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iPhone 16 Pro Max Rumored to Feature Bigger, More Advanced Main Camera Sensor

mozumder said:
Come on Apple just give it a 1/1" sensor already..
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This Sony IMX903 should theoretically give you better than a 1/1" sensor bc of the new stacked sensor technology. Sony has moved the transistors sitting next to the pixels to underneath the pixels on their own layer. This allows for larger pixels possibly even doubling the light gathering capability without increasing the size of the sensor itself.

The OnePlus 12 just launched and is the first one using this stacked technology. They are using the LYT803 which is slightly smaller at 1.4" than the IMX903 at 1.14" going in iPhone 16 (hopefully) but the photos are really good.

For comparison the OPO X7 is using Sony's latest and largest non-stacked sensor, LYT909 - a 0.98" sensor. I personally think the overall quality is better on the OnePlus than the X7. Obviously software is a major factor here but you can see the comparisons on YouTube.

I'm really excited to see what Apple can do with this latest sensor from Sony.
 
How is this a rumor?
The camera is updated every year, so that's a given regardless?
 
UltimaKilo said:
Better speakers? Nah. Increased refresh rate? Nope. A couple of hours extra battery capacity? No. More RAM? No… BETTER CAMERAS!
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Is any of that needed? NO.
Is any of that relevant now? NO.
Cameras can still be improved, but the other aspects you mention are okay.
If you haven't had the chance (excluding gaming devices) iPhone has the best speakers of any phone.
 
"1/1.14-inches", "1/1.28-inch" - will people ever give up on using inches? These aren't even common sizes. Like okay can justify it for the TV diagonal, but using a divider for something that is less than an inch looks like a joke. Are we going to see "1/1.4589-inch" sensors for iPhone 17? Just say 12mm LOL
 
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Unggoy Murderer said:
In my experience, even between the 14 Pro Max and the 15 Pro Max there was quite a noticeable improvement to image quality, especially on the telescopic lens. I feel a lot more confident using the 5x option now.

Would love to see a 48-mp or even a 24-mp sensor on future telescopic lenses over more zoom. Image quality is there now, but I'm hoping for better detail in future iterations (which the 48-mp sensor certainly affords).

Here's one off the 15 Pro Max 5x lens, I think it does a solid job.

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Did you just point and shoot this or do any processing? RAW or HEIC?
 
Gloor said:
nice try, but its basic mathematics from elementary school. Nothing to do with photography so don't hide behind it :p
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Perhaps I didn't express myself clearly: I did not understand that even in this topic the "/" meant "divided by".
Simple as that.
 
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Unggoy Murderer said:
This was shot in raw and I did apply some edits via the iOS Photos app.
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Thank you for the reply. It seems all the really good looking pictures are shot in raw but I’m not good at editing those yet. iPhone on its own seems to do way too much processing that takes the details out.
 
CarAnalogy said:
Thank you for the reply. It seems all the really good looking pictures are shot in raw but I’m not good at editing those yet. iPhone on its own seems to do way too much processing that takes the details out.
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Yeah if you use the "ProRAW" feature it'll not do any post-processing alterations (that I'm aware of or that I can see), it really should be whatever the sensor saw at that moment crammed into a fairly chunky .DNG file. HDR is preserved too which is nice.

Best way to learn is take different pictures, edit your picture and play around with the dials in the app to see how they affect the image. It's pretty straightforward, I promise! :)

Once you get the hang of it, it can really provide you with a lot of flexibility to get the most out of the highly capable cameras.

Edit: just one thing, the raw files are considerably larger, and take a moment to process so you'll get a little bit of shutter lag. I have taken some 48-mp images that are 120MB on disk, but most seem to be in the 60MB range. 12-mp seems to be around 20MB.
 
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Unggoy Murderer said:
Yeah if you use the "ProRAW" feature it'll not do any post-processing alterations (that I'm aware of or that I can see), it really should be whatever the sensor saw at that moment crammed into a fairly chunky .DNG file. HDR is preserved too which is nice.

Best way to learn is take different pictures, edit your picture and play around with the dials in the app to see how they affect the image. It's pretty straightforward, I promise! :)

Once you get the hang of it, it can really provide you with a lot of flexibility to get the most out of the highly capable cameras.

Edit: just one thing, the raw files are considerably larger, and take a moment to process so you'll get a little bit of shutter lag. I have taken some 48-mp images that are 120MB on disk, but most seem to be in the 60MB range. 12-mp seems to be around 20MB.
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I won’t pepper you with questions but there’s one big thing I wonder about. When I take raw with Halide, the pictures seem really dark. I guess that means I need to adjust the brightness level myself eh?
 
CarAnalogy said:
I won’t pepper you with questions but there’s one big thing I wonder about. When I take raw with Halide, the pictures seem really dark. I guess that means I need to adjust the brightness level myself eh?
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Would double-check you are on auto, it should brighten up the image. If you're in manual, you'll need to decrease the shutter speed option to allow more light to be captured, or increase the ISO at the cost of more noise.

Might be best to start with the default camera app then use the Photos app to make your adjustments. Once you get used to it, Halide's a brilliant tool for a more flexibility over your shots.
 
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In halide, same auto iso, one shot raw one shot heic, they both look the same in the preview, but on saving, the raw one darkens after a split second in the preview. I hit instant process and it lightens it up, but it’s hazy. Meanwhile the heic taken one second later of the exact outdoor shot is bright and clear.

It’s hard to describe but hopefully that tells you what I’m seeing. I don’t know what I’m missing but that just seems strange.

Experimenting more with it just now, it only looks that way in the Halide preview. When I take it over to Photos it looks better and is far higher contrast that the HEIC. Hitting the auto edit button makes it look real good. Hitting the instant process button in Halide does not make it look good.

So actually that helps me out a lot. Just seems to be a weirdness with Halide. Not sure what that’s about.
 
so bigger main sensor and new ultra wide? and then 48mp telephoto the year after. apple finally trying.
 
SteveJobs2.0 said:
Slow mo video recording, for example, hasn’t improved in years so they are not even fully focusing on improving all the camera features.
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I agree, but with a mature product like smartphones, they really need to focus on more than just the cameras, at this point.
 
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