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Holy cow. Time to throw my 7D in the bin*

Got an iPhone 4S yesterday and got up this morning to go for a surf. No surf, so thought I'd shoot some stuff to see what the new camera is like on the 4S. Got home, looked at the footage, and couldn't believe it came out of a phone. Was so excited so thought I'd quickly cut a vid to share the goodness.

It's actually amazing. The automatic stabilisation seems to work wonders, and gets rid of most the jello. Depth of field is flipping awesome. Colours are really good straight out the camera, but I did give this footage a slight grade with the 3-way colour wheel in Final Cut.

Yesssssss //////////

Cut with Final Cut 7.

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*I'm not actually throwing my 7D out.

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George Watts 4 months ago

damn
Miguel Garcia 4 months ago

wuhut!!!????
Merrick Wildash 4 months ago

Nice. iPhone ftw!!
Sam Welker 4 months ago

Holy crap that's impressive... Apple really did step it up. You should shoot a short film on that thing just to see the limits ;)
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Sure is impressive! I reckon I'll definitely be shooting more with it..
iamkalaniprince 4 months ago

someone needs to make a micro prime adapter kit.. tiny tiny little follow focus and all : )
David Dang 4 months ago

Well done dude !
untitled film works 3 months ago

They did! Check out this clip! vimeo.com/31293386 (iPhone cinematography exposed, starring Phillip boom)
François Dubois 4 months ago

damn that was so smooth, pretty nice...
I bought a 4S yesterday too lol, you inspired me, I'm gonna try something too :)
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Yes you should :)
D'Alessandro Photography 4 months ago

nice
John Matthews 4 months ago

Awesome!
david romero laure 4 months ago

Fantastic shots whith Iphone, but shots by a great filmmaker, Benjamin!!
I think to make the same whith htc desire hd, but his images not comparision whith iphone...
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Ah thank you David!
Joel Godin 4 months ago

Wow, that is amazing. I was going to upgrade my phone and buy a flip, but I see I won't be doing that now. Smokin'!!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

No need for a flip!
The Film Artist 4 months ago

Lovely work, also it's pretty quick to capture good images and edit together qucikly. I think this lies in the fact that you can grip it in a certain manner and effectively use your arms as a dolly :) Added to vimeo.com/channels/iphonehd
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thank you.
The Film Artist 4 months ago

[tfa30] :)
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

:)
Jon Autry 4 months ago

This gripping 'in a certain manner,' is it a specific technique?
The Film Artist 4 months ago

Hold the phone in the palm of your left hand, four fingers on top and sitting in your palm with your thumb on the left snugly. There is enough space left for the camera. This will give you a tight and stable grip, now hold the phone at head height with your arm fixed down with your palm facing towards you, little gap between it and the phone you can now swing your body round or use your arm as a dolly, use your right arm to control the left if u like, bend your knees for added flexibility, this is for right handers like me :) try it vimeo.com/16048559 used it here
The Film Artist 4 months ago

I've made this short video to show what I mean vimeo.com/30835667 :)
Vadim 4 months ago

Awesome! Did you do a color correction?
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Ta! Yes slight grade, just using the 3 way colour wheel in FCP.
TMFvisuals 4 months ago

im sorry to ask but can you explain how you used it. it looks amazing.
Koen Vlecken 4 months ago

Fantastic video, not only for a phone camera, but for any camera. Care to elaborate on the color grading ?
Mickey Gral 4 months ago

Awesome video, I also am curious as to how this look is created. I have been looking for ages on how to get the color like this but I can't find any tutorials or anything and I can't seem to figure it out myself.
Fiorella Barranzuela Iriarte 4 months ago

Thanks, now i want one!!!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Get one!
Anthony J. Morrow 4 months ago

Thanks for the video! Looks great! Can you tell me what the framerate is? On my iPhone, it varies ("up to 30fps" sometimes 26fps?!?)... Is your footage constant framerate? Thanks!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thank you Anthony. I did actually notice that a few of the clips were different frame rates.. some said 29.97 and others said 29.98 fps. But not as varied as what you've experienced. It would be epic if there were selectable frame rates.
keith 4 months ago

I've had similar issues on the 4. It changes and there is nothing you can do about it. This causes problems if you are trying to capture any dialogue. But I've made it work:
vimeo.com/album/1475814
Foreshore Films 4 months ago

Incredible !!!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Actual!
Russell G E Petrie 4 months ago

This is great. One question though, does the 4S let you lock exposure, or any other manual control?
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Don't think the stock camera app has any manual controls, but I'm sure there'll be apps that come out.
John C. Chu 4 months ago

Great video. Amazing stuff. There is an app called Filmic Pro, that currently doesn't support the 1080p mode [720p only] on the 4S but allows 24 frames, higher bit rate? and uncompressed audio if desired. It also allows locking focus, exposure and white balance. I'm inspired by your video.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thanks John. I'll have to check that app out. Locking exposure, focus, & white balance would be very handy. There was quite a bit of colour shifting going on when I didn't want it to.
John Weston 4 months ago

You can lock exposure and focus while shooting by tapping and holding on the screen.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Oh that is awesome! Just tried it out. Thanks for the tip John.
Kevin Davidson 4 months ago

WoW...powerfull for such a small camera system!!!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Yess!
Gecko Cox 4 months ago

Wow!!!
Anthony Sabatino 4 months ago

sweet images
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Ta!
Richie Cruz 4 months ago

Really nice video man. Canon and Nikon better do something quick because, lets say with $200 you can get a great phone and a 8mp/1080p camera with apps like almost DSLR and iMovie. Wouldn't throw away the 7D though. Haha
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Haha, don't worry I'm holding onto the 7D :)
JME Film & Photography 4 months ago

Just out of curiosity does the 4S have any pre color presets in it and if at all ANY manual controls? I noticed the shutter runs a little hot giving that frame flicker when pointing at a TV or lighted billboard. This is CRAZY impressive.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

No presets or manual controls with the stock camera app, but apparently there are other apps out there that give you more control. I'll have to get onto it.
Juano Etchevers 4 months ago

unbelievable Benjamin, now you can drop you 7D in my bin ;D
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Haha, thanks Juan.
Two Brothers Films 4 months ago

pretty darn cool what such a tiny cam can do
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Heaps cool!
Ryan Czaplinski 4 months ago

Awesome video quality, but I would say far from a 7D replacement. There's still a lot more control you'd have with that over your iPhone, not to mention sensor size. Nevertheless, that new phone footage is impressive!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Haha, yes I'm not really throwing my 7D out ;)

For a phone though, it really is very impressive. Much better than I expected.
Purple Haze 4 months ago

Very impressive. Just wait until we see iPhone video capabilities in, say...2016.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Can't wait.
Dan Ilic 4 months ago

That's pretty awesome... I'm really looking forward to my 4S now.. thanks for making it!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thanks Dan.
Ray Roman 4 months ago

Had no idea the iPhone 4S has the depth of field capability!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Pretty cool to get some soft focus happening!
Vedro El Citra 4 months ago

no kidding!!!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

For real!!
Vedro El Citra 4 months ago

btw, is there any link about elks on envy? i love the music but i can't get it from anywhere
BRINKwerks 4 months ago

at first it reminded me of josh rouse and the long vacations. cool stuff. joshrouse.com/
Erik Hölperl 4 months ago

damn phones :D
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

:d
pantrej 4 months ago

Nice :)
Hos Hos 4 months ago

I've got to get one of these :) nice video man
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

It would be a good idea.
Matt Annecharico 4 months ago

What kind of grade did you use and was it in Final Cut??
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Yeah, just a bit of 3-way colour wheel action in FCP.
ebda3club 4 months ago

woooooooooow !!!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

So many O's!
ebda3club 4 months ago

one O is not enough ;p
Hugo 4 months ago

Give me please! Now please!
Je Ne Sais Quoi Films, LLC 4 months ago

This is scary. Great video.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thank you.
Moonweasel Productions 4 months ago

Well done Benjamin!
Canons for sale, any takers?
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thanks Moonweasel!
Faustina Dwi Puspita 4 months ago

Great love this
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Ta!
mvakleko 4 months ago

This is the best iPhone footage I've seen...well done m8. Can't wait till somebody hacks this bad body and starts messing around with the bit rate and resolution...exactly the reason why I got the 64GB version.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thank you Mvakleko. Yes, the 64GB is a good idea.
eladbari 4 months ago

could you estimate how much space does a 1 minute video takes on this 4S iPhone? 30mb? 60mb? just wondering...
Adn Memb 4 months ago

I'm a night owl, used the iPhone 4S in a nightclub. 1:10s = ~200MB.
Raw video here (no edit whatsoever): vimeo.com/30634628

I wish i could shoot like Benjamin!
Patrik Göthe 4 months ago

This video just cost me $999.
Awesome.
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Haha, sorry sir.
Gabriel Ferreira 4 months ago

really really awesome!!! Apple rules!
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

They are quite the bunch of gurus.
joe howarth 4 months ago

Wow
Charles Rowland 4 months ago

and we buy massive video equipment why?
Jens-Chr. Strandos 4 months ago

Really nice. Excellent quality on that little "camera"
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Thanks.
Christoffer Krook 4 months ago

Must. Buy. New. Phone.
Gabriel Ferreira 4 months ago

hear hear
Kemalettin Sert 4 months ago

Time to throw my 7D and RED Epic-M in the bin
thanks Benjamin for showing this..
Benjamin Dowie 4 months ago

Haha
Brian Ortega 4 months ago

Just helped me justify getting a 4S. Thanks. I got 3 boys and having this gem in my pocket to capture everything they do in a whim....priceless.