Has the evolution of the cell phone camera negated the need to bring a separate camera?
Here’s the latest specs from a regular iPhone 13:
Camera Dual 12MP camera system: Wide and Ultra Wide cameras Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view 2x optical zoom out Digital zoom up to 5x Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono) Sensor‑shift optical image stabilization (Wide) Seven‑element lens (Wide); five‑element lens (Ultra Wide) True Tone flash with Slow Sync Panorama (up to 63MP) Sapphire crystal lens cover 100% Focus Pixels (Wide) Night mode Deep Fusion Smart HDR 4 Photographic Styles Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos Lens correction (Ultra Wide) Advanced red‑eye correction Auto image stabilization Burst mode Photo geotagging Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG Video Recording Cinematic mode for recording videos with shallow depth of field (in 1080p at 30 fps) HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps 720p HD video recording at 30 fps Sensor-shift optical image stabilization for video (Wide) 2x optical zoom out Digital zoom up to 3x Audio zoom True Tone flash QuickTake video Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps Time‑lapse video with stabilization Night mode Time-lapse Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p) Continuous autofocus video Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video Playback zoom Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264 Stereo recording TrueDepth Camera 12MP camera ƒ/2.2 aperture Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono) Animoji and Memoji Night mode Deep Fusion Smart HDR 4 Photographic Styles Cinematic mode for recording videos with shallow depth of field (in 1080p at 30 fps) HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps Time‑lapse video with stabilization Night mode Time-lapse Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p) QuickTake video Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos Lens correction Retina Flash Auto image stabilization Burst mode