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I had a right laugh with this one. Taking sweet shots in the moonlight, that sort of ethereal white blue glow over everything. Phone took 5 seconds or so to ta

by corobo 4y ago

I had a right laugh with this one. Taking sweet shots in the moonlight, that sort of ethereal white blue glow over everything. Phone took 5 seconds or so to take each picture and it came out looking like it was just daylight. The only way you could tell I took it at night was the creation time of the file. The photo had things visible that I couldn't even see with my naked eye! Technologically impressive, sure. What I was taking a picture of? Not at all.

foldr 4y ago
You can turn night mode off and drag the exposure slider down if you want a more atmospheric look.
- corobo 4y ago
  Aye when I got back I googled why the hell the camera was doing superman night vision mode but the moment was lost. I'll know for future reference but there's been no more combos of frosty and full moon so far. Ah well. Wasn't an important picture or anything, just seemed neat. My phone encouraged me to enjoy the moment instead :)
volker48 4y ago
I would assume you would turn it off if you knew so you could take the type of night photo you wanted, but this feature can be disabled https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211306 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211306.
astrange 4y ago
Cameras don’t know what time of day it is and can’t see in the dark like we can. Usually you want night mode on, because the alternative isn’t “nice dark picture”, it’s “you can’t see anything”. If you want to reproduce a complicated scene like that, use a full manual app like Halide and then edit the raw back to what you remember. Or get an a7s.
- e12e 4y ago
  > Cameras don’t know what time of day it is On the other hand the iphone knows what time it is, your location, the location of the moon, the weather - it could probably guess if you're outside or inside - so it seems like a bit of a waste it can't do a better job at anticipating the scene...
  - astrange 4y ago
    Indeed that's true. But since people already complain that it does too much post processing, it seems like a dangerous road to try and do even more of it. Cameras do know if you're inside or outside though - at least, they know if you're shooting a landscape and if the scene is lit by natural or artificial light. That matters for boring but important things like auto white balance / auto ISO / if it should focus to infinity.
    - CamperBob2 4y ago
      But since people already complain that it does too much post processing, it seems like a dangerous road to try and do even more of it. As long as you let me turn it off, hey, party on, knock yourself out with postprocessing hackery. The first part -- the easy part -- is the problem Apple can't seem to manage.
      - foldr 4y ago
        You can turn night mode off by tapping the icon in the top left.
        astrange 4y ago
        Can't turn off deep fusion though. Well, you can - record a video instead and press the button that takes a photo during video. It looks terrible, so it's better to switch to a 3rd party camera app instead. I think the main use case for those is women using beauty filters though.
acchow 4y ago
You can turn off night mode for that shot and force it to take a quick snap instead of an extended length exposure

by corobo 4y ago

foldr 4y ago

You can turn night mode off and drag the exposure slider down if you want a more atmospheric look.

corobo 4y ago
Aye when I got back I googled why the hell the camera was doing superman night vision mode but the moment was lost. I'll know for future reference but there's been no more combos of frosty and full moon so far. Ah well. Wasn't an important picture or anything, just seemed neat. My phone encouraged me to enjoy the moment instead :)

volker48 4y ago

I would assume you would turn it off if you knew so you could take the type of night photo you wanted, but this feature can be disabled https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211306 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211306.

astrange 4y ago

Cameras don’t know what time of day it is and can’t see in the dark like we can. Usually you want night mode on, because the alternative isn’t “nice dark picture”, it’s “you can’t see anything”. If you want to reproduce a complicated scene like that, use a full manual app like Halide and then edit the raw back to what you remember. Or get an a7s.

e12e 4y ago
> Cameras don’t know what time of day it is On the other hand the iphone knows what time it is, your location, the location of the moon, the weather - it could probably guess if you're outside or inside - so it seems like a bit of a waste it can't do a better job at anticipating the scene...
- astrange 4y ago
  Indeed that's true. But since people already complain that it does too much post processing, it seems like a dangerous road to try and do even more of it. Cameras do know if you're inside or outside though - at least, they know if you're shooting a landscape and if the scene is lit by natural or artificial light. That matters for boring but important things like auto white balance / auto ISO / if it should focus to infinity.
  - CamperBob2 4y ago
    But since people already complain that it does too much post processing, it seems like a dangerous road to try and do even more of it. As long as you let me turn it off, hey, party on, knock yourself out with postprocessing hackery. The first part -- the easy part -- is the problem Apple can't seem to manage.
    - foldr 4y ago
      You can turn night mode off by tapping the icon in the top left.
      - astrange 4y ago
        Can't turn off deep fusion though. Well, you can - record a video instead and press the button that takes a photo during video. It looks terrible, so it's better to switch to a 3rd party camera app instead. I think the main use case for those is women using beauty filters though.

acchow 4y ago

You can turn off night mode for that shot and force it to take a quick snap instead of an extended length exposure