[aloknnikhil]

I think there was a thread here on the disadvantages of all the software processing in phone cameras today. I had a similar experience trying to capture the orange skies when the wildfires were raging here in California. My iPhone corrected every single image to remove the orange and replace it with a dark gray sky. It looked more overcast than apocalyptic. But I'm not fully against the idea of shipping some of those algorithms in a DSLR, especially the Pixel's low light photography.

[crazygringo]

What you're describing is the problem with auto white balance, which affects phone cameras and webcams equally. Often it works well, but sometimes (like in your case) it fails disastrously.

Unfortunately the iPhone (and Mac's built-in FaceTime) cameras have no option to manually set the white balance. You need to use third-party apps/webcams to handle it.

[ValentineC]

> Unfortunately the iPhone (and Mac's built-in FaceTime) cameras have no option to manually set the white balance.

I think the new iPhones ship with native ProRAW support, which might mean that the built-in Photos app would be able to access the same amount of imaging data that a specialised RAW editor could in prior versions.

[gomox]

I would be surprised if any other auto white balance camera (basically any digital camera on the market) didn't do the same in that situation.

[mrkstu]

Apple ProRaw should allow best of both worlds:

https://www.techradar.com/news/what-is-apple-proraw-the-new-...

[SketchySeaBeast]

Does iPhone not have a pro mode? On my Samsung phone I put it into pro, adjusted the white-balance inside and then pointed my camera outside.

[pat2man]

Nope, all you get is exposure controls. Third party apps like Halide fill in the gaps here quite well, but sadly you can't make them your primary camera.