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iPhone 18 Pro Max variable aperture put to the test

Original: My iPhone 18 Pro Max finally has a variable aperture, and I wanted a test where the difference is obvious without pixel

The iPhone 18 Pro Max now comes with a variable aperture, and one photographer ran a simple night-time comparison to show the difference. Shooting the same street path at midnight twice, once at f/1.48 and once at f/4.0, they found the wide-open shots rendered lamps softly, while the stopped-down images showed visibly cleaner highlights and detail that is obvious without zooming in.

Why now: The variable aperture is a new flagship iPhone camera feature, and users are sharing practical tests of what it actually changes in real photos.

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• My iPhone 18 Pro Max finally has a variable aperture, and I wanted a test where the difference is obvious without pixel peeping. So I went outside at midnight and shot the same path twice. First photo is f/1.48, second is f/4.0. Look at the lamps. Wide open they are just soft… · dima@dol.social · 4

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