Fake “night mode” news for iPhone 11 Pro

A friend pointed me to this article from Peta Pixel about the iPhone 11 Pro’s Night Mode being a liar.

https://petapixel.com/2020/01/02/iphone-11-pros-night-mode-isnt-what-you-might-think/

It seems that the Night Mode on the iPhone 11 Pro fakes it when using the Telephoto lens.

Basically when using Night Mode on the telephoto x2 lens what is actually happening is the phone digitally zooms using the X1 lens and take the photo with that not the X2 lens.

I have personally noticed a big difference in video quality in low light between the wide angle and telephoto vs the X1. Only the X1 lens look reasonable with video in low light.

No major issue overall but for Apple to fake it is a little misleading from Apple who are normally good with stuff like this…. remember “ prone to micro aberrations”? PHIL GB

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