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Three cameras, and the phone does the choosing: which lens actually works after dark
The zoom button isn't wired to a lens. What really decides which sensor shoots, why it can change its mind halfway through a run, and how to take the wheel.
ISO is not a light switch: how much gain a dark sky actually needs
Gain is applied after the photons have been counted. What the ISO slider really changes, where analogue amplification stops, and how far to push it.
Four pixels into one: why twelve megapixels beat fifty after dark
Your phone adds its photosites up in fours before handing you a file. What that buys you, and why full resolution at night is a poisoned gift.
