Four ways to achieve shallow depth of field without buying the iPhone 18 Pro

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/09/Four-ways-to-achieve-shallow-depth-of-field-with-an-older-iPhone.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/10/the-duo-is-drool-worthy-but-the-iphone-18-pro-camera-features-win-for-me/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">variable aperture lens</a> of the shiny new <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-18-pro/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhone 18 Pro</a> goes almost one stop wider than the fixed aperture lens in its predecessor: up from f/1.78 in the iPhone 17 Pro to f/1.48 (a smaller number is wider).</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In principle, this will allow for slightly shallower depth of field, enabling greater separation between your subject and the background – although it’s <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/04/will-the-iphone-18-pros-biggest-upgrade-really-deliver/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a relatively small difference</a>. But there are four ways to achieve shallow depth of field (DOF) with much older iPhones …</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="iphone,iphone-18-pro,iphone-photography" data-layer-viewtype="search" data-post-id="1067253" href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/11/four-ways-to-achieve-shallow-depth-of-field-with-an-older-iphone/#more-1067253" class="more-link">more…</a>via You searched for iphone - 9to5Mac https://ift.tt/dVwp3SM