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Re:Apple unveils the best photos from the Shot on iPhone Mac... by foldr on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:12PM (#31018148)
>F# is a secondary consideration as macro often works best at f/8 or f/11.

At typical full frame focal lengths. With the shorter focal length of an iPhone you get much more depth of field for a given aperture.

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Re:Apple unveils the best photos from the Shot on iPhone Mac... by BenFranklin100 on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:01PM (#31018768)
Good point.

Lens to object distance is still an important issue in practice however.

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