Splash of Pink – Shot on iPhone - a photo on Flickriver

One of the upgrades on the iPhone 15 Pro Max is an increased telephoto reach from 3x to 5x, only for the Pro Max. This additional reach will also play will into magnification, when paired with a Moment 75mm Macro lens you can get some pretty intense magnification out of that camera!

The main camera (1x) on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max cameras (as well as the 14 equivalents) is capable of shooting 48MP raw files. This is not true for the wide and telephoto cameras which are still both limited to 12MP. That said, there is a lot of potential even with the limited resolution, as you can see in this image. The scale is extremely small, a couple millimeters. This is cropped slightly, but you can see that high magnification with a phone camera is certainly possible!

We must understand that there are certain limitations at play here, and it’s not just the resolution of the camera sensor. The closer you get to your subject, the shallower your depth of field becomes. We are also playing at the extreme edge of resolving power due to diffraction; even if the telephoto camera was capable of generation more than 12MP, I doubt it would translate into anything meaningful in the final image due to diffraction. I’ll save the physics lesson on diffraction for another day, but this is a realm where a larger professional camera could get better results. Not saying the results here aren’t worth achieving, though! Especially as so many people are ditching the interchangeable lens cameras for shooting more exclusively with whatever fits in their pocket.

This dandelion seed isn’t fresh. If you pick these seeds, they’ll usually keep well enough for a year so you can use them over the winter – just store them in a small cardboard box so they can completely dry out. The majority of the droplets come from a spray bottle but the large one in the middle is placed with a hypodermic needle. A Gerbera Daisy is placed in the background – notice it has a greenish center? That green is what creates the background. These daisies work best when the center of the flower has a different colour than the petals which allows for a lot of colour contrast across the frame.

As for additional equipment, the shot is set up using LumeCube 2.0 lights and a bunch of gear from Platypod: their new phone grip ( www.platypod.com/products/platypod-grip ) is a key component, but so is the handle, the gooseneck arms, the elbows and the clamps. The clamps are good for holding larger things for the very precise grip needed to hold a dandelion seed, it’s augmented with an alligator clip. You might want to create images like this under a towel, as you’re going to get a lot of water everywhere.

You can find a "behind the scenes" view of the setup here: donkom.ca/bts/PDKP8061.jpg

A few people asked based on the previous iPhone photograph I shared, “which lens is best for [insert phone name]”? I can tell you that the Moment 75mm macro lens ( www.shopmoment.com/products/75mm-macro-mobile-lens-t-series/ ) is a great option and it’ll work for any iPhone, Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy phone when you get the case and the T-series drop-in adapter. That’s not to say it’s the only option available! However, be wary of grandiose claims like “50x microscope” or extremely inexpensive offerings. You get what you pay for. You’re already pushing up against the limitations of the physics of light, so you don’t want your lens to add additional faults.

Taken on: January 15, 2024

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Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, f/2.8, 1/390 sec, 15.7mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

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