Here’s some iPhone 18 Pro sample photos I shot over the last week. Thoughts in a thread:
The new imaging pipeline is really great. I used to never use ProRaw because it still left the same artifacting that SooC HEIFs have traditionally done, but the new pipeline does less sharpening out of the gate which improves color and texture. Often times I didn’t have to touch the image in post at all, which was wild to me. Texture and color have really improved year over year
Variable aperture is… fine. Yes there is a difference in depth of field and yes it does sun stars if you’re into that, but this feels like it’s prepping for later iPhone models and I don’t find it particularly useful here. I’m sure it’s a bit more useful for video.
The telephoto is quite good in good light. You get nice natural separation and the color is consistent with the main sensor. It can still struggle a bit in lower light but so does the main sensor. It’s also definitely a little softer than the primary, as expected.
