All my life I’ve used compact, point-and-shoot cameras, from a Kodak disc camera to a Canon Digital Elph and a slightly less compact Canon PowerShot S2 IS. Last year, after realizing I wanted to ...

Apple could add a variable aperture to the iPhone 17’s primary camera. A variable aperture, commonly found in DSLRs and other high-end cameras, would allow the sensor to limit the light intake for ...

Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that the iPhone 18 Pro will feature variable aperture tech with aperture blades, potentially offering DSLR-like control. This could surpass Android’s limited variable aperture ...

The variable aperture is “revolutionary” in that the feature has never been included on a smartphone camera before — but it’s actually an option that has been around since early film photography when ...

For a long while, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras were the king of the castle for professional and amateur ...

Apple appears to be preparing a major leap forward in smartphone photography with the iPhone 18 Pro Max. Meanwhile, Samsung ...

Editor’s note: A version of this post was originally published on January 15. This post was updated with the latest info from Samsung. Smartphone manufacturers are forever finding new ways to ...