helps to reduce noise and increase detail in medium to low light shots. This is particularly noticeable in shots taken at dusk or in darker environments.

In fact, the iPhone 14 Pro's camera can capture more shadow and highlight detail than the 13 Pro, making it a great option for photography enthusiasts. Additionally, the camera has better dynamic range in low light, which means that it can capture a wider range of tonal values, from bright highlights to deep shadows.

Night mode is another feature that benefits from the iPhone 14 Pro's improved camera capabilities. While both phones use similar exposure times ranging from 1 to 3 seconds depending on the lighting conditions, the new camera produces more accurate white balance and slightly better detail when zoomed in.

Video capture is also an area where the iPhone 14 Pro excels. Both phones can shoot in 4K at up to 60 frames a second, but the 14 Pro has a slight advantage when it comes to saturation on the blue channel. However, this difference may not be noticeable to everyone.

One feature that sets the iPhone 14 Pro apart is its new action mode stabilization. This mode crops in slightly on your image to improve stability, but drops the resolution to 2.8k. While this means you'll have to film at a lower resolution, the results are well worth it, especially if you plan on filming activities like running or biking.

To demonstrate the difference between action mode and regular 4K footage, take a look at the following video shot of the author jogging:

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In conclusion, while the iPhone 13 Pro is still an excellent camera, the iPhone 14 Pro offers several notable upgrades that make it worth considering for photography enthusiasts. The improved front-facing camera, enhanced low-light capabilities, and new action mode stabilization all contribute to a more versatile and capable camera system.

However, as with any upgrade, it's essential to consider whether these improvements are worth the investment. If you're already satisfied with your current iPhone 13 Pro or don't plan on using its advanced features frequently, there may not be enough reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you're looking for a more capable camera system and can afford the cost difference, the iPhone 14 Pro is definitely worth considering.

Ultimately, the choice between these two phones comes down to your specific needs and preferences. If you want the latest and greatest in terms of camera capabilities, the iPhone 14 Pro may be the better choice. But if you're on a budget or don't need all the bells and whistles, the iPhone 13 Pro is still an excellent option.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe're comparing the cameras on the iPhone 14 pro with those on the iPhone 13 Pro why well because the iPhone 14 pro has a completely new camera system over older phones including a brand new 48 megap sensor as well as the new a16 bionic chip new features like action mode and a new selfie camera but like me you might be wondering what bigger the difference does the new hardware and software actually make now I know most people aren't upgrading their phones every year but I still thought it would be fun to see how much or maybe how little of a difference there is between the two camera systems and as always everything you see in this comparison has been shot on one of the two phones straight from the camera with zero edits applied unless I say otherwise and this comparison would be exactly the same regardless of whether I used the 14 pro Max and the 13 Pro Max because the camera systems are actually identical to that on the regular Pro Models they're just bigger phones okay let's see the photo like all comparisons personal preference plays a big part in all this plus the screen you're viewing on does make a difference let's look at that main wideangle camera first hardware-wise this is the biggest change because the 14 pro has that new 48 megap sensor the 13 Pro uses a 12 megapix sensor we'll talk about the 48 megap shots in a moment but by default the 14 pro takes 12 m pixel images using a technique called pixel binning so we're comparing Apples to Apples with these images and as you can see so far in good light results are pretty similar it's hard to tell the difference between these shots if you're looking at them at a reduced magnification but it's when you push in a little bit that the advantages of those pixel Bend images appear on the 14 pro the tree trunks are more defined and sharper than those on the 13 Pro and so too are areas of fine detail like the grass the 14 Pro's lens also has a wider field of view than the 13 pro at 24 versus 26 mm now that means you can get a little bit more in your shot which might be especially helpful for things like Landscapes and you can see in most of these side by sides the perspective is a little bit wider on the 14 pro because of that lens the 14 pro also has another trick up its sleeve as that 48 megapixel sensor can also let you take 12 map shots at effectively two times Zoom just by cropping into that higher resolution image so you'll get some more flexibility with focal length even without a fourth lens both the phones support Apple's photographic Styles or a preset look to your images you can customize now this is different to a filter because it lets you see the effect before you take the photo and it identifies and applies local edits and let's talk about raw files for a second you can take Pro Raw photos on both which gives you more scope to make non-destruct Ive edits or recover detail from things like clipped highlights or Shadow detail if you select raw mode on the 14 pro it takes the full 48 megap photo on the main camera and let me warn you those files are big and they can get to over 100 megab each depending on the amount of detail in your shot so I really hope you bought that higher capacity phone but the results are absolutely worth it and really show off the sensor dynamic range they also take more time to capture and process as you'd expect so it's not as fast to snap them as regular 12 megap images next let's look at the telephoto cameras both phones go to three times optical zoom at f2.8 and they look pretty similar if you really want to split hairs the 14 pro is a tiny bit sharper at full magnification if you need to get closer both of the phones have digital Zoom here is the 10 times comparison which is okay I guess if you have enough lights and both go to a maximum 15 times and real talk neither will look great here but the 14 pro does look a little bit more true to life with a touch more detail rather than that kind of paintly smudgy effect from the 13 Pro looking at photos from the ultra wide I really can't spot many differences at all between the two now both are capturing at 12 megap and really look strikingly similar if anything I would say the 14 pro has a bit more contrast on the default photographic style here and I actually kind of prefer the less contrasty look from the older phone in this situation both can also take macro photos by leveraging autofocus on the ultrawide camera now you'll get the best results when there's enough light on your subject and it stays still and you can get as close as 2 cm from your subject this will automatically switch from the wide camera to the ultra wide once you move in for selfies the front-facing camera on the iPhone 14 pro has been upgraded with a faster maximum aperture of f1.9 and the added bonus of having autofocus compared to not having autofocus on the 13 Pro does it really make a huge difference especially when it comes to having multiple people in the frame well I think it's a pretty subtle difference as you can see here in the side by side but it definitely does help with things like group selfies hi Mom for still photos on the front cameras I find photos taken on the newer phone look better over all than the 13 Pro they have less of that yellow tinge that some older iPhones can capture on the front camera there's better definition and because the aperture is faster you'll generally be able to capture slightly better results in low light too for portrait mode there's not much difference really between the two phones in terms of edge detection but the 14 pro does tend to brighten the image a little bit more the 14 pro also lets you take portrait photos at two times Zoom rather than the one times or three times only on the 13 Pro and I think that two times is kind of a nice sweet spot if you want a nitpick I'd say a little bit more of the image stays sharp on the newer phone especially here on this photo of my puppy time for low light images first then we'll talk about night mode specifically so the iPhone 14 pro has a new image processing pipeline to help improve medium to low light shots and combined with the larger sensor I can see the difference in this shot at dusk specifically when you look at the detail captured on the tree branches by the skyline the newer phone also has slightly better noise reduction in low lights without night mode active and I also find dynamic range is better in low light 2 capturing more Shadow and highlight detail than the older phone now for night mode shots specifically both the phones use pretty similar exposure times ranging from 1 to 3 seconds depending on the lighting conditions and on this shot it definitely does not look dark enough to trigger night mode but trust me it was way darker to my eye than the camera makes it look which is the beauty of night mode really the 14 Pro Image has more accurate white balance overall and slightly better detail when you zoom in video time both can shoot in 4k at up to 60 frames a second and the video image looks pretty similar on both in good light especially when you're filming on that main rear camera the 14 pro has a little bit more saturation on the blue Channel but I'd really be hard pressed to tell these two apart if I didn't know which was which but I find that when I'm shooting at three times on that telephoto lens it is a little bit sharper on the newer phone let's look at action mode which is a new stabilization mode that crops in slightly on your image though it does drop the resolution to 2.8k and that's really important if you do normally like to film everything in 4k but I think the results are definitely worth it especially if you want to film anything involving running walking or maybe you want to mount your phone on a bike now here is a jogging shot to show you the difference between action mode on the 14 pro and just regular 4K footage on the 13 Pro but do make sure to check out more about what action mode can do in our breakout video that's Linked In the description we first saw cinematic mode on the 13 Pro and it detects when faces or other objects enter the frame Shifting the focus accordingly kind of like a focus puller would do you can also adjust the effect after filming by looking at the key frames and tapping on what you want to switch Focus to you can also adjust the virtual f- stop to control depth of field the biggest difference in performance here is that the 14 pro now lets you take cinematic mode in 4k rather than 1080p on the 13 Pro you can also shoot prores video on both phones but I really hope you have enough storage for that because I I definitely don't so there you have it the iPhone 14 pro clearly has some advantages over the older phone especially if you want the advantages of that larger 48 megap sensor and some of the video tweaks like action mode but those might not be necessarily worth upgrading just to get those two features cuz the iPhone 13 Pro is still an incredibly good camera thanks so much for watching I have put some useful links in the description for you about things like the actual full text comparison there's also links on where you can find things including the cases that I was using on the phones in today's video and you can also hit me up on your favorite social media app with any questions you have about these two phones and their cameras until next time I'll see you laterwe're comparing the cameras on the iPhone 14 pro with those on the iPhone 13 Pro why well because the iPhone 14 pro has a completely new camera system over older phones including a brand new 48 megap sensor as well as the new a16 bionic chip new features like action mode and a new selfie camera but like me you might be wondering what bigger the difference does the new hardware and software actually make now I know most people aren't upgrading their phones every year but I still thought it would be fun to see how much or maybe how little of a difference there is between the two camera systems and as always everything you see in this comparison has been shot on one of the two phones straight from the camera with zero edits applied unless I say otherwise and this comparison would be exactly the same regardless of whether I used the 14 pro Max and the 13 Pro Max because the camera systems are actually identical to that on the regular Pro Models they're just bigger phones okay let's see the photo like all comparisons personal preference plays a big part in all this plus the screen you're viewing on does make a difference let's look at that main wideangle camera first hardware-wise this is the biggest change because the 14 pro has that new 48 megap sensor the 13 Pro uses a 12 megapix sensor we'll talk about the 48 megap shots in a moment but by default the 14 pro takes 12 m pixel images using a technique called pixel binning so we're comparing Apples to Apples with these images and as you can see so far in good light results are pretty similar it's hard to tell the difference between these shots if you're looking at them at a reduced magnification but it's when you push in a little bit that the advantages of those pixel Bend images appear on the 14 pro the tree trunks are more defined and sharper than those on the 13 Pro and so too are areas of fine detail like the grass the 14 Pro's lens also has a wider field of view than the 13 pro at 24 versus 26 mm now that means you can get a little bit more in your shot which might be especially helpful for things like Landscapes and you can see in most of these side by sides the perspective is a little bit wider on the 14 pro because of that lens the 14 pro also has another trick up its sleeve as that 48 megapixel sensor can also let you take 12 map shots at effectively two times Zoom just by cropping into that higher resolution image so you'll get some more flexibility with focal length even without a fourth lens both the phones support Apple's photographic Styles or a preset look to your images you can customize now this is different to a filter because it lets you see the effect before you take the photo and it identifies and applies local edits and let's talk about raw files for a second you can take Pro Raw photos on both which gives you more scope to make non-destruct Ive edits or recover detail from things like clipped highlights or Shadow detail if you select raw mode on the 14 pro it takes the full 48 megap photo on the main camera and let me warn you those files are big and they can get to over 100 megab each depending on the amount of detail in your shot so I really hope you bought that higher capacity phone but the results are absolutely worth it and really show off the sensor dynamic range they also take more time to capture and process as you'd expect so it's not as fast to snap them as regular 12 megap images next let's look at the telephoto cameras both phones go to three times optical zoom at f2.8 and they look pretty similar if you really want to split hairs the 14 pro is a tiny bit sharper at full magnification if you need to get closer both of the phones have digital Zoom here is the 10 times comparison which is okay I guess if you have enough lights and both go to a maximum 15 times and real talk neither will look great here but the 14 pro does look a little bit more true to life with a touch more detail rather than that kind of paintly smudgy effect from the 13 Pro looking at photos from the ultra wide I really can't spot many differences at all between the two now both are capturing at 12 megap and really look strikingly similar if anything I would say the 14 pro has a bit more contrast on the default photographic style here and I actually kind of prefer the less contrasty look from the older phone in this situation both can also take macro photos by leveraging autofocus on the ultrawide camera now you'll get the best results when there's enough light on your subject and it stays still and you can get as close as 2 cm from your subject this will automatically switch from the wide camera to the ultra wide once you move in for selfies the front-facing camera on the iPhone 14 pro has been upgraded with a faster maximum aperture of f1.9 and the added bonus of having autofocus compared to not having autofocus on the 13 Pro does it really make a huge difference especially when it comes to having multiple people in the frame well I think it's a pretty subtle difference as you can see here in the side by side but it definitely does help with things like group selfies hi Mom for still photos on the front cameras I find photos taken on the newer phone look better over all than the 13 Pro they have less of that yellow tinge that some older iPhones can capture on the front camera there's better definition and because the aperture is faster you'll generally be able to capture slightly better results in low light too for portrait mode there's not much difference really between the two phones in terms of edge detection but the 14 pro does tend to brighten the image a little bit more the 14 pro also lets you take portrait photos at two times Zoom rather than the one times or three times only on the 13 Pro and I think that two times is kind of a nice sweet spot if you want a nitpick I'd say a little bit more of the image stays sharp on the newer phone especially here on this photo of my puppy time for low light images first then we'll talk about night mode specifically so the iPhone 14 pro has a new image processing pipeline to help improve medium to low light shots and combined with the larger sensor I can see the difference in this shot at dusk specifically when you look at the detail captured on the tree branches by the skyline the newer phone also has slightly better noise reduction in low lights without night mode active and I also find dynamic range is better in low light 2 capturing more Shadow and highlight detail than the older phone now for night mode shots specifically both the phones use pretty similar exposure times ranging from 1 to 3 seconds depending on the lighting conditions and on this shot it definitely does not look dark enough to trigger night mode but trust me it was way darker to my eye than the camera makes it look which is the beauty of night mode really the 14 Pro Image has more accurate white balance overall and slightly better detail when you zoom in video time both can shoot in 4k at up to 60 frames a second and the video image looks pretty similar on both in good light especially when you're filming on that main rear camera the 14 pro has a little bit more saturation on the blue Channel but I'd really be hard pressed to tell these two apart if I didn't know which was which but I find that when I'm shooting at three times on that telephoto lens it is a little bit sharper on the newer phone let's look at action mode which is a new stabilization mode that crops in slightly on your image though it does drop the resolution to 2.8k and that's really important if you do normally like to film everything in 4k but I think the results are definitely worth it especially if you want to film anything involving running walking or maybe you want to mount your phone on a bike now here is a jogging shot to show you the difference between action mode on the 14 pro and just regular 4K footage on the 13 Pro but do make sure to check out more about what action mode can do in our breakout video that's Linked In the description we first saw cinematic mode on the 13 Pro and it detects when faces or other objects enter the frame Shifting the focus accordingly kind of like a focus puller would do you can also adjust the effect after filming by looking at the key frames and tapping on what you want to switch Focus to you can also adjust the virtual f- stop to control depth of field the biggest difference in performance here is that the 14 pro now lets you take cinematic mode in 4k rather than 1080p on the 13 Pro you can also shoot prores video on both phones but I really hope you have enough storage for that because I I definitely don't so there you have it the iPhone 14 pro clearly has some advantages over the older phone especially if you want the advantages of that larger 48 megap sensor and some of the video tweaks like action mode but those might not be necessarily worth upgrading just to get those two features cuz the iPhone 13 Pro is still an incredibly good camera thanks so much for watching I have put some useful links in the description for you about things like the actual full text comparison there's also links on where you can find things including the cases that I was using on the phones in today's video and you can also hit me up on your favorite social media app with any questions you have about these two phones and their cameras until next time I'll see you later\n"