Apple recently launched the iPhone 13 series smartphones and the Pro series models come with a new camera feature — macro mode, allowing users to take photos as well as videos up-close using the built-in Camera app.

Unlike most users, Doctor Tommy Korn, who is an ophthalmologist, has found out an interesting use-case for the new macro photography mode on the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

The Doctor himself shared details through a LinkedIn post, revealing that he has been using his new iPhone 13 Pro Max to check the patient’s eye with the new camera. With the new macro mode, a detailed image of the eye can be captured, allowing him to observe and record important details about the patient’s eye.

The pictures shown above are related to a case where the patient had a cornea transplant and needs to constantly check if the abrasion is being healed.

For the uninitiated, the Apple iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max come with an upgraded ultra-wide lens with a larger f/1.8 aperture and 120-degree field of view, capable of taking macro images with just two centimeters of distance.

The Macro mode also extends to video including Slo-mo and Time-lapse. The new iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max also come with a new 77mm Telephoto camera, allowing users to zoom while recording videos.

As of now, the switching from standard mode to macro mode happens automatically when the phone comes very close to the subject. However, Apple has said that this will change in the future and users will be able to manually toggle between modes.

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We have just a few days to the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 9 and more details keep pouring in. This time, it is the phone’s camera specs which we are sure a lot of our readers are eager to know.

The Mi 9 will launch as Xaiomi’s first triple camera smartphone and it only makes sense that it packs a punch or three. Just like a lot of the new details we have seen in the past few days, the phone’s camera specs have been shared by the company’s own CEO, Lei Jun.

According to the Weibo post by the top executive, the Snapdragon 855-powered flagship will have a four-lens function even though it has just three cameras. The phone will be able to shoot macro, super-wide angle, portrait, and standard photos.

The primary camera is a 48MP Sony IMX586 wide-angle sensor with an f/1.75 aperture and 6P lens. This main sensor will have a large 1/2-inch photosensitive area. This sensor will be able to take high-resolution photos.

The second camera is a 12MP f/2.2 sensor with 2x optical zoom and a 6P lens. This camera will provide background blur effect for your portrait images. The third camera is a 16MP super-wide angle sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and a 117° viewing angle. Xiaomi’s CEO says this sensor also allows you to take macro shots.

The front camera which is housed within the waterdrop notch is a 20MP sensor with support for Xiaomi’s AI beauty mode. The beauty mode packs a handful of features so that your selfies and portrait selfies can look as good as they can be. We won’t be surprised if some of these new features are a result of Xiaomi’s access to Meitu‘s camera technology.

Along with the camera specs, Mr. Lei Jun also provided more camera samples for us to feast our eyes on.

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What do you think about the Mi 9’s camera specs? We are particularly happy about the super-wide-angle lens and feel it is a better addition than a ToF sensor. Let us know what you think in the comment box.

Update: More details about the rear cameras’ design have surfaced from Mr. Lei Jun’s Weibo page. The Mi 9’s cameras are raised and according to the post, it was inevitable. Nevertheless, the sensors’ housing is made of steel and covered with sapphire glass to make it sturdy and scratch proof. The sapphire glass is said to cover an area of 243 mm² and its addition increased the cost (of the BOM) by 37%.

(Sources: 1, 2, Via)

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ZTE’s sub-brand, Nubia, has an event scheduled for Thursday, April 6. The event is expected to be the launch of a new dual camera phone, most likely the Z17 Mini. Last week, the manufacturer’s brand ambassador, Cristiano Ronaldo, leaked one of the images from his photo-shoot with the upcoming device.

One of the teasers is an image of a water droplet on a feather, hinting at a possible macro-photography feature of the phone. The second poster shows a time-lapse photograph of a busy road. These two features are pretty dope and are usually reserved for DSLRs. If this new dual camera phone can actually take these kind of photographs, then they may have a winner in their hands already.

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The Nubia Z17 Mini won’t be the manufacturer’s first dual camera phone. A few weeks ago they launched the Nubia M2 with dual cameras from Sony and a physical home button that doubles as a fingerprint scanner.

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