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telephoto lens

  1. JippaLippa

    iPhone 16 Pro Max Is this the best the optical 5X lens can do? (iPhone 16 Pro Max)

    Hello. I have been an iPhone user since the 7 model and I'm very satisfied with it. I'm currently at my 4th iPhone, specifically this 16 Pro Max, and I was very excited about the telephoto lens, being this my first pro model (I shoot many high quality videos with the phone itself). That said...
  2. J

    iPhone 13 Pro Significant quality issues using iPhone 13 pro telephoto

    If you select the telephoto lens (i.e. 3x in the camera app) iOS doesn't always use that lens - it sometimes uses the wideangle (1x) lens and crops. The resulting photos are truly awful - they look like they were taken with a potato phone. See e.g. the two photos attached (straight out of the...