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Apple Again Rumored to Bring 5x Telephoto Camera to iPhone 16 Pro
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I’m not against progressive improvements to the camera, that would be nonsensical. However, it appears that is what Apple has heavily invested in the last few years when it comes to iPhone hardware (while the cameras on the Mac are atrocious, I might add). I’d like to see them push the limits elsewhere as well.
these are not „optical zoom lenses“. these are fixed lenses with 5x, 1x and 0.5x. everything between is just crop.
Yikes, other phones have had 10x zoom for a while now.
Improve the wide angle sensor, put an actual aperture on the 1x (or a second one with smaller aperture) and add a periscope zoom lens. Combine them all in the processing so it removes those pesky lens flares, figures out ambient lighting conditions from the 0,5x and always capture the zoom picture so I can zoom into the middle pf any picture after the fact.
Improve the wide angle sensor, put an actual aperture on the 1x (or a second one with smaller aperture) and add a periscope zoom lens. Combine them all in the processing so it removes those pesky lens flares, figures out ambient lighting conditions from the 0,5x and always capture the zoom picture so I can zoom into the middle pf any picture after the fact.
The main reason is that the 15 Pro Max has a better zoom than the 15 Pro.
I feel the same way
What changed for me is my 65" OLED that I use with my computer, and the recognition that iPhone photos really still fall down in lots of ways when analyzed closely (easy to do at this size) and thus I use it just to capture quickies here and there and document receipts and little snippets of life as I go.
It's made me start considering something more serious for a camera again, as it bums me out to not be creating new really high quality "could be wallpaper for my Mac" level captures anymore.
I have some photos from a Sigma over a decade ago that outshine even the best iPhones, still
Yes, that is the technical definition, but the culture has been using zoom for that for decades and no one cares about the difference between telephoto and zoom except photographers and academics.
Stagnation isn’t mature.
Rather than innovate they stick with what’s affordable and guaranteed to make the shareholders a return.
No more experimentation.
They don’t gamble in this tablet and phone segment anymore.
They went all in on a headset 0.001% of the human population purchased.
I wouldn’t want to be the guy who pushed this idea at the next meeting. Well I would be more worried about the guy who pushed FineWoven.
Yeah the Apple faithful are in denial here. Again. Same old “you don’t need it!” excuses.
A much higher price for sure! Otherwise same as last year and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that …..
With the rumored specs it will be on par with a midrange Android phone. So you could suspect for a lot less.
Oh wait… Timmy is shouting to me…
He says the price will go up by a merely $ 100 in the US and € 200 in the EU.
He says they have to compensate because they’ll sell less.
The last time I was stunned by the camera was my iP11pro. After I upgraded to the iPhone15 pro I found out that the iP15 would have been a better choice. The camera system isn‘t worth the extra money and the whole thing is getting too bulky and heavy.
Optical zoom is very useful. Not only for bringing things closer and having practical benefits, such as being able to read some text further away, but also if you want to shoot photos with a different perspective. Something shot at 35mm focal length looks different compared to something shot at 85mm focal length.
And you can't "zoom" by moving closer, the moment you move, you change the perspective.
What is Lens Compression and How to Use It In Your Photos
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Having nice telephoto and ultrawide angle lenses gives you more options.
Well I am pleased that Pro users will get an upgrade. However, if the Max does not receive any additional camera benefits I will not be upgrading this year.
Why are we calling these "optical zoom lenses"?
Aren't they fixed focal length lenses with software interpolation between zoom levels?
Aren't they fixed focal length lenses with software interpolation between zoom levels?
Does anyone remember the old DxO One camera that plugged into the Lightning port of older iPhones? Maybe it's time for a new version for the iPhone 15 and newer's USB Type C port with a 32 megapixel sensor of much larger size to accommodate focal lengths down to f 1.7 and a true physical zoom of up to 12X.
It is a good opportunity for Apple to end being condescending and bring back the sim tray to the rigged US market. Consumer choice, or that fat, extra profit center from the shady deals with the telecoms?
My guess is (some years from now) that they'll fill in the space on the back and add a fourth lens: .5x, 1x, 5x, 10x
They are telephoto lenses but common usage has been calling this zoom for decades. At this point, if you’re not a photographer, no one is paying attention to the difference. Even you were calling the in between “zoom” levels. The affect is similar to actual zoom so that is the term that stuck.
Ironically (or maybe not) steve jobs himself said no one would buy a big screen phone (or a smaller ipad) to justify their lack of screen size options not too long ago. Funny how the world changes in a decade or so.
Funny you mention this - I had old Apple keynotes playing as background noise while working on something the other day, and Phil Schiller got my attention when he started going on and on about how anyone can make a bigger phone, and only Apple could make one so compact and powerful as the iPhone 5. Just over a decade ago.