Apple may make a significant change to the camera sensor on its next
iPhone, bumping up the megapixel count from eight to 12, according to
IHS China analyst Kevin Wong, who shared his thoughts on Apple's next iPhone via Chinese social network Sina Weibo.
If true, this would be the biggest change to the iPhone's camera we've seen on the iPhone in years.
Apple has left the iPhone's camera sensor at eight megapixels ever since the iPhone 4s was released in 2011. But, while Apple hasn't increased the number of megapixels, it has made other improvements to the iPhone's camera over the past few years — including making each individual megapixel larger.
To understand what this means, you need to know a little bit about how cameras work. A megapixel is essentially what filters light through a camera when capturing a photograph. And, the more light a camera captures, the better the image.
So it sounds like more megapixels equals better photos, right? Actually, not so much.
While more megapixels can lead to better image quality, it's not necessarily the deciding factor. The size of the megapixels, rather than the sheer number of megapixels, is actually just as important, if not more so.
Experts have previously likened the way a megapixel captures light to buckets capturing water, as CNET explains. Imagine each megapixel is a bucket, and the light coming in is water. If you want to capture as much water as possible, it would be more efficient to use as many big buckets as possible rather than a bunch of small ones.
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If true, this would be the biggest change to the iPhone's camera we've seen on the iPhone in years.
Apple has left the iPhone's camera sensor at eight megapixels ever since the iPhone 4s was released in 2011. But, while Apple hasn't increased the number of megapixels, it has made other improvements to the iPhone's camera over the past few years — including making each individual megapixel larger.
To understand what this means, you need to know a little bit about how cameras work. A megapixel is essentially what filters light through a camera when capturing a photograph. And, the more light a camera captures, the better the image.
So it sounds like more megapixels equals better photos, right? Actually, not so much.
While more megapixels can lead to better image quality, it's not necessarily the deciding factor. The size of the megapixels, rather than the sheer number of megapixels, is actually just as important, if not more so.
Experts have previously likened the way a megapixel captures light to buckets capturing water, as CNET explains. Imagine each megapixel is a bucket, and the light coming in is water. If you want to capture as much water as possible, it would be more efficient to use as many big buckets as possible rather than a bunch of small ones.
More@
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-6s-specs-camera-rumors-2015-5
