Triple-Lens Rear Camera iPhone 11 Pro

by Phonada Admin

A triple-lens rear camera, a first for an iPhone, is the hallmark feature in the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max. There are telephoto and wide-angle lenses like before, along with a new ultra wide-angle camera lens.

All three lenses are 12-megapixels and the differences between them are detailed below:

Ultra Wide-Angle Camera

  • 12-megapixel sensor

  • 13mm focal length

  • f/2.4 aperture

  • 5-element lens

  • 120 degree field of view

  • The ultra wide-angle camera is the right most lens

Wide-Angle Camera

  • Larger 12-megapixel sensor that lets in more light

  • f/1.8 aperture

  • 6-element lens

  • Optical Image Stabilization

  • 100 percent focus pixels

  • The wide-angle camera is located at the top left of the iPhone

Telephoto Camera

  • 12-megapixel sensor

  • f/2.0 aperture

  • 6-element lens

  • Optical Image Stabilization

  • 2x zoom

  • 40% more light capture than in XS

  • The telephoto camera is the bottom left lens on the iPhone

According to Apple, with the new ultra wide-angle lens, iPhone users can capture up to four times more scene, which is ideal for landscape shots, architecture shots, group portraits, and tons more.

Apple recommends using the ultra wide-angle lens for an "artful perspective" when taking a close up shot, as it offers up unique angles thanks to the short focal length.

Using the three cameras, you can zoom from the telephoto all the way out to the ultra wide-angle lens, allowing for a 4x zoom. That's 2x optical zoom in and 2x optical zoom out, with digital zoom up to 10x also available.

The Camera app interface has been improved with an updated look that displays the entire field of view captured by the ultra wide-angle lens, even when you're taking a telephoto or standard wide-angle shot.

This is designed to let you see what an image could look like if you zoomed out, which you can do with a tap. There is a dedicated button in the camera app for switching between the three available lenses and their different focal lengths so you can get just the shot that you want.

Camera controls for swapping between the three lenses are available no matter what you're doing in the camera app, from taking a photo, video, time lapse image, or slo-mo video.

To make all three cameras work together and function as one, Apple calibrated each camera individually for white balance, exposure, and other metrics. The three cameras are paired and calibrated for module to module alignment, with those calibrations applied to each image in real time.

Apple says that capturing an image is like taking raw images from three cameras and processing them for a consistent look and color, with that calculation happening in a split second. This process makes sure your photos look the same, whether you take them with the telephoto, wide-angle, or ultra wide-angle camera.

A next-generation Smart HDR feature is included in the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, using advanced algorithms to bring out highlight and shadow detail in images. It's also able to use machine learning to recognize faces in images, intelligently relighting them for the best possible detail in both the subject and the background.

This is a feature that Apple says even some DSLRs aren't capable of handling.

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