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The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro max each has a 48 megapixel camera, which can capture detail rivalling cameras such as the:
Professional photographers use these cameras.
Why aren’t the pros buying iPhones then? Occasionally, photographers do ask themselves that too, but one reason is that these cameras are better at handling low light conditions.
This is also why Apple configures the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro max to take 12 megapixel, not 48 megapixel images. It uses the extra pixels to collect light rather than detail. Usually, that’s the better bet.
However, there are times when you don’t need to do that, and your iPhone can capture beautifully detailed photos. I’m going to talk about how and when to turn on 48MP.
The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max use the same camera technology. Each model has three sensors.
It’s clearly the main lens that interests us. That gives us our chance to go up against a professional camera. However, as I’ve mentioned, Apple doesn’t turn that on by default, preferring 12 megapixels.
Why? It uses something called pixel-binning to combine groups of 4 pixels; 48 divided by 4 is 12. This improves low-light performance. See this article for more information.
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