iPhone 18 Pro Gains Manual Aperture, Shutter Speed Controls, and More
Apple says the new lens gives iPhone 18 Pro users four aperture settings for better exposure control and background blur.
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Ivon 18 Pro redefines the experiment of photography through a variable lens opening and broader manual control and advanced video and image tools, while continuing to employ artificial intelligence and computational processing to improve the quality of results.
iPhone 18 Pro Gains Manual Aperture, Shutter Speed Controls, and More
Apple today announced Pro Controls, a new customizable camera interface for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max that lets users manually adjust aperture, shutter speed, and white balance, or check exposure levels with a live histogram. Pro Controls is built around the variable aperture on the new Main camera. Six laser-cut blades move smoothly between four aperture settings, and the Camera app can adjust aperture automatically based on dep…
Six lamellas and four manual steps: This is how the variable aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro changes light and depth of field. All information about Pro Controls.
iPhone 18 Pro hands-on: what the variable-aperture camera actually changes
The one real reason to pay the iPhone 18 Pro premium this year is a single moving part: a variable-aperture lens that hands you depth-of-field control and more light in the dark. A genuine upgrade — but late, once abandoned by rivals, and delicate.
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