iPhone 14 camera upgrades: what's new
The iPhone 14 has been out for a few months and we have learned about it all that there is to know by now. Of course, that also includes its camera performance, which we tested extensively. Here we will tell you the results of our tests and what we think of the camera system on Apple's latest phone lineup which includes the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
This year, Apple introduced some significant camera updates when it comes to its Pro lineup of iPhones, but it's hard to say the same for the less expensive models. To put things differently, if you want a better camera than your older iPhone, you will need to skip the regular iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, and spend some extra cash to buy one of the two "Pro" models.
iPhone 14 camera upgrades: what's new
The star of the show here is the 48 MP sensor of the iPhone 14 Pro camera. This enables a few things:
By default, the camera bins pixels together in groups of 4, resulting in 12 MP photos with improved lighting
You can use ProRAW to capture full 48 MP photos
There is a new zoom step between wide 1x and telephoto 3x (by cropping into the new larger sensor for a 2x zoom)
If you leave the iPhone 14 Pro on auto, it will intelligently choose when to go for pixel binning and when to aim for higher-res photos. Once you enable ProRAW, you will have the option to force 48 MP, and the phone will still employ machine learning and post-processing to deliver a huge, high-res picture.
The 2x step is a crop from the 48 MP sensor and Apple calls it "optical-quality zoom" (yes, Apple and it's fetish for naming things to make them sound unique and different). It is accessible for normal shooting modes but also Portrait mode, allowing you more flexibility when setting up a scene.
The ultra-wide camera also got a bigger sensor underneath, though it's still a 12 MP resolution. This, an aperture of F2.2, and the new Photonic Engine (an upgrade to Apple's Deep Fusion, the image-processing algorithm) ensure noticeably better low-light performance. The wide and telephoto cameras also seem to produce much better photos in low-light conditions.
Here are some sample images from the iPhone 14 Pro Max:
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