rear cameras
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He 48MP Main Fusion It has an f/1.6 aperture, sensor-shift stabilization, and can take 24MP or 48MP images. It also provides a 12MP 2x optical quality crop equivalent to a 52mm lens.
He 48MP Ultra Wide Fusion It has a 13mm equivalent lens, f/2.2 aperture, and 120-degree field of view. It also supports 48MP macro photography and is the same ultra-wide camera used by the iPhone 18 Pro family.
That means the duo doesn’t No Matches the camera system of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. Those phones add a dedicated 48MP Fusion telephoto lens and a variable aperture on the main camera, making the Pro models much more flexible for photography even though they cost substantially less.
In his first day test, Macworld’s Jason Cross found that the Duo’s main camera fell behind the iPhone 18 Pro in low light, although he was satisfied with the Ultra Wide camera. The Duo also lacks the Pro’s shutter speed and histogram adjustment, although it retains white balance and manual focusing with focus peaking.
Pre-event briefings were split between a Main + Telephoto and Main + Ultra Wide layout. Apple finally chose Main + ultrawideconfirming previous reports that a dedicated telephoto lens could be sacrificed to save space.
Front cameras
Outside there is a 12MP Center Stage camera with f/2.2 aperture. Supports Center Stage, Portrait/Landscape Auto Framing, Dual Capture, Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 5, and 4K Dolby Vision video up to 60 fps.
Inside there is a FaceTime camera under the screen with an f/1.8 aperture. Apple does not specify its megapixel resolution. It supports Center Stage for video calls and records up to 1080p/60 fps. Its main advantage is visual rather than photographic: the camera effectively disappears under the screen when not in use.
iPhone Duo Video Features
The main camera records 4K Dolby Vision at 24, 25, 30, 60, 100 or 120 fpswith 4K/120 fps also available for slow motion. Cinema mode reaches 4K/60fps and Action mode up to 2.8K/60fps. Dual Capture can record up to 4K/30 fps.
Apple specs do too does not include ProRes or Apple Log recording for the duo. Those are still more Pro-oriented capabilities than part of Apple’s foldable camera proposition.
The duo supports Spatial audio recordingAudio Mix, Dolby Vision HDR, and Apple’s computational photography features including Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 5, Photographic Styles 3, Intelligent Focus Tracking, and editing powered by Apple Intelligence.
Apple does not include the conventional Space video capture in Duo specifications.
