iPhone 14 Pro Max · camera stats

iPhone 14 Pro Max

How 120 real photos from this camera were shot — and how they were edited in Lightroom.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#105
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/1.8
median aperture
ISO 112
median · p95 1,000
1/100s
median shutter
n/a
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How iPhone 14 Pro Max photos are shot

120 all-time photos · 29 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 87%
  3. f/2.8 13%
  4. f/4 0%
  5. f/5.6 0%
  6. f/8+ 0%

iPhone 14 Pro Max shooters live wide open: 87% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 65%
  2. 400 11%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 1%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 22%
  2. 1/500s 7%
  3. 1/250s 3%
  4. 1/125s 26%
  5. 1/60s 22%
  6. slower 21%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 7mm 59%
  2. 3mm 28%
  3. 2mm 9%
  4. 9mm 4%

Exposure mode

  1. Program AE 100%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 20%
Flash fired
0%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 1%
  2. 2023 36%
  3. 2024 18%
  4. 2025 14%
  5. 2026 31%

What's mounted on the iPhone 14 Pro Max

Lens pairings from the last 90 days, compared with the all-time share.

The edit fingerprint

How iPhone 14 Pro Max photos are edited

Median Lightroom develop settings across every analyzed edit — data nobody else has.

from 29 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical iPhone 14 Pro Max edit

Dot = median · band = Middle 50% of edits. Neutral sliders are hidden.

  • Exposure +0.21
  • Contrast +15
  • Highlights -12
  • Shadows +11
  • Whites -22
  • Texture +11

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
77%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

Share of edits where each Lightroom slider was moved away from neutral.

  1. Contrast 100%
  2. Shadows 97%
  3. Highlights 97%
  4. Yellow saturation 96%
  5. Whites 93%
  6. Exposure 93%
  7. Green saturation 93%
  8. Green hue 86%
  9. Saturation 79%
  10. Blacks 76%
  11. Clarity 76%
  12. Green luminance 75%
  13. Vibrance 71%
  14. Yellow luminance 68%
  15. Texture 62%
  16. Blue saturation 61%

White balance & profiles

Custom
97%
As Shot
3%
Median temperature
7,220K
Median tint
+30
  1. Embedded 90%
  2. Adobe Standard 10%

The iPhone 14 Pro Max color profile

Rendered from aggregate color grading and HSL data — never from photos.

Color grading

Median hue and saturation per layer, shown as the color it produces.

No reliable color grading sample yet.

Black & white
0%
Grain
72%
Vignette
48%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

How often each HSL channel gets adjusted, with the hue/sat/lum split.

  • Red hue 29% · sat 54% · lum 32%
  • Orange hue 50% · sat 43% · lum 57%
  • Yellow hue 54% · sat 96% · lum 68%
  • Green hue 86% · sat 93% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 29% · sat 39% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 50% · sat 61% · lum 39%
  • Purple hue 18% · sat 29% · lum 14%
  • Magenta hue 14% · sat 21% · lum 18%

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Methodology

Stats are aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper, capped per contributor so no single uploader can dominate a page. Shooting values come from EXIF metadata; editing values come from Lightroom XMP develop settings when present. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated November 09, 2026.