iPhone 16 Pro Camera Deep Dive: Halide Review Reveals Upgrade Details

iPhone 16 Pro Camera Deep Dive: Halide Review Reveals Upgrade DetailsEvery year, the developers of the acclaimed iPhone camera app Halide delve deep into the new camera technologies that Apple releases. This year, Sebastiaan de With shot over 1,000 photos with the iPhone 16 Pro, providing an in-depth analysis of the camera settings changes, Apple's image processing, and more

iPhone 16 Pro Camera Deep Dive: Halide Review Reveals Upgrade Details

Every year, the developers of the acclaimed iPhone camera app Halide delve deep into the new camera technologies that Apple releases. This year, Sebastiaan de With shot over 1,000 photos with the iPhone 16 Pro, providing an in-depth analysis of the camera settings changes, Apple's image processing, and more.

Apple has added a new 48MP ultrawide camera to the iPhone 16 Pro models this year. De With considers it to capture photos with "impressive clarity," but Apple has not increased the sensor size, so it still falls short of the detail captured by the wide-angle camera, which has a much larger sensor.

For macro photography, the 48MP lens "works wonders" when shooting at close range. In previous iPhones, ultrawide images were cropped from 12MP photos, meaning the final image was only about 3MP. With the 48MP lens, the cropped image will be a true 12MP, resulting in significantly more detail.

Regarding the main camera, now dubbed "fusion" by Apple, it uses a sensor of the same physical size as the iPhone 15 Pro. While both the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro feature the "fusion" camera, the iPhone 16 Pro boasts a larger and higher-quality sensor. Similar to the iPhone 15 Pro, the iPhone 16 Pro combines pixels to create both full 48MP photos along with better 24MP and 12MP images using this data.

The processing process remains largely similar to last year, resulting in minimal differences between images captured with the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro's wide-angle cameras. Some notable internal changes include faster image capture speeds. The Apple camera interface offers faster sensor read times, which improves QuickTake.

According to de With, QuickTake now supports 4K Dolby Vision HDR, a significant improvement. Capturing 48MP ProRAW images is also significantly faster, with much quicker shutter speed and almost no delay.

If you are interested in learning more about the photography-related new features of the iPhone 16 Pro, including camera controls, telephoto lens, night mode, and more, this complete Halide review is worth a read.

Here are some other details about the iPhone 16 Pro's camera:

• 48MP Ultrawide Camera: While not with a larger sensor, this is still a huge upgrade. More detail and better macro performance.

• "Fusion" Main Camera: Same sensor size as iPhone 15 Pro, but iPhone 16 Pro has a larger and higher-quality sensor.

• Faster Image Capture: Faster sensor read times, improved QuickTake, and 4K Dolby Vision HDR support.

• Faster ProRAW Capture: Faster shutter speed, almost no lag.

Overall, the iPhone 16 Pro camera upgrades are significant, especially for users who enjoy taking photos with their phones. The 48MP ultrawide camera is the biggest highlight, offering better detail and superior macro performance. Faster image capture and faster ProRAW capture speeds make the shooting experience more fluid.