New iPhones 17 Pro (Max) were practically hopelessly sold out worldwide for many weeks and it was really difficult to get hold of them. However, the situation is now starting to improve radically and getting hold of this hot new Apple product is not that difficult. If you are also planning to buy it, but are still not fully convinced whether the phone will make sense for you, our small photo test could help you decide, where we compared the iPhone 16 Pro and 17 Pro. Although these are not artistic photos, but just ordinary "clicks" while walking, you will certainly get an idea of how each model takes photos with a wide-angle lens, or rather a telephoto lens.
The main camera for the vast majority of us is of course the classic wide-angle, as it offers the best specifications and is therefore the most versatile. However, if you were to decide on iPhone 17 For only according to him and compared him with iPhone 16 Pro, which is identical on paper (but iPhone 17 Pro has a new sensor chip), you would probably have a hard time finding the differences. As you can see for yourself in the pictures in this article, the photos from this camera are as similar as eggs to eggs. The only thing that differs slightly is the color rendering, but this deviation is really minismall and I dare say quite negligible. For me personally, they "climb" from iPhone 17 For more pleasing photos, but closer to reality, those from iPhone 16 Pro.
Photo from iPhone 16 Pro
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As for the telephoto lens, while iPhone 16 Pro offered maxat least 5x optical zoom at 12MPx resolution, iPhone The 17 Pro has a hybrid zoom, which provides 4x zoom in 48MPx and up to 8x zoom in 12MPx (so de facto without loss of quality compared to last year's model). It is thanks to the hybrid zoom that new and, I must admit, really interesting options for zooming in on objects are available, which open the door to completely new photography possibilities.
The digital zoom is also very solid, having increased from last year's 25x zoom to 40x zoom. Quality maxThe digital zoom is very decent. As for the optical zoom quality, there is no comparison here. iPhone 17 Pros are something to talk about in a positive sense. In terms of quality, this camera is really good, although of course you have to take into account that as soon as it has less light available for shooting, you will not be able to avoid noise or a lower level of detail in the images.
Zoom from iPhone 16 Pro
Zoom from iPhone 17 Pro
Apple presents a new telephoto lens at iPhone 17 Pro as one of the key innovations of the entire phone and I have to say for myself that this is indeed the case. The ability to zoom in on an object between 4x and 8x so that it is still in excellent resolution ranging from 48 to 12 MPx (directly proportional to the zoom) is simply great and thanks to this option the phone becomes a significantly more comprehensive device in your pocket. So if you like taking pictures, then I dare say that this year is the year when it is worth switching - just because of the telephoto lens.
