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The iPhone camera is more confusing than ever


The view from your viewfinder might be a little different.

These cameras are in style right now with a certain subset of photographers, tired of phone photos looking “overprocessed,” running straight in the other direction to the hard contrast and blown highlights of those early digital sensors. The iPhone 16 updates Photographic Styles in a big way, with new controls for undertones meant to help you dial in skin tones and apply film-like color casts. The standard mode will do what the iPhone has leaned into for years — boosting shadows, smoothing out skin tones, aiming for a middle ground that increasingly pleases nobody.

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