IPhone changed its photography career a few years ago. Apple took its camera seriously from the first mobile models, especially during the iPhone 4S era. One of the most important things that attracted a lot of people was the simplicity and speed that the first iPhones required to capture images. It was something not very common on the phones of the time. Most were slow to take pictures or record videos.

That’s why, with each new generation of iPhone, there’s always some sort of anticipation to check out photos and videos. The iPhone 12 Pro's camera could be tested for several days. Of course, considering that this phone has the closest competitor at home and is on the verge of going on sale: the iPhone 12 Pro Max. This is the terminal with the most advanced camera system in the company.

The iPhone 12 Pro has a 1.4-pixel-sized image sensor on its main camera. However, the pixel sensors on the iPhone 12 Pro Max are larger: 1.7 microns. It’s not an impressive jump, but it will surely be noticed in some scenes. Especially when there is a greater contrast of light and shadow. Even in night photos.

More important than that may be the iPhone 12 Pro Max having a better image stabilization system. It remains to be seen what Apple has achieved, as the iPhone 12 Pro is quite effective on wide-angle cameras and lens normally.

A normal lens isn’t a colloquial way of calling it, it’s technically called a 52mm lens like the iPhone 12 Pro because it picks up a viewing angle similar to the human eye.
This lens, in the 12 Pro Max, is replaced by another with a longer distance of 65mm and a brightness of f / 2.2. The iPhone 12 Pro is slightly lower than the 52mm lens. This brings it closer to what is called a short telephoto lens. If we zoom in from the main wide-angle camera, we’ll find a range of two and a half magnifications (compared to the two rises of the iPhone 12 Pro).

When it comes to digital or sometimes hybrid zoom, there’s no great news. As you can see, it is not advisable to go further with three digital zoom magnifiers and in places where there is plenty of light. Unless you want to get sharp photos. The iPhone 12 Pro comes with a slightly brighter lens to the wide-angle camera. This means winning a half step of exposure.

It may seem small, but the truth is that this difference is noticeable in some low-light photos. For example, it has been verified that in the same plane taken with 12 ISOs with 12 Pro, a value of 640 ISO was required in 11 Pro. This value is convenient as long as it is as low as possible in a phone camera. So this increase in brightness is welcome.

As a novelty in the iPhone 12 Pro is the LiDAR depth sensor, which improves focus on night portrait scenes. This sensor is able to detect the distance between the camera and different elements of the image. The other differences between the 11 Pro and 12 Pro cameras are related to computational photography.

It is now possible to use night mode with an ultra wide angle camera. Although photos tend to have too much noise, it’s much better to have them this way. The Apple ProRAW format can also be used, when available through an update, on the standard iPhone 12 Pro and Max.

But most of the improvements have been seen in the iPhone 12 Pro, compared to the iPhone 11 Pro, in terms of color treatment. Something that matters.