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Deep Fusion
There was one feature Apple made a huge deal of at the iPhone launch event, and it could be the thing that propels the iPhone to the head of our list of best camera phones, or at least gets it very close: Deep Fusion.
This feature will take nine photos before you press the shutter button to take a snap, go through the information in each, and then on a pixel-by-pixel basis will decide how best to light and optimize the snap when you do take it. It was called โmad scienceโ on stage โ and if it works, weโll be happy to go along with Appleโs description.
We've yet to properly test this feature on the iPhone 11 as it was only introduced alongside iOS 13.2, but we're planning to include a full look at Deep Fusion in the review once we've had time to test it.
Portrait mode
With the addition of the second camera, Apple has made Portrait mode on the iPhone 11 far better than it was on last yearโs iPhone XR โ where last year software was used to help the iPhone know which was foreground and which was background, the extra sensor gives more physical information to help.
It's not perfect โ where a scene is divided into foreground subject and background, it sometimes leaves some blur around the object thatโs supposed to be in focus (especially with hair) but it can take some decent snaps.
(Image credit: TechRadar)New to the Portrait mode effects in iOS 13 is High Key Mono, joining the Stage Light and Stage Light Mono options โ at times it looks arty and professional, but if that foreground image isn't captured precisely, it looks a bit poor.
Movie recording
Apple is making a lot of noise about how the iPhone 11 can shoot 4K footage at 60 frames per second (fps), and it's got good reason to: having such a feature on a phone at this price is going to be attractive to a lot of people.
Shooting at 60fps will bring a certain fluidity to the shot, although some might not enjoy the effect as it doesn't look like the footage youโre used to seeing on TV.
We also noticed a definite improvement in exposure and contrast, even over the iPhone XS from last year, with more definition and detail in the shadowy areas.
The new iPhone 11 is a tool that those with some video-editing capability will be able to do a lot with; being able to tweak the filter effects, color balance and so on in the native Photos app is cool too, before you export to iMovie. It's not quite as advanced as other phones on the market in this regard, but it balances power and usability well, and is a worthwhile reason to buy if you're into quick video capture.
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Slofies
Weโve had selfies, โbothiesโ and โgroufiesโ, and with the iPhone 11 Apple has added a new term to the lexicon of annoying front-facing camera slang: โslofiesโ. The front-facing snapper here can capture slow-motion video selfies, and slow + selfie gets youโฆ yep, โslofieโ. Thanks Apple โ even selfie was bad enough.
The results are good though, if you're into such things. The iPhone 11 will intelligently work out where to begin the slow motion sequence, or you can tweak it yourself in the editing app.