Apple Shares New 'Dark Universe' Experimental Video Shot on iPhone 12 Pro

Sunday October 25, 2020 11:21 am PDT by Frank McShan

Apple today shared a new video on its YouTube channel that features footage shot on the iPhone 12 Pro.

Apple says the two-minute video pushes the iPhone 12 Pro's new Dolby Vision and low-light capabilities to the limit as an attempt to "capture darkness itself."

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The video is also accompanied by a behind the scenes look at how it was made.

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Top Rated Comments

grahamwright1

78 months ago

Apple today shared a new video on its YouTube channel that features footage shot on the iPhone 12 Pro.

Apple says the two-minute video pushes the iPhone 12 Pro's new Dolby Vision and low-light capabilities to the limit as an attempt to "capture darkness itself."

Stopped watching after 5 seconds when I realized it's portrait mode, not landscape. As an old guy, I can't understand the appeal of vertical recordings over a nice widescreen you can show on a larger screen.......

Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Unregistered 4U

78 months ago

Speaking for even OLDER folks, I just can’t understand all the hubbub about color, it distracts WAY too much.

Speaking for even older OLDER folks, when there’s audio in the moving pictures, you can’t hear the piano man.

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

I7guy

78 months ago

It's a cool video, but there is no frame of reference in order to have the viewer understand what the iphone 12 improvements in low-light photography are.

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Rygaard

78 months ago

1) what is this
2) WHY would any one who is not either either younger than 8 or older than 80 shoot Vertical video

here is a small guide on when to take pictures Vertical :
in general NEVER, exceptions : portraits, Eiffel tower

Here is a guide to when to make video Vertical:
NEVER

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

TheDailyApple

78 months ago

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like abstract videos like this are sort of meh. Why not go out in the middle of nowhere like Denali National Park or Death Valley? Any good footage one could capture there would have beat this abstract studio stuff.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)