\nHere’s an index of the iPhone 11 Pro pieces:<\/p>\n
Part I<\/a> – The revolution realized Traditionally, a ‘telephoto’ lens was one whose physical length was lower than it’s optical length. One of the great early designs was the Tele-Elmarit for the Leica M which squeezed its 90mm into something So while it’s a stretch calling the 52mm FFE 2X lens in the iPhone Pro a telephoto, it is a nice long length compared with the other two lenses and is distinguished by its presence on the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max only. The regular iPhone 11 gets the two shorter lenses only.<\/p>\n As with the 1x standard optic, the 2X works in Portrait mode, meaning blurred backgrounds are automatically added in processing in the iPhone.<\/p>\n There’s not a lot to be said about the telephoto that is not obvious, and suffice it to say that it’s nice to have and trivial to switch to with a touch of the screen. And I’ll bet you dollars to dougnuts that a future iteration of the iPhone will add a fourth<\/i> rear facing lens of 100mm focal length.<\/p>\n Here are some snaps from the 2X lens:<\/p>\n <\/i> All of these are straight out-of-camera. The absence for much need for post processing with the iPhone 11 Pro’s images is a noteworthy enhancement, care of the clever software programming powered by that wondrous A13 CPU. It’s also notable in adjacent snaps switching between the three lenses that color, dynamic range and exposure are superbly balanced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The telephoto lens. Click here for an index of all iPhone articles. Here’s an index of the iPhone 11 Pro pieces: Part I – The revolution realized Part II – Upgrading Part III – The ultrawide lens Part IV – The Normal lens Part V – The Telephoto lens Part VI – The Focos app … Continue reading iPhone Pro – Part V<\/span>
\nPart II<\/a> – Upgrading
\nPart III<\/a> – The ultrawide lens
\nPart IV<\/a> – The Normal lens
\nPart V<\/a> – The Telephoto lens
\nPart VI<\/a> – The Focos app
\nPart VII<\/a> – Quirks and anomalies
\nPart VIII<\/a> – HDR and the Night Mode
\nPart IX<\/a> – The digital zoom function
\nPart X<\/a> – A lens correction profile for the ultrawide optic<\/p>\n
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\nmore like 70mm. In modern vernacular ‘telephoto’ implies ‘long’, which I suppose means anything from an 85mm portrait lens (FFE) to a 500mm monster beloved of animal spotters and Kremlin operatives.<\/p>\n
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\nNo flare with the sun in the image. Auto HDR does its magic here.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/iPhone11Pro_telephoto2.jpg\")
\nNice spiral brickwork.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/iPhone11Pro_telephoto3.jpg\")
\nOutstanding control of dynamic range. This is what ‘computational photography’ is all about.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/iPhone11Pro_telephoto4.jpg\")
\nSymmetry, and trivial to capture.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/iPhone11Pro_telephoto5.jpg\")
\nArizona architecture.<\/p>\n
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