The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera

iPhone 18 Pro 摄像头的真实故事

It’s one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades. The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots and make the aperture smaller for better depth of field in group photos. But all I can get anyone to talk about is the software upgrades: it turns out, they’re a lot more useful day to day than the aperture on a camera this small.

就 iPhone 摄像头的升级而言，今年是近年来最令人着迷的一年。iPhone 18 Pro 的重头戏是可变光圈主镜头，它允许你调大光圈以获得更好的弱光拍摄效果，或调小光圈以在合影时获得更好的景深。但大家讨论的焦点全都在软件升级上：事实证明，对于如此小巧的摄像头来说，软件升级在日常使用中比光圈调节要实用得多。

This week on The Vergecast, David Imel and Allison Johnson are here for a deep dive into the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera. There’s a lot to explore here, from the aperture, to the camera app’s new manual controls, to the updated imaging pipeline and the improvements to ProRAW.

在本周的《The Vergecast》节目中，David Imel 和 Allison Johnson 将深入探讨 iPhone 18 Pro 的摄像头。这里有很多值得探索的内容，从光圈到相机应用全新的手动控制功能，再到更新后的成像流程以及 ProRAW 的改进。

After that, Hayden Field is on the show to discuss the state of the AI safety debate. Concerns are still boiling over after an Anthropic researcher quit his job to warn about the dangers of AI, and any chance for policy solutions seems to have hit a dead end. We discuss whether what’s likely to happen in the interim — third-party evaluators being embedded within the big AI labs — has any teeth, and where the safety conversation goes from here.

随后，Hayden Field 将做客节目，讨论 AI 安全辩论的现状。此前，一名 Anthropic 研究员因警告 AI 的危险性而辞职，引发了持续的担忧，而任何政策解决方案似乎都已陷入僵局。我们讨论了在过渡期间可能发生的事情——即第三方评估机构入驻大型 AI 实验室——是否真的有效，以及未来的安全对话将走向何方。

Finally, it’s time for a Lightning Round. We discuss Waymo’s ability to call the cops, a new ereader from Boox, and a couple of tiny retro-style cameras.

最后是“闪电回合”（Lightning Round）环节。我们将讨论 Waymo 报警的能力、Boox 的新款电子阅读器，以及几款小巧的复古风格相机。

If you want to learn more about any of the topics we discussed, you can check out the stories below: 如果您想了解更多关于我们讨论的话题，可以查看以下报道：

iPhone 18 Pro review: it’s all about the manual controls iPhone 18 Pro 评测：核心在于手动控制
The variable aperture isn’t the cool part of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera 可变光圈并非 iPhone 18 Pro 摄像头最酷的地方
Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI 苹果新款 iPhone 相机模式承诺证明你的照片并非 AI 生成
Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety 走进突然爆发的 AI 安全领域
Your robotaxi might be a narc 你的自动驾驶出租车可能会“告密”
Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun Waymo 靠边停车并就乘客携带“幽灵枪”报警
The Boox Palma 3 gets stylus support and a sleek redesign Boox Palma 3 获得手写笔支持并进行了时尚的重新设计
Camp Snap’s 110D gives slim retro film cameras a digital upgrade Camp Snap 的 110D 为轻薄复古胶片相机带来了数字升级
Fujifilm’s Instax Pal 2 is a tiny digital camera that may not disappoint 富士 Instax Pal 2 是一款不会让你失望的小巧数码相机