So You Bought an iPhone 18 Pro. Do You Still Need a Real Camera? - CNET
The iPhone 18 Pro is among the most accomplished phone cameras around, packing an array of sensors and lenses that are all capable of taking stunning images in a variety of conditions. Throw in the new creative tweaks to Apple’s Photographic Styles and the iPhone 18 Pro becomes a formidable partner to serious photographers.
But how does it compare to an actual camera? To see why you’d pick one over the other, I took the iPhone 18 Pro on some photo walks alongside Fujifilm’s X-M5, a compact-sized mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses and a host of filmic profiles to choose from.
This isn’t designed to be a direct comparison between each specific model — after all, a phone has other advantages beyond a camera, some of which I’ll come to later. I’m not going to pixel peep at ultrafine details nor estimate which has the technically best dynamic range. This...
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