Looking at what Apple presented to us, it looks like Apple took the same sized sensor and just made the sensor 48mp.
comparing the specs between the 15 Pro and the 16 Pro ultrawides: Both have 1.4um pixel size (quad-binned on the 16 pro), same f/2.2 aperture and same 13mm focal length.
Only difference is the megapixel count and now the 16 Pro has "Hybrid Focus Pixels" which provides a more versatile adaptive autofocus system that can switch between speed (PDAF aka 100% focus pixels that the 15 Pro has) and accuracy (CDAF) depending on the scene, offering better performance in tricky or lowlight situations.
Not going to lie, I was expecting a huge sensor bump for especially lowlight (where the Ultrawide struggles). Not too sure about this "Hybrid Focus Pixels" will be doing enough of a job to help with that. Plus zero mention in the keynote about better low light capture from Apple which is pretty telling.
Im also curious is Apple binning the 48mp ultrawide to 12mp at any time? or doing that 24mp trick the main 1x camera is doing? Or is it 48mp photo capture at all times? From what Apple has shown its 48MP at all times.
Curious what you guys think. lmk
comparing the specs between the 15 Pro and the 16 Pro ultrawides: Both have 1.4um pixel size (quad-binned on the 16 pro), same f/2.2 aperture and same 13mm focal length.
Only difference is the megapixel count and now the 16 Pro has "Hybrid Focus Pixels" which provides a more versatile adaptive autofocus system that can switch between speed (PDAF aka 100% focus pixels that the 15 Pro has) and accuracy (CDAF) depending on the scene, offering better performance in tricky or lowlight situations.
Not going to lie, I was expecting a huge sensor bump for especially lowlight (where the Ultrawide struggles). Not too sure about this "Hybrid Focus Pixels" will be doing enough of a job to help with that. Plus zero mention in the keynote about better low light capture from Apple which is pretty telling.
Im also curious is Apple binning the 48mp ultrawide to 12mp at any time? or doing that 24mp trick the main 1x camera is doing? Or is it 48mp photo capture at all times? From what Apple has shown its 48MP at all times.
Curious what you guys think. lmk
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