@a6ff0b2b @0616686e That’s not true - if the phone throws away 75% of the pixels (by binning down to 12MP at 1x zoom), those *also* can’t be recovered later. There are two orthogonal concerns, but they point the same direction: if you capture at 1x and crop after, you both: a) lose the processing the phone does with the multiple frames and b) lose the unbinned full resolution. For the purpose of exposure / amount of light being captured it doesn’t matter, but it *does* lower the resolution.
@7ea45c89 @0616686e You can capture 48 MP of unbinneded pixels at 1x. (Though that may not actually result in a better image than 12 MP of binned pixels at 1x, depending on conditions.)
@a6ff0b2b @7ea45c89 precisely — i think we’re all saying the same thing here — i just wanted to point out that the wording you used might have been a little confusing, since both concerns do matter (as Matt points out), but that you only care about the unrecoverable frames.
@0616686e @a6ff0b2b @7ea45c89 Yeah, I was hoping that Marco was going to continue with his thought, as that was also what popped into my head. The 2x camera on the 14 Pro isn’t a digital zoom, it’s a 12MP crop of the 48MP sensor. If you aren’t shooting Pro Raw (is there another mode available to get the full 48MP?), doing your crop after the fact will leave you with substantially less than 12MP.
@a6ff0b2b @0616686e You can, but only as long as you’re capturing proRAW and have specifically enabled it - @3d174fcc actually asked the relevant question in the section of the ATP show we’re all referencing (whether you always take photos in 48MP proRAW), but it didn’t get addressed.
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