Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support
by pfranz on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:39PM
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This frustrated me to no end. I'm pretty sure the newest MacBook Pros have the exact same camera on my previous 2011 MacBook Pro (and likely earlier). I don't care all that much about resolution...just make the image quality better and work better in low light.
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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support
by saagarjha on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @04:39PM
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I believe the older MacBook Pro has an iSight camera, while the newer one has a FaceTime HD one.
Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support
by pfranz on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @05:09PM
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So it's hard to find tech-specs, but iSight was branding between 2005 and 2010. The branding changed in 2011 and forward to "FaceTime HD." At that time resolution did get bumped up to 720p, but since a camera's quality can depend on many other things like lens and sensor noise I hate to say for sure but I'm pretty sure 2011 and 2019 laptops all have the same camera. After getting a newer gen MacBook Pro and being instantly disappointed I went back to my 2011 and saw very similar performance and image quality.
In 2017 they did start shipping a 1080p camera on iMac Pros, but that hasn't made it to portables.