What a (r)evolution in photography! From the first iPhone introduced in 2007 by Steve Jobs to the iPhone 13 Pro Max launched by Tim Cook last year, Apple’s smartphone camera has come a long way.
The Simple Ghar site had fun looking back at 15 years of iPhone camera evolution, which should look even bigger on September 7, with the official induction of iPhone 14 during the keynote held at Apple Park in Cupertino, California.
And among the expected novelties, the iPhone 14 Pro could make a qualitative leap in terms of photography with better quality shots, perhaps even at night, according to the always sibylline message of the invitation (Far – “Afar” in French).
The iPhone 6, the first real leap in photography
A long time ago the iPhone (the first of the name) only had a single 2-megapixel photo sensor without any accompanying flash. Extremely sketchy shots of the brand’s first smartphone back in 2007, but which had the merit of truly revolutionizing our relationship with mobile phones by putting a ready-for-anything camera within easy reach.
Fifteen years later, the iPhone 13 Pro Max sports three photo sensors on the back and another very complete photo module on the front. It is true that Apple is still content with sensors of 12 megapixels each where the competition panics when exceeding 100 megapixels.
Having not had the opportunity to hold all the iPhone models since the first in the hands of Steve Jobs, the Simple Ghar site wanted above all to show what the same scene taken with each iPhone would have given. To do this, he applied the data emanating from the technical specifications of each iPhone to the same image to give an idea of how the photo would have been year after year.
From the iPhone to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, Apple has advanced on all records. The photos are much more contrasted, bright and detailed. There are several clear improvements in the camera with a photo sensor that goes from 5 to 8 megapixels at the time of the iPhone 4S (2011) or with the arrival of the iPhone 6 with a 12.2 megapixel photo sensor, also capable of shooting in 4K. This is, without a doubt, the first leap that the Apple brand has taken in terms of photography.
Stars on camera?
If the iPhone 7 Plus of 2016 could count on the arrival of a second sensor on the back (telephoto), we will have to wait until 2019 and the iPhone 11 Pro Max that finally gets an ultra wide angle sensor as a third. sensor. But it also offers the night mode that will take Apple to another photographic dimension.
Until then less efficient in photography than Huawei or Samsung, the Californian brand is making great strides starting in 2019, then the following years with the addition of the LiDAR scanner to measure the distance traveled by light between the device and the subject of the image. Photography. This is particularly useful for night photography and augmented reality.
With a whispered 64-megapixel sensor in the future iPhone 14 Pro/14 Pro Max, which should accompany two iPhone 14 and 14 Max also introduced, Apple would continue its photographic efforts, especially at night and in darker environments. The invitation even allows us to imagine the possibility of photographing the stars, until then the company’s Achilles heel.
Source: BFM TV
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