iPhone X Camera Overview: Portrait Lighting, Video Improvements, Front-Facing Portraits and More

July 22, 2013

each new iphone, apple introduces significant camera improvements, practice has established iphone 1 of popular cameras photography on sites flickr.

iphone x, apple's new flagship device, no exception. features new hardware , new features have established best iphone camera date, on par dedicated point , shoot devices , dslrs in modes. iphone x available, spent time iphone x's rear , front-facing cameras see can do.

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there's new rear camera in iphone x, 2 lenses arranged in vertical orientation, first iphone. apple chose vertical orientation because of space constraints , design changes required more available surface area front-facing truedepth camera.

rear camera has standard f/1.8 12-megapixel wide-angle lens that's paired f/2.4 12-megapixel telephoto lens. sensors in both lenses have been improved, , lower aperture of telephoto lens means it's able let in lot more light sharper images in poor lighting conditions.

in addition sensor improvements, apple has introduced new color filter more vibrant photos, , there's new apple-designed image signal processor can detect elements in scene faster autofocusing , optimization of scene elements before image captured.

both rear lenses support optical image stabilization first time, better photo quality in lighting conditions, , better ever portraits when using portrait mode.

there's new front-facing camera system, truedepth camera, powers face id dot projector , infrared camera , sensors. there's high-quality f/2.2 7-megapixel camera built truedepth system taking selfies.

truedepth camera, front-facing camera in iphone x supports portrait mode right alongside rear camera, can create portrait mode selfies artfully blurred background. both front , rear-facing cameras work new portrait lighting feature dynamically adjusting lighting in photo.

photo taking isn't improvement in iphone x. rear-facing camera supports 4k video capture @ 60 frames per second , 1080p slo-mo video @ 240 frames per second, both significant improvements on previous-generation devices. new video stabilization techniques, aforementioned larger sensor, , new image signal processor go long way towards improving video quality.

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