News Summary

• The iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max comes with a variable aperture lens.
• While the iPhone will vary the aperture automatically in some cases, we can also take full manual control.
• The widest aperture is also close to one stop brighter – up from f/1.78 in the iPhone 17 Pro to f-1.48.
• Manual control of the shutter speed allows us to use the 180-degree rule.
• When shooting at 24 frames per second, we want the shutterSpeed set to 1/48th of a second to achieve the most natural-looking motion blur.
• Cinematic mode is the video equivalent of Portrait mode, allowing us to apply shallow depth of field effect.