ModCam

ModCam writes one file: a pure Bayer RAW DNG, straight from the sensor, with none of Apple's computational photography layered on top. In the default mode the app asks the camera for the sensor's own Bayer mosaic. Smart HDR tone fusion, Deep Fusion, the Photonic Engine, Night mode multi-frame stacking and Apple's color and tone rendering are all skipped. What lands in your photo library is a single-frame DNG that reflects what the sensor read, ready for whatever develop you choose. Here is the honest trade-off, because most apps do not say it out loud. The 48MP camera sensor is quad-Bayer. The un-remosaiced mosaic is about 12MP (4032 x 3024). A 48MP frame only exists after Apple's remosaic, which means it is ProRAW and it carries a computational baseline inside the DNG. ModCam does not pretend otherwise. It gives you both, as a visible mode switch: Bayer RAW, about 12MP, no Apple…