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I wish I could use a smartphone camera for everything, but none of them offer depth-of-field control, which makes them unsuitable for portraits. Their tiny pinhole lenses make it practically impossible. One can fake bokeh in software, but it's not the same.


The iPhone 7 Plus will offer depth-of-field soon after a software update. However, the effect is indeed largely achieved through software. Despite that, the results can be pretty astounding. Some examples:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/55npvs/so_impressed_...

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/55rxnx/iphone_7_plus...


Very impressive. I had no idea the software had gotten this good. Thanks for the links.


Have you seen the bohek/depth of field images from the iPhone 7 plus on 10.1 beta? It's fantastic.




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