Halide Maker Does Deep Dive Into iPhone 16 Pro Camera

iPhone 16 Pro Camera: Revolutionary or Just Another Photo Op?

So, Apple’s at it again, folks. They’ve slapped a new camera onto the iPhone 16 Pro and called it “Fusion.” It’s like they’re trying to make us believe they’ve invented some kind of futuristic camera-laser hybrid, but is it all just smoke and mirrors?

The Halide folks – you know, the camera app developers who dissect these iPhones like frogs in a high school biology class – they’ve been busy snapping away with this new “Fusion” camera. Over 1,000 photos, they took. That’s a lot of selfies.

Turns out, the main camera sensor is basically the same size as last year’s iPhone 15 Pro. Apple’s just playing with the pixels, combining them to make supposedly better 12 and 24-megapixel images. They’re also still offering those full 48-megapixel photos, for those of you who like to zoom in and count every pore on your face.

But wait, there’s more! The Ultra Wide camera got a bump to 48 megapixels. That means sharper photos, especially for those artsy macro shots. Remember when macro shots on the old iPhones looked like they were taken with a potato? Well, maybe not anymore.

They’ve also sped things up inside. QuickTake, that feature for shooting videos within the camera app, is faster and now supports fancy 4K Dolby Vision HDR. So, you can capture your cat’s epic jump off the bookshelf in glorious, high-resolution detail.

So, is the iPhone 16 Pro’s camera a game-changer? Well, maybe not a revolution, but it seems like a decent upgrade. Faster, sharper, and more detailed. But let’s be real, most people are probably using their phone cameras to take blurry pictures of their lunch anyway.