I’m thinking about getting the iPhone 15 Pro or the Pro Max, my main focus is their cameras.

According to several YouTube reviews, the (cropped) x5 zoom on the iPhone 15 Pro is considered quite good compared to the Pro Max’s x5, while the x3 zoom on the Pro Max is pretty terrible, mainly because it’s essentially a cropped version of the x1. This makes sense because going from x3 to x5 is only a 1.66x increase, while x1 to x3 is a 3x jump.

So, for someone who wants both x3 and x5, the Pro might be a better choice.
But I really want x5 portraits.
I know the regular portrait mode only works at specific zoom levels (x1, x2, x3 for the Pro, and x1, x2, x5 for the Pro Max), but how does the new “automatic portrait” feature work on these phones?

Does the new “automatic portrait” feature work on various zoom levels, like x5 on the iPhone 15 Pro (and any other custom zoom level for that matters, like x3.5 or x4.1…), or does it still only work when you’re on the fixed x1/2/(3/5) zoom levels?

Thanks

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