HOW IT WORKS
Apple’s Fusion camera
The new camera on iPhone 16 with multiple personalities explained
The iPhone 16’s dual-camera system comprises both a 48MP Fusion camera and a 12MP Ultra Wide one.
YOU WILL LEARN
What the new Fusion camera is on iPhone 16 and how it works
Key fact
Film director James Cameron’s 3D shooting array was dubbed the Fusion Camera System.
It’s a dual-camera arrangement, used to capture video in native
3D for loads of films including sci-fi blockbuster Avatar. Cameron co-developed his Fusion Camera System with director of photography Vince Pace. GoPro’s first 360° camera was also called the Fusion.
The Fusion and Ultra Wide cameras on iPhone 16 are vertically aligned for spatial photo and video capture.
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There’s a new phrase is being used
to describe the iPhone 16 series rear camera: the 48MP Fusion camera.
The resolution? That’s not new. But the other word, Fusion, is. Apple uses the term Deep Fusion for its computational photography processing, which helps dramatically improve low-light shooting in particular. But it didn’t describe the iPhone 15 as having a Fusion camera in the previous generation. So what’s up?