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94 points meetpateltech | 3 comments | 09 Sep 25 18:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.602s | source

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shantara ◴[09 Sep 25 20:43 UTC] No.45188717[source]▶

Looks like “8x” zoom on the new Pro model is actually 4x optical plus extra 2x by pixel binning on the 48MP sensor, compared with 5x optical on the last year’s model.

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1. msie ◴[09 Sep 25 20:49 UTC] No.45188833[source]▶

>>45188717 #

That's right. One of the captions read 8x 12MP.

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2. shantara ◴[09 Sep 25 21:17 UTC] No.45189322[source]▶

>>45188833 (TP) #

The specs page on Apple website just lists zoom factors of 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x without specifying the difference, which is misleading

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3. TiredOfLife ◴[10 Sep 25 07:43 UTC] No.45194506[source]▶

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Apple are masters of misleading marketing.

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