“Optical Image Stabilization was a weird and under-described addition to the iPhone 6 Plus over the stock iPhone 6; photographers eventually determined it was primarily assisting the iPhone in taking sharper still images in low light,” Jeremy Horwitz reports for 9to5Mac.
“For the iPhone 6s, it remains a Plus-only feature, but this time, Apple is actively noting that OIS works for video, as well, presumably to reduce shake — as people would have expected in last year’s model,” Horwitz reports. “Another interesting detail: 4K videos are being recorded in H.264, and Apple is no longer making reference to H.265 support for any purpose, FaceTime or otherwise.”
Horwitz reports, “Finally, an iOS 9 feature called ‘Playback Zoom,’ which lets you zoom in on parts of your video after recording, is supposedly supported for the 6s and 6s Plus but not earlier iPhones. I stumbled across the feature when testing iOS 9 on my prior 6 Plus, so I’m not sure why Apple’s limiting it here.”
Nine more things you didn’t know about iPhone 6s / 6s Plus, Apple TV 4, iPad Pro and iPad mini 4 here.
MacDailyNews Take: Loved OIS on our iPhone 6 Pluses. Can’t wait to try out the latest itreration on our iPhone 6s Pluses!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]