The iPhone's core component, the cameras, gets some great upgrades once again.
iPhone 13 Cinematic Mode vs Cinema Camera – The TRUTH You Need to Know
The iPhone’s cameras derive most of their superpowers from custom silicon running powerful software. The iPhone 13 is no exception, using raw computing power to create the fantastic Cinematic mode. But it also introduces hardware changes that improve all of the cameras, most notably in the iPhone 13 Pro. But there are all kinds of reasons to upgrade—or hold off.
“The only reason I’m not as interested in the cinematic mode is that it feels like it’s built for portrait mode, so it might not be as sharp as when you actually have a lens focused on a subject,” photographer and app developer Chris Hannah told Lifewire via direct message. “[But] the telephoto is a big reason I’m upgrading.”
The main differences between the iPhones 13 and 13 Pro are physical. The 13 has a 2x optical zoom, for example, while the Pro gets 6x. The Pro also has a LiDAR scanner for better video shooting, low-light autofocus and portrait mode photos. It has superior lenses, too, enabling macro mode, which lets you focus as close as two centimeters, or less than an inch.
