How to Take 48MP Photos on iPhone 14 Pro Models

Do you want to use the full potential of your 48MP camera on your iPhone 14 Pro/14 Pro Max? This iPhone guide will show you how to take 48MP photos on iPhone 14 Pro/14 Pro Max.

As you all know, both the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are known for their Dynamic Display and 48MP camera. With a single shot averaging between 75 and 100MB+ in size, using the iPhone 14 Pro’s primary camera at its maximum 48MP resolution isn’t something you’ll want to do all the time.

Nevertheless, leveraging the full potential of the primary iPhone 14 Pro camera is essential if you want to capture the most significant amount of detail possible, allowing for amazing cropping. Providing four times the resolution of 12MP photos is 8064 x 6048. According to Apple, “the iPhone now shoots ProRAW at 48MP with an unparalleled degree of detail, allowing new creative processes for pro users,” thanks to a new machine learning model “developed exclusively for the quad-pixel camera.”

Why Do iPhone 14 Pro Images Have a 12-MP Resolution?

With the use of pixel binning, a computational photography technology, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max’s 48MP quad-pixel sensor combine four nearby pixels into a single big pixel. Therefore, even if a 48MP sensor produces a 12MP image when all four pixels are combined, pixel binning enables your camera to capture more light.

Apple brazenly states that the iPhone 14 Pro’s primary camera would perform up to two times better in low light, even though you still receive a better 12MP image than an iPhone 13 Pro as a consequence.

How to Take 48MP Photos on iPhone 14 Pro Models

Apple provides consumers the choice to shoot at full 48MP resolution in ProRAW if they like, even though it sensibly leverages the 48MP camera on the iPhone 14 Pro to give you the finest 12MP photo possible. Apple ProRAW is a premium RAW image format that was released in 2020 along with the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. It is convenient for hobbyists and professionals alike who like to shoot in RAW format in order to avoid the needless software processing that tends to over-sharpen the images.

Here’s how to enable the Apple Apple ProRAW to capture 48-megapixel images on iPhone 14 Pro models:

1. Go to the Settings app on your iPhone 14 Pro model.

2. Tap the Camera.

3. On the Camera screen, select Formats.

Formats

4. Here, enable Apple ProRAW under the PHOTO CAPTURE menu.

enable Apple ProRAW

5. Once enabled, tap ProRAW resolution and make sure that 48 MP is selected.

ProRAW resolution

You may now see the RAW toggle above the viewfinder when you start the Camera app; it is by default turned off. Therefore, toggle the RAW format on and hit the shutter button anytime you’re ready to take photos at 48MP.

Take 48MP Photos on iPhone 14 Pro

That’s it. These were the steps to take 48MP photos on iPhone 14 Pro/ 14 Pro Max. With a “new machine learning approach [that] offers sharper images and less noise for exceptional detail,” the new 48-megapixel sensor can shoot ProRAW shots in fine, detailed detail. A new quad-pixel sensor included in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max can combine four pixels into one to produce 12-megapixel images that are crisper and brighter.

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