Hey! I recently bought the iPhone 15pro and when I use the „focus“ in the camera App by tapping with my finger on the screen a „f“ appears in the corner. I can activate it, but I can’t find out what for. It looks like the sign for „camera aperture“ (I don’t know if this is the right word, it’s „Blende“ in German). What does it do? I didn’t find anything on the apple help pages.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago
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it will solve algebra equations such as f(x)=3(0.54)^x

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It means Apple is paying respect to you

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Click it and you’ll know

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    F stop (It is a camera suture measuring unit )

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    You can pay respect with it

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    it means FIGHTING GOLD

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Think of it as the control of background blur (bokeh). The smaller the number, the higher the blur. Play around with it to see the effect. Personally I like higher f-stops (less blur)--it looks more natural.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago
    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    As people said.. aperture. F stop. Lower number = more blur (portrait) Higher number = less blur (landscape)

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    do you know where this is? It looks amazing

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    i love how most don’t realize phones have fixed apertures lol. anywho the f means it’s saving the depth info so that you can apply the portrait effect after taking the pic

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    That’s the “I can’t take photos” button. Apple makes you admit your inadequacies by putting an F in the chat before taking over and taking the photo for you. /s

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    “fake” aperture setting. it adds blur artificially after the photo has been taken to mimic the aperture thats been chosen since this has a fixed aperture

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Can’t believe no one said „f” around and find out.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s camera aperture. Smaller numbers mean a larger aperture that lets in more light, bigger numbers mean the aperture is smaller and lets in less light

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago
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    On the 15 series, you can capture photos with depth data in non-portrait mode. The icon turns yellow to indicate depth capture during regular photos when either a person, dog, or cat is detected, or when you tap to focus on a subject, prompting the camera to use portrait mode for depth.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    You press it to pay respects

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It’s the Fanta button

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It’s the Fanta button

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Takes photos in french

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    r/uselessredcircle

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    In case you want to pay respects

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    F is for focal length. F/stop= focal length / diameter of aperture. Example f stop is 2.8 so 2.8 =50mm/ diameter. 2.8/50= .056, 2.8 at 100mm is 2.8/100 = .028

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago
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    Good book called digital photography for dummies It makes it easy to understand these new technologies As well as standard photographic concepts and methods Highly recommended

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)
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    Aperture!!!

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    The “f” in f-stop means finestra, Italian for window. The larger the f-stop opening (1.4, 2.8) the less depth of field. The higher the f-stop (16,22) the more depth of field. F8 is probably your sharpest focus

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