11/18/2023 0 Comments Iphone 13 bokeh photo![]() ![]() ![]() The Right Balance Between Software and Hardware The iPhone 13 Pro can take low-light photos with good detail and without much pixelated noise. My kids, wife, and dogs got sick of me telling them to stop for a portrait, but I’ve always found that portraits of my family are my most cherished photos. With a true portrait lens in my pocket, it was fun to push myself to really work on this type of photography. I loved having a 77-millimeter lens, because it makes your subject look more natural (there’s no wide-angle distortion of their face or body), creates a tighter composure so your subject fills more of the frame, and does a great job of creating bokeh. Last year it gave us a 65-millimeter lens on the 12 Pro Max, and now the 13 Pro comes with a 77-millimeter lens, which is pretty close to 85 millimeters, or the gold standard for a telephoto portrait lens. Luckily, the brand found ways to pack longer lenses in subsequent phones. ![]() That said, I also balked at the words telephoto or zoom, because a 56-millimeter lens is not a true lens of that type by traditional photo standards. When Apple launched its 56-millimeter zoom lens on the iPhone 7 Plus, I was excited to have a longer lens on my phone. A Longer Telephoto Lens (Photos: Jakob Schiller) Macro photography is not something I use every day, but it was fun knowing that I have a macro lens in my pocket to pull out on occasion. After testing this mode, I found that the phone shoots crisp, vibrant photos that bring a whole new perspective to what’s deemed photographable around us. Apple says you can get within two centimeters of anything-a flower, a bug, tree bark-to snap a pic. The macro doesn’t show up as its own lens on the back of the phone, though it works through the ultrawide lens and automatically turns on when you place the phone close to an object. Apple, however, has managed to add all of those lenses to the back of a phone, and this year it added a macro lens to the mix. If you were shooting with a normal camera and wanted to pack wide, superwide, and portrait lenses, you would easily fill a camera backpack. Macro Photography (Photo: Jakob Schiller) Below are some pictures I shot with the phone, as well as a breakdown of the upgrades I’m most excited about. Apple let me test the phone in mid-September-right after the company’s annual keynote address and before the phone went on sale-and I’ve been shooting with it nonstop to get a feel for the improved camera features. However, if you like the way an iPhone fits snugly in your pocket, and you mostly use its camera for Instagram snaps, then the new 13 Pro (starting at $999) is a worthy investment. Keep your old phone and invest in a full-frame mirrorless camera instead. I’ve been reviewing iPhones for seven years now, and I start every story with a similar disclaimer: if you want a camera system that you can use for professional photography, don’t spend your money on the newest iPhone. ![]()
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