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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test

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  1. velcrovan · · focus · HN ↗
    Someone should assemble a chain of iPhone camera review comparison images published over the years, 18 → 17, 17 → 16, 16 → 15 etc. showing how each year's new phone being so much better than the previous year's somehow becomes perceivably bad next to the next year's phone.
    1. Doohickey-d · · focus · HN ↗
      Youtuber Marques Brownlee did this (as a short). It's actually not so noticeable, it's only once you get to the very oldest phones that it's visibly worse.

      the difference will be in things like low-light, telephoto lenses, video capability, HDR, and lots of other things that don't show up in most photos (including that one)

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jru9Gsz3kJY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jru9Gsz3kJY

      1. josephg · · focus · HN ↗
        It&#x27;d be much better if this test was done in low light. The tiny sensors in iphones work fine when there&#x27;s plenty of light around. The real test is how well they do when the you aren&#x27;t sitting in the sun.
        1. OGWhales · · focus · HN ↗
          Indeed, I found the oil-painting effect really rough on certain year iphones in low light&#x2F;when using one of the zoom lenses.
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