According toreliable Apple rumormonger Mark Gurman, the iPhone 13 will bring Apples excellent background-blurring portrait mode to video.
Recent revisions to the iPhone camera have improved low-light capture and added high-quality image stabilization.
Now, Apple is adding portrait mode to the video camera.
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But do actual Hollywood filmmakers want such a gimmick?
Even when its working well, portrait mode is glitchy.
For example, it often thinks that a pair of spectacles should be part of the blurred background.
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This is fine for everyday snapshots, but not for pro video, and that may be good enough.
Its not bad, and surely the iPhone 13s new A15 chip will make it even better.
Effectively its the video version of RAW photo files, which Apple added to the iPhone 12 Pro.
Cameras are one of the most exciting parts of phones right now.
