iPhone camera gets “Focus Pixels” sensor and image stabilization

Apple has announced that the new camera for the iPhone 6 models has the familiar 8 megapixel iSight camera with an ƒ/2.2 aperture, but that it sports an all-new Focus Pixels sensor that senses light quickly for swift auto focus. Apple says it “phase detection focus” Focus Pixels augment autofocus, skin tones, facial recognition, and macro photography. Camera improvements, powered by the iPhone’s new 64-bit A8 chip, also include an improved lens and image stabilization, face detection and blink detection while otherwise maintaining the same megapixel count as before. The cameras sport a five-element lens and a new image signal processor that Apple…
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