Astrophotography with the iPhone 14 Pro

The new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro are already at war with each other, in a good way, all over the world. The results obtained in the various tests carried out place it among the best terminals marketed to date. The Pro model has a certain advantage because it has with a third rear camera and a redesigned front panel with the new Dynamic Island interface. In fact, one user shared a bit of photography with Night mode and the iPhone 14 Pro and we can say with certainty that this model is prepared for get into astrophotography.

iPhone 14 Pro cameras and Night mode doing astrophotography

The astrophotography It is nothing more than a blend between photography and astronomy that allows users to capture images of celestial bodies. Thanks to the equipment currently sold, it is possible to capture better quality images and even more visibility than the human eye thanks to the exposure times, the visible radiation that the eye is able to see and the lenses used.

For instance, iOS has a night mode allowing take pictures in low light thanks to complex algorithms of elongated exposures. All of this would not be possible if there was no hardware behind that would support the mentioned algorithms in iOS. The the new iPhone 14 Pro have also improved their cameras and can also enter the world of astrophotography as seen in these images shared by a user to MacRumors.

These images are made with a iPhone 14 Pro that we cannot forget that they have a posterior complex with three chambers:

  • 48MP Primary: 24mm, ƒ/1.78 aperture, 2nd generation sensor-shift optical image stabilization, seven-element lens, 100% focus pixels
  • 12MP ultra-wide angle: 13mm, ƒ/2.2 aperture and 120° field of view, six-element lens and 100% Focus Pixels
  • 12MP x2 telephoto (thanks to Quad Pixel sensor): 48mm, ƒ/1.78 aperture, second-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilization, seven-element lens and 100% focus pixels

In fact, this image that we can see made with the iPhone 14 Pro was captured with ISO 10000 using the 12 megapixels since the 48 megapixels with the main camera do not allow the use of Night mode. Also was processed with Lightroom in the iPhone itself thanks to the capture in Apple ProRAW format.

Image – MacRumors Forums