Apple iPhone 18 Pro: Leak reveals exciting new camera features

The Apple iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Ultra are expected to be officially unveiled on Wednesday, September 9. Apple is said to be equipping its next-generation flagship smartphones not only with hardware upgrades, such as the main camera with a variable aperture on the Pro models, but also with a range of new software features that could be made available, at least in part, on the iPhone 17 Pro ($1,170 on Amazon) with the update to iOS 27.

MacRumors has already identified five new features in the iOS 27 beta that are likely to make the Camera app much more interesting for enthusiasts. First and foremost, it will finally be possible to manually focus the camera without having to rely on a third-party app. When manual focus is selected, the focus distance can be adjusted using a slider at the bottom of the screen. In line with this, the Camera app is expected to support Focus Peaking, which allows you to highlight in-focus areas of the image with a color of your choice, making it easier to see what’s currently in focus.

Manual exposure adjustment is also expected to be simplified in two ways. First, the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera app reportedly offers a histogram that shows when details are lost in bright or dark areas of the image. And second, areas of the image that are overexposed can be highlighted with a color overlay. The self-timer will reportedly allow users to take multiple photos in succession at a preset interval. Finally, the Camera app will be able to automatically adjust lens correction based on the selected aperture – further evidence that the aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro can be adjusted.