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In 2019, Apple launched Night Mode with the iPhone 11. This advancement enhanced the low light photography capabilities of the iPhone’s camera, allowing users to capture more light and enhance image quality in dim settings. By 2020, the iPhone 12 Pro series was the first to integrate Night Mode with Portrait photography, enabling portrait captures in low light environments due to the inclusion of the LiDAR scanner. Following this, Apple worked on refining these technologies and also increased the size of iPhone camera sensors.
The iPhone 15 introduced an impressive camera function that eliminated the need for manual switching to Portrait mode. When the iPhone camera noticed a face, pet, or object, it would autonomously gather depth data, which could then transform the image into a portrait by incorporating artificial bokeh. Nevertheless, with the recent iPhone 17 series, a user observed that it’s no longer feasible to take Portrait images using Night Mode, and it seems that this problem is particularly tied to the iPhone 17 Pro models.
