Why iPhone 14 Pro cameras are a ‘huge leap’

November 03, 2022

The camera nerds at Halide, a well-respected camera app for iOS, have spent the last few weeks testing out the camera on the iPhone 14 Pro.

After putting the camera through its paces, they concluded that the new iPhone's camera isn't just a great iPhone camera, it's now finally a great camera in its own right.

Besides that, the front-facing camera is much better too, and so too are the telephoto camera and the new 2X zoom, which makes clever use of the Pro's much larger sensor.

Altogether, they describe the cameras on the iPhone 14 Pro as a "huge leap" -- and if you check the post, you'll see it isn't idle hyperbole.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

It’s taken a while to fully unpack and understand the technical improvements to the cameras in the iPhone 14 /pro. Camera nerd Sebastiaan de With, co-founder and designer of the highly-respected Halide camera app, has written a detailed review of the improvements to the camera system. His professional opinion? These are not just great iPhone cameras, they’re great cameras, period.

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