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0:00This should be a pretty interesting
0:01comparison. Luna Ultra versus Pocket 4P
0:03versus iPhone 16 Pro Max with the DJI M7
0:07mobile gimbal. Let's see which one of
0:09these cameras produces the best image
0:11quality results for you. Honestly, I'm
0:13making this comparison because I know
0:15most of you will have access to one of
0:17the latest smartphones which should have
0:20pretty good cameras built into them. And
0:23you're probably wondering, why should I
0:24spend 700 bucks on the Luna Ultra or the
0:27Pocket 4P when I can just spend about
0:29100 bucks, 200 bucks on a mobile gimbal
0:31for my smartphone and more or less get
0:33the same results. Yes, the setup with
0:36the phone is bulkier, heavier, more
0:38finicky to use, but if the image quality
0:40is somewhat comparable, maybe it's going
0:42to work for you just fine. So, I'm going
0:45to do today basically a couple of image
0:46quality comparisons between these
0:48cameras. It's going to start with the
0:50standard picture profiles which I'm
0:51using right now and then later on I'm
0:53going to switch to the log picture
0:54profiles and I am not going to do any
0:57manipulation in post-prouction.
0:59Basically the footage what you see even
1:01with the log picture profiles is
1:02basically what you get. And by the way,
1:05with the iPhone, I'm using the
1:06Blackmagic camera application because
1:08it's a bit easier to use with my Apple
1:10Watch. So, I can preview the camera
1:13basically because I don't have like a
1:14frontfacing screen with the rear camera
1:17of the iPhone, which you know produces
1:19the best image quality on any smartphone
1:22out there pretty much. And also, I set
1:24the codec to the Polaris 42 LT because
1:26it is a bit better than HVC and H.264
1:28264 and it doesn't take as much space as
1:31Polaris 422 HQ basically because I don't
1:34have really an SSD for the iPhone at the
1:36moment. And of course all of the
1:38settings are going to be displayed
1:40somewhere on the screen. I'm going to
1:42use only automatic settings throughout
1:44this video. Auto white balance, auto
1:46exposure and all this stuff. And also
1:48I'm using with the mobile gimbal of the
1:50iPhone the tracking feature. So I can
1:52move my hand like so. And basically the
1:55gimbal is going to follow me around. So,
1:58let's see.
2:04Stabilization should be amazing with the
2:06iPhone because I'm also using the
2:08stabilization in the Blackmagic camera
2:10app just to smoon out the edges
2:13basically. So, not only you get
2:15stabilization from the gimbal, but also
2:18from the software at the same time.
2:34Let's see which camera has the best skin
2:36tones. The iPhone has really good skin
2:39tone performance.
2:41It always looks pretty much accurate.
2:47All right. So, right now I'm using the
2:493x cameras on the pocket cameras and
2:51then the 5x camera on my iPhone. And
2:54honestly, it was a nightmare to set up
2:56this shot with the iPhone because the
2:58Blackmagic app on my Apple Watch is
3:01glitching. This is really working at the
3:03moment. And also, it was kind of hard to
3:04set up the tracking on the mobile gimbal
3:08to put myself basically correctly in
3:10frame. Hopefully, right now I'm in the
3:12center of the frame because I cannot
3:14really see anything. I'm using the rear
3:16camera on the iPhone and I don't have
3:18really a preview on my Apple Watch. So
3:21hopefully it is, you know, okay in terms
3:23of like overall framing, but it's
3:25definitely a more cumbersome experience
3:28than using one of these pocket cameras
3:29where you can see everything right away.
3:31Just tap yourself on the screen and
3:33basically it's going to follow you
3:35around. And also these uh focal lengths
3:38are different. you get about 60 70 mm on
3:41the pocket cameras compared to 120 mm on
3:45the iPhone. But soon I'm going to also
3:47set the focal length on the pocket
3:50cameras to 5x just so you can see how
3:54these cameras compare with the same
3:56focal length basically.
4:00All right. So, now I switched to 5x
4:03roughly on my DJI Pocket 4P and then
4:06it's still set to 5x on the iPhone and
4:07I'm using 6x on the Luna Ultra because I
4:10can't really find a way to set it to 5x.
4:12This should be somewhat comparable on
4:14all of these cameras.
4:16And I can definitely see the annoying,
4:20you know, stepping mechanism of the Luna
4:23Ultra. It's like moving in steps instead
4:27of like being fluid like on the Awesome
4:29Pocket 4P. I think it is actually
4:30smoother on the iPhone than with the
4:32Luna Ultra. Wow, this is terrible.
4:35[laughter]
4:36This is horrible.
4:42Let's do somewhat of a closeup just to
4:45see the quality.
4:50Hopefully, I'm in frame with the iPhone.
4:55Why is the Luna Ultra like twitching
4:57like crazy?
5:01All right, now let's do like a low light
5:02comparison in my studio. I do have some
5:06lights in here, but none of them really,
5:09you know, shining light on me. They're
5:12basically like bouncing from the ceiling
5:15just to raise the ambience light in the
5:17room. So, this should give you like a
5:19rough idea how these cameras compare in
5:21a somewhat of a low light situation. And
5:24I'm still using like automatic exposure
5:26settings on all of these cameras. And
5:28then the ISO range is set to the maximum
5:31on all of them. So, that's basically 100
5:33to 25,600
5:36on the Pocket 4 and then automatic on
5:38the iPhone and also automatic on the
5:42Luna Ultra. Let's make it maybe a bit
5:44more extreme. I can turn off this light
5:46in here
5:48so you can see which one produces the
5:50most amount of noise basically.
5:56Theoretically, the iPhone should be the
5:58worst because it has the smallest
6:01sensor, but maybe because of the
6:03software, the algorithm, it's going to
6:06have the cleanest noise reduction
6:08applied. Basically, this is the dark
6:10corner of the studio
6:13here. You'll be able to see the noise
6:15difference and grain difference between
6:17these cameras the best I feel like.
6:21Blackmagic camera watch app is not
6:24working. Hopefully, I am in frame.
6:30All right. Now, let's do a test in low
6:32light with the telephoto lenses. So, I'm
6:35using 3x on the pocket cameras and then
6:385x on my iPhone just to see how these
6:43cameras perform in a lower light
6:46situation. So, now I'm going to switch
6:48again to 5x.
6:53Let me actually turn off this lighting
6:55here again
6:57just to make it a bit harder for the
6:58cameras.
7:10All right. And now I switched to 5x on
7:12the Pocket 4P. And then I'm still using
7:155x on the iPhone and then 6x on the Luna
7:18Ultra.
7:38All right. Now, here is how these
7:39cameras compare in a studio environment
7:42when having like a proper key light
7:44setup on the main subject. Just in case
7:46if you are interested to use one of
7:48these cameras basically as your main
7:51studio camera.
7:56Obviously, the lighting setup in here is
7:58not perfect, especially like the
8:00background, but it should give like a
8:01rough idea how these cameras compare
8:04more or less in a studio setup.
8:09All right. And now I switched to the log
8:11profiles of these cameras. So DLO 2 on
8:13the Pocket 4P. Apple log on the iPhone
8:17and then I log on the Luna Ultra. And I
8:20am overexposing by two stops on the
8:22Pocket 4 and one stop on the Luna Ultra
8:24just to get the shadows as clean as
8:26possible. And I'm exposing with 0.0 EV
8:29basically with the iPhone because
8:30honestly I don't really have experience
8:32with Apple log footage when using
8:34automatic settings. I know how to use it
8:36with manual settings, but with autox
8:38settings, I'm not really sure what is
8:39the best value to use. So, I want to be
8:41as safe as possible. Basically, I think
8:44honestly DLO 2 is going to be the best
8:46here in terms of like dynamic range
8:48performance, flexibility in
8:49post-production and so on. You can also
8:51heavily overexpose DLO 2 or underexpose
8:54and then still be able to recover a lot
8:57of information in post-prouction without
8:58introducing any color artifacts or noise
9:01when underexposing. Eyelock dome is not
9:04bad on the Luna Ultra. It is pretty
9:07good, just not as good as DLO 2. And
9:11upper log is also pretty good in my
9:13opinion. But again, I don't think it is
9:15as good as DLO 2 on the Pocket 4P. Maybe
9:19in terms of like colors, especially skin
9:21tones. iPhone has fantastic skin tone
9:24performance. Let me try to stress the
9:26dynamic range performance here.
9:30Let me see if this still works. Yeah,
9:32seems like it's working fine.
9:36And by the way, I'm using the base ISO
9:39on the Pocket 4p for DLO 2, which is
9:411,600. This is where you get the
9:44wireless dynamic range performance. And
9:46I'm also using ISO 400 on the Luna
9:49Ultra, which I believe is the base ISO
9:52for the Luna Ultra basically. And I'm
9:54not really sure what is the base ISO for
9:56the iPhone cuz Apple doesn't want to
9:59tell us. They don't release any white
10:02papers for Apple log and so on. So, we
10:04kind of have to guess.
10:09I think this scene in here is going to
10:11be easy for all the cameras.
10:26All right. So now again I switched to
10:28the 3x cameras on the pocket cameras and
10:31then the 5x camera on my iPhone and I'm
10:34using now DLOG on the Pocket 4P because
10:37DLO 2 is not available the 3x camera on
10:40this camera and I'm still using Log on
10:43the Luna Ultra and now it seems like the
10:46Blackmagic Watch app is working fine.
10:49And at this focal length for the iPhone,
10:50I think you'll get more or less same
10:54background blur, maybe slightly less as
10:56the Luna Ultra. So, let me just do like
11:00tracking tests a bit more of them.
11:03And soon I'm going to zoom in to about
11:055x on the Pocket cameras. Although the
11:08focal length is still going to be
11:10slightly different, but just to match
11:13between all of them, you know, so you
11:15can clearly see the difference
11:17basically.
11:18Let me try to stand still so you can see
11:21like the sharpness difference skin tone
11:24colors and all that stuff.
11:31All right. So now again I'm using 6x on
11:34the Luna Ultra, 5x on the iPhone, and
11:36then 5.2x on the Pocket 4P. Man, the
11:39[laughter]
11:40the dance with the Luna Ultra is awful.
11:42It looks awful.
11:45What is this?
11:47This is terrible.
11:50Look how smooth it is on the Pocket 4P
11:54compared to the Luna Ultra. And I think
11:56even the mobile gimbal from DJI is doing
12:00a better job.
12:03But anyway, let me stand in here
12:05roughly. Yeah, it is more or less the
12:07same. I think it's actually slightly
12:09tighter on the Luna Ultra, but it should
12:13give like a rough idea
12:15which one is the sharpest, which one
12:18produces the, you know, [music] the
12:21bluriest background.
12:27Let's stand still in here maybe.
12:29[clears throat]
12:37All right, here is a low light
12:38comparison now with the log profiles of
12:41these cameras. I am overexposing with
12:44the Pocket 4p by 2.3 stops to get
12:47cleaner shadows and I'm still using the
12:49base ISO of 1600. And then I'm using
12:52upper log with 0.0 EV compensation,
12:55automatic settings, and so on. And with
12:57the Luna Ultra, I stopped using the base
12:59ISO 400 because it is not enough to
13:02expose for this room basically while
13:05also overexposing by an extra stop. So,
13:08I'm using ISO automatic instead. So,
13:12let's see how these cameras compare in
13:14their log shooting modes. I feel like
13:17the DLO2 profile on the Pocket 4P is
13:20slightly cleaner in low light than the
13:23Luna Ultra, but I'm not really sure how
13:25it compares to Apple log because
13:27honestly, I've never really used Apple
13:30log in low light. So, let's see.
13:38Let's see.
13:42All
14:06right. And now let's see how these
14:07cameras compare in low light with the 3x
14:10lenses on the pocket cameras. and then
14:12the 5x lens on the iPhone. Obviously,
14:16I'm I'm using DLOG on the Pocket 4P
14:18because DLOG 2 is not available, but I
14:20am overexposing by plus 1.7 stops to get
14:24slightly cleaner results. And I'm still
14:27overexposing by one stop with the Luna
14:29Ultra. And then the EV is set to zero on
14:32the iPhone.
14:37All
14:48right. And now I switch to like 5.3 5.4x
14:514x on the Pocket 4P and then 6x on the
14:55Luna Ultra.
15:11All right. Now, let's compare this
15:13cameras in the studio with a proper key
15:16light setup on the main subject. just in
15:18case if you are interested to use one of
15:21these cameras as your studio camera.
15:23Basically, I have a feeling the Pocket
15:254P is going to be the best because from
15:28my experience delivers sharper and
15:30cleaner results than I log on the Luna
15:34Ultra, especially when using, you know,
15:36these cameras in this kind of
15:37environment. And the iPhone is going to
15:39be okay, I guess, but because of the
15:41smaller sensor, you're going to get
15:43less, you know, light into the camera
15:46and also the background is going to be
15:47sharper than on the Pocket 4P basically.
15:52But maybe in terms of like noise, it's
15:54going to look more or less the same.
15:56Have a feeling though, Apple log is
15:58going to look slightly cleaner than I
16:00log on the Luna Ultra, but let's see.
16:10All right. Now, let me summarize my
16:11opinion about these three cameras. So,
16:14first of all, when using the standard
16:16picture profiles, I was actually pretty
16:18surprised by the colors on the iPhone. I
16:21think the colors on the iPhone looked a
16:23bit better than the Luna Ultra or the
16:25Osmo Pocket 4P, especially skin tones.
16:28They looked a bit more natural to me and
16:30just more pleasing overall compared to
16:32the other cameras. And also, it seems
16:34like you get a slightly blurriier
16:36background with the iPhone compared to
16:38the Pocket cameras. Maybe it's because
16:41of the tighter 24mm focal length or
16:43maybe it's because of the slightly lower
16:45aperture of F1.7 when using the main
16:48camera. So, if you want like a blurriier
16:50background, maybe you want to consider
16:52the iPhone with like a mobile gimbal
16:55setup. All right. Next, in terms of like
16:57the log profiles, my favorite one is
16:59still DLO 2 on the Pocket 4P. I think it
17:02produces the widest dynamic range
17:03performance and also when you backlight
17:06the subject it retains the colors and
17:08information in the shadows a bit better
17:11than the other cameras. I mean apolog
17:192 on the pocket 4p. So if you are after
17:21the best camera for like color grading
17:24and post-prouction you will definitely
17:26enjoy the pocket 4p the most. Now, when
17:28it comes to the telephoto lenses,
17:30honestly, my favorite one is the Pocket
17:324P because it looks the most natural out
17:36of the box without doing anything. And
17:38also, when you move around the frame, it
17:41was by far the most reliable, especially
17:44compared to the Luna Ultra. I mean, the
17:47iPhone with the gimbal is also fairly
17:49reliable when it comes to tracking, but
17:51it's just the 120 mm focal length is a
17:54bit too tight and also you don't get
17:56like a selfie monitor when using the
17:58telephoto camera. So, maybe you have a
18:00watch, you can use that as a monitor,
18:02but that's not really reliable. And then
18:04maybe you'll have to buy like a wireless
18:05screen, which makes the entire setup a
18:07bit more cumbersome and tedious. So, I
18:10feel like the experience on the
18:11telephoto lens on the Pocket 4 P is
18:13going to be, you know, by far the best.
18:15produces the best image with the
18:16bluriest background in my opinion. And
18:19also it is by far the easiest one to set
18:21up overall. And now if you're going to
18:22use these cameras in the studio like I'm
18:25doing with all of them right now, I feel
18:27like the Pocket 4P is going to be the
18:29best when using the log profile because
18:33it's it is clearly better when it comes
18:35to dynamic range. Like I saw with the
18:37iPhone, I was like clipping highlights
18:39on my skin. And also with the Luna
18:41Ultra, it was like the contrast was a
18:44bit more strong on these cameras. And
18:46with the Pocket 4p, I had more
18:49information to play around with to get
18:51like a nicer transition from like
18:54shadows to highlights basically. And the
18:56image overall looks more clean when it
18:58comes to the overall colors when using
19:00like automatic exposure and white
19:02balance settings. So, if you want to
19:04just put one of these cameras on a
19:05tripod in your studio, turn on a couple
19:07of lights and basically press the record
19:09button and that's basically it. You will
19:11definitely enjoy the Pocket 4 the most.
19:14The iPhone lost me. So, again, if you're
19:16using if you're going to use one of
19:18these cameras in the studio, I feel like
19:19the Pocket 4P is going to be the best
19:22when shooting with the log profile.
19:24Maybe if you're going to shoot with the
19:25ST profile, it's going to be more or
19:26less the same, but when shooting in log,
19:28I feel like the experience is the best
19:30with the Pocket 4. All right. So,
19:32anyhow, I hope you find this video to be
19:34informative and useful. Let me know down
19:37below which camera you think is going to
19:39work best for you. And if you have any
19:42suggestions for new videos also, let me
19:45know down below because honestly, I've
19:47made this video in here because one of
19:49you recommended to, you know, make this
19:53comparison basically and I think it is
19:55actually really interesting. Anyhow,
19:58thank you for watching and if you are
19:59interested in my eyelin
20:04power grade for color grading, links are
20:06going to be down below if you do want to
20:08support this channel. Anyhow, thanks for
20:11watching and bye-bye.

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