iPhone slow-mo video


As a still photographer, I rarely take video.  However, I wanted to play with the video features offered by my iPhone 15 pro.  I had never tried the slow-mo feature, but at yesterday's game it seemed to be a good thing to do.  I recorded at 720p - a large but not full-sized video that would keep up and download times short.  The result was satisfactory - as long as I kept the videos short.

The slow-mo feature works by having the camera record at 120 or 240 fps and then playing it back at 30 fps.  Older iPhones record at 120, so the speed is reduced by a factor of 4 while newer iphones (12+) record at 240, so the speed is reduced by a factor of 8.

I probably shot 20 minutes or so of video.  I also did some stills with my iPhone, but they weren't as good as the ones I shot previously with my DSLR and mirrorless cameras.  I did discover one interesting thing.  You can take multiple frames by pressing the shutter button in photo mode and dragging it sideways, but it you don't drag it far enough it defaults to video.  So, instead of getting a dozen shots in sequence I ended up with a one or two second video.

Anyways, the slow-mo video mode was interesting and kind of fun to use.  If you were to put together video of something and wanted to use it, I would either record something twice, once in each mode, or shoot in a higher frame rate with the intent of editing the resultant film later.  The problem here is that, at 240 fps, you will chew through a lot of memory.  At least with slow-mo, you can pick and choose your spots.

If you want to see the video I put together for the team, click here.

Thanks for reading.

Eric Svendsen     www.ericspix.com

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