Apple’s iPhone 17 Cameras Could Be Phenomenal. Here’s What It Needs to Do
this iphone 16 Pro Can shoot well from the three posterior cameras. Under any conditions, its photos have left a deep impression on us, which knows nothing about its impressive 4K slow motion mode. Its multiple crystal transparent lenses and new lenses Photography style Even the most harsh photographer provides a lot. It’s even with The best camera phone Surrounded, including Galaxy S24 Ultrathis Pixel 9 Pro and Xiaomi 14 UltraEssence
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But this is still not a perfect camera. As an experienced telephone reviewer and professional photographer, I have high expectations for high -end mobile phone cameras, and I have used iPhone 16 Pro since the release. I have some ideas about the content that needs to be changed.
This is the main points I hope to see on the iPhone 17 launched in September 2025.
Larger image sensor
Although the 1/1.28-inch sensor found on the main camera of the iPhone 16 Pro is already a good size-and slightly larger than the 1/1.33-inch sensor of S24 Ultra, I hope to see the Apple larger. Larger image sensors can capture more light and provide better dynamic range. This is why professional cameras tend to have at least “full -frame” image sensors, and real high -end cameras are like amazing cameras Hasselblad 907xHas a huge “Chinese style” sensor with original image quality.
Even on a professional camera, the size of the sensor is important. Even the middle -frame image sensor in the middle is dwarfed by the middle -style sensor on the right. Mobile phone camera sensors are not close to this size.
Xiaomi understands this and is equipped with a 1 -inch sensor for its 14 Ultra. It is larger than the sensors found on almost all other mobile phones, which enables 14 Ultra Take amazing photos Under various conditions- Including Taylor Swift ConcertEssence I really want to see Apple here at least matching mobile phones similar to 1 -inch sensors here. Although, if we want to talk about the wishes of the sky, the iPhone 17 may be the first smartphone with a full -frame image sensor. I don’t hold the breathing-mobile phone and lens requires huge capacity to accommodate it. Therefore, it may be more effective to let you use a reflector-free camera to call.
Variable aperture
Speaking of Xiaomi 14 Ultra, one of the other reasons for the mobile phone is so difficult to photograph is the variable aperture on the host. Its widest aperture is F/1.6-F/1.78 wider than the iPhone 16 Pro. The aperture of the width exudes a lot of light under the dim conditions, and the focus of a theme is more realistic.
Due to the variable aperture of Xiaomi 14 Ultra, the street lights outside the bar have become an attractive starlight.
But Xiaomi’s aperture can also be closed to F/4, and along the narrow aperture, it can create Starburssts around the light spot. I like to achieve this effect in night images through mobile phones. It makes the images look more like taking professional cameras and lenses, and the same light spots on the iPhone look like round spots.
More photography style
Although Apple has integrated various styles and effects into the iPhone camera, the iPhone 16 series will further control it, and has more control over the effects and more color tone options. CNET senior editor is enough Lisa Eadicicco It even announced a new photography style “Apple’s latest mobile phone’s favorite new featureEssence “
I think they are also great. Or more precisely, they are great start. Different colors, just like the color of amber and golden style, add some cute warmth to the scene, while the quiet effect increases the vintage film fading, but there are still many options to choose from. I hope to see Apple introduce more photography styles with different color tone options, and even imitate the color of film stocks of Kodak or Fuji.
I like the thermos sound generated by the amber style of the iPhone in this image, but I definitely want to see more choices that can get creativity through color.
Of course, there are many third -party applications (such as VSCO or Snapseed) so that you can use all the color filters you want. However, the style of Apple means that you can use the existing appearance to shoot images, and then if you don’t like it, and then change it-nothing is difficult to bake in your image.
Integrate with photography style
However, I do think that Apple has missed the opportunity to photography, because you can only use them when shooting Heif (high -efficiency image format). Unfortunately, you cannot use them when shooting. I like Apple to use PRORAW on the previous iPhone, because it uses all iPhone’s computing photography (including things like HDR Image Collending), but it still outputs DNG RAW files for easy editing.
DNG files usually provide larger latitude to make the dark areas brighter or highlights in images, so that it has great use. Previously, the color of the Apple can be preset when shooting at PRORAW. I like it. I often use high -contrast black and white mode to take street -style photos, and then further edit the original files.
I made a lot of street photography with black and white, and I hope to shoot the PRORAW lens more flexible in monochrome.
Now using the same black and white appearance means to shoot images in only heif format, thereby eliminating the benefits of using Apple’s PRORAW. Strangely, although the old “filter” can no longer be used in the camera application when shooting the original image, you can still apply these filters to the original photos of the iPhone gallery through the editing menu.
Luts of PRORES Video
When we discuss the topic of color presets and filters, Apple also needs to bring them into videos. On iPhone 15 Pro, Apple introduced Take a video in PressesThis leads to a very low contrast, almost gray lens. This idea is that the video editor will use this original lens, and then apply it to the top. Usually the application contrast and color presets are called LUTS, so that the lens has a special appearance-think about horror movies or blue Color horror movies or blue warm and faint hue, with a romantic drama atmosphere.
However, Apple’s editor PRORES video on the iPhone has no form of Lut, not just strengthening the contrast, which does not actually complete the work correctly. Of course, the purpose of the PRORE is that you take these lenses from the iPhone, put them in software such as Davinci Resolve, and then color the lens for color to make it look fashionable and professional.
PRORES video looks very low and saturated. Apple needs to introduce methods to help you use the prores file on iPhone to do more.
But this still leaves the files on the mobile phone. I really want to be able to do more with them. I am scattered on my gallery with unprecedented video files, and these files are hardly done because they need external color grading. After converting these files from monotonous and gray to exquisite color, I would like to share them to Instagram, or share it with my family through WhatsApp.
Using iPhone 17 and even iPhone 16 as a software update, I hope to see Apple created a series of Lut, which can be directly applied to the PRORES video files on the iPhone.
If Apple can implement all these changes-may not include the full-frame sensor I can recognize, it is an ambitious touch-it will have an absolute camera beast.
