The iPhone 14 Pro’s camera zoom is a notable improvement this year. This is the first iPhone camera system to feature three rear lenses with four focal dimensions, and the result is the most versatile camera Apple has ever released. See for yourself in the photo samples below.
iPhone 14 Pro camera zoom
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max offer this range with a single camera system consisting of three lenses:
- 13mm at 0.5x with Ultra Wide Lens;
- 24mm in 1x with main lens;
- 48mm in 2x with main lens;
- 77mm 3x with telephoto lens.
Apple first introduced a dedicated 2x lens with the iPhone 7 Plus in 2016. The telephoto lens jumped to 2.5x on the iPhone 12 Pro Max before hitting 3x on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.
While the 2.5x and 3x cameras offer more optical zoom than ever before, both came with a compromise of 2x optical zoom loss; Anything between 1x and 2.5x/3x returned poor quality digital zoom.
This was especially noticeable in last year’s 3x telephoto lens. It’s hard to argue with having more optical zoom on the iPhone – however, 2x optical zoom seems necessary.
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max effectively resolve this compromise. The trick is to use the newly introduced 48MP sensor to capture a 2x crop at a standard 12MP size. It works really well, and the larger lens lets in more light than any iPhone 2x-3x lens to date.
The bottom line is: you can capture completely different perspectives on the iPhone 14 Pro without moving an inch. This is a huge win for iPhone photographers at any skill level.
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