Phones with Apple Log 2

Log recording is a professional capture profile that shoots video to be colour-graded later: the image is deliberately written with a flat, low-contrast tone curve. That washed-out look is not a flaw but the design — detail in the bright and dark regions is preserved in the file instead of being crushed.

It pays off at the edit desk: a colourist can pull the look they want out of log footage without fighting crushed shadows or blown highlights. For someone who shares videos as they were shot, it is unnecessary — this profile exists for footage that will be worked on.

Apple Log 2 is the second version of Apple's log profile on the iPhone: it holds more information in the shadows and moves the colour space closer to cinema workflows. It is designed for footage that will be graded; it is unnecessary for video shared as shot.