iPhone 17 Pro Max

The iPhone 17 Pro Max camera does the best job I've ever seen of any camera at capturing things exactly as they looked to my eyes.

Unlike traditional cameras which are still making single exposures much the same as we did 100 years ago, the iPhone is capturing images continuously at several levels of exposure as you're looking at the live image on your screen. When you press the shutter button all it's doing is using all of Apple's magic and HDR to craft and save a perfect image from whatever frames it's already captured so it looks exactly as it did to your eye.

I get better video from my iPhone in real-world shooting than from any DSLR or mirrorless camera. My iPhone has extraordinary image stabilization that lets me shoot movies hand-held, and they are so stable they look like they were shot from a dolly running on rails. Likewise, the HDR on both stills and especially on movies gives me superior results. And with my iPhone and the available light I have, it prevents the blown highlights I get from other video cameras and give superior results. All this just by pulling it out of my pocket. It’s great!