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The wide camera is
the best of the
three, delivering
impressive results
Apple iPhone 13 Pro, 26mm,
1/ 5600 sec at f/ 1. 5 , IS 0 50A
pple has established
a cycle of announcing
a range of new
smartphones every
September and this year brought
the iPhone 13 series with a host
of upgrades. While the navigation
and telecommunication
technologies are of note, it’s
always the camera specs that
attract the most attention. This
year the iPhone 13 Pro and the
bigger iPhone 13 Pro Max have
exactly the same camera
system and, preferring
something more pocketable
and less expensive, I’ve opted for
the iPhone 13 Pro, with its
6.1in screen.Hardware and design
Like the iPhone 12 Pro, the
iPhone 13 Pro has a 3-camera
system, but the new model
makes the biggest step up in
camera technology that Apple
has ever taken. Firstly, although
the cameras all have the same
12MP resolution as the iPhone
12 Pro’s, the lenses and sensors
are all new. They’re also powered
by the brand new A15 Bionic chip
which is claimed to be the
‘fastest chip in any smartphone’.Starting with the iPhone 13
Pro’s ultra-wide camera, the focal
length remains equivalent to
13mm, the same as the iPhone
12 Pro’s, but the aperture is
f/1.8 rather than f/2.4. It’s
also capable of focusing on
subjects just 2cm away, which
opens up the world of macro and
close-up photography.
Next is the wide camera, which
has the same 26mm equivalent
focal length as the wide camera
on the iPhone 12 Pro. This has
also received a boost in the
aperture size, up from f/1.6 to
f/1.5 but the pixels are 1.9μm inApple iPhone 13 Pro
Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro makes some interesting camera
upgrades on its predecessor. Angela Nicholsongives
her verdict aer using it every day since launch
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liOS smartphone
l 6.1in screen
l Three lenses: 13mm, 26mm, 77mm
l 12MP sensors
l5.9x optical zoom
l Choice of four colours
lwww.apple.com