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iPhone 18 Pro Max variable aperture tested in night photos

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

An iPhone 18 Pro Max owner tested the phone's new variable aperture by shooting the same midnight street scene twice, once at f/1.48 and once at f/4.0. The comparison shows lamps rendering softly wide open and much sharper at the narrower setting, a difference visible without zooming into the image. It is an early hands-on illustration of what the variable aperture actually changes in real shooting conditions.

Why now: The iPhone 18 Pro Max is new and its variable aperture is a headline camera feature people want to see demonstrated.

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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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