Unsurprisingly, the best iPhone camera features are only available on the iPhone 12 Pro Max
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Apple today announced the new iPhone 12 Pro series smartphones with several improvements. Unsurprisingly, the best iPhone camera features are only available on the top-end iPhone 12 Pro Max. Even though the price difference between an iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max is just $100, the size difference is huge. The iPhone 12 Pro measures 146.7 mm X 71.5 mm X 7.4 mm and weighs 189 grams while the bigger iPhone 12 Pro Max measures 160.8 mm X 78.1 mm X 7.4 mm and weighs 228 grams.
The iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with a 47 percent larger sensor and larger pixels increase the amount of light gathered on the Wide camera. Also, it comes with Sensor-shift optical image stabilization. This new OIS tech stabilizes the sensor instead of the lens so your shots are steady — even when you’re not. The iPhone 12 Pro Max also comes with the new 65 mm Telephoto camera lets you zoom more than ever on an iPhone. Until now, sensor?shift stabilization was only on DSLR cameras. This is the first time it’s been adapted for iPhone.
- Pro 12MP camera system: Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto cameras
- Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
- Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture
- Telephoto: ƒ/2.0 aperture (iPhone 12 Pro); ƒ/2.2 aperture (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
- 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; 4x optical zoom range (iPhone 12 Pro)
- Digital zoom up to 10x (iPhone 12 Pro)
- 2.5x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; 5x optical zoom range (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
- Digital zoom up to 12x (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
- Night mode portraits enabled by LiDAR Scanner
- Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
- Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High?Key Mono)
- Dual optical image stabilization (Wide and Telephoto)
- Sensor-shift optical image stabilization (iPhone 12 Pro Max Wide)
- Five-element lens (Ultra Wide); six?element lens (Telephoto); seven-element lens (Wide)
- Brighter True Tone flash with Slow Sync
- Panorama (up to 63MP)
- Sapphire crystal lens cover
- 100% Focus Pixels (Wide)
- Night mode (Ultra Wide, Wide)
- Deep Fusion (Ultra Wide, Wide, Telephoto)
- Smart HDR 3 with Scene Detection
- Apple ProRAW
- Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
- Lens correction (Ultra Wide)
- Advanced red-eye correction
- Photo geotagging
- Auto image stabilization
- Burst mode
- Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
- HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 60 fps
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
- 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
- 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
- Optical image stabilization for video (Wide)
- 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; 4x optical zoom range (iPhone 12 Pro)
- Digital zoom up to 6x (iPhone 12 Pro)
- 2.5x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; 5x optical zoom range (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
- Digital zoom up to 7x (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
- Audio zoom
- Brighter True Tone flash
- QuickTake video
- Slo?mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
- Time?lapse video with stabilization
- Night mode Time-lapse
- Extended dynamic range for video up to 60 fps
- Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
- Continuous autofocus video
- Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
- Playback zoom
- Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
- Stereo recording
Source: Apple
