Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 16 series next month, possibly on September 10. Ahead of the event, details about the cameras on all four models were revealed today.
The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will have two cameras, just like their predecessors, only this time they will be arranged vertically on the back. The main camera will be the same, 48MP, as in the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus.
The ultra-wide-angle lens will get a larger f/2.2 aperture (compared to f/2.4 in last year’s models), which should improve low-light shots. Additionally, non-Pro iPhones will supposedly support macro photography for the first time.
The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will have a 5x telephoto lens, which will no longer be exclusive to the larger model like last year. It will be the same 12MP with an f/2.8 aperture.
The main camera on the Pro is also unchanged from last year, but there will be a significant change in the ultra-wide. It will be a 48MP pixel binning sensor that will have 0.7µm pixels, creating an effective pixel size of 1.4µm when used in binning mode. You should also be able to take 48MP ProRaw photos.
Rumor has it that Apple will add a new photo format, JPEG-XL, this year. The two Pros will also support 3K video at 120 fps with Dolby Vision.
Finally, the Capture button will appear on all four iPhone 16 models, which will certainly make Sony feel genuinely understood – after all, it’s had such a button for ages. Apple’s button will be capacitive, though, so you won’t actually be moving it when you press it. It will be available only for use by camera apps, and third-party apps will be supported.
It will have a force-sensitive half-press that will be available via a developer API to enable things like locking the exposure and focus before pressing all the way down to take a photo. Because it’s capacitive, it will also be able to act as a trackpad — sliding your finger across it can trigger various actions. Apple may use this gesture to zoom in and out, but third-party developers will be able to use the related API to do other things.
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