iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades: Variable Aperture and Pro Controls
Apple has big camera improvements coming to its newly announced iPhone 18 Pro. Speaking during the annual September iPhone event on Wednesday morning, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide iPhone Product Marketing Kaiann Drance revealed that the new iPhone 18 Pro will feature a 48-megapixel Fusion main camera with variable aperture, so that you can control light intake and depth of field yourself.
“One of the fundamental pillars of photography is aperture,” Drance said. “To create variable aperture, we developed a system of six laser-cut blades, each thinner than a human hair.”
The six blades are made from a polymer composite, and have a rotor mechanism that controls movements and a customized lens “to ensure image quality at multiple apertures.”
The aperture automatically adjusts based on your lighting — if you’re in a dark area, it’ll open to let in 50% more light, for example.
There’s also new camera software.
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