In case you haven’t heard, Apple’s huge Brad Pitt film, “F1,” opens subsequent week, and the corporate is in full-on promotion mode. There was Craig Federighi’s hair, adopted by an unimaginable haptic trailer, a Brad Pitt sighting on the Apple Retailer, and an Apple Pay promotion with Fandango. Now, Apple is exhibiting off one of many devices it used to movie the film.
In response to a report by Wired, Apple used iPhone 15 Professional components (the film was filmed in 2023), specifically the 48MP wide-angle digicam, A17 Professional processor, and battery. Apple additionally added a impartial density filter over the lens “to cut back the sunshine coming into the lens, giving movie editors extra management over publicity.”
Apple made a particular digicam with iPhone components for its upcoming “F1” film.
Wired
To deal with the extraordinary speeds and excessive situations, Apple constructed a customized module for the digicam, which is extraordinarily aerodynamic and hooked up to the facet of the automotive like a mirror. Apple advised Wired the digicam is designed to “endure excessive shock, vibrations, and warmth—it supposedly surpassed the specs offered by Components One.”
Apple explains that the digicam wanted to be hooked as much as an iPad by way of USB-C to “regulate issues like body fee, publicity acquire, shutter angle, and white steadiness,” in addition to begin and cease recordings, since there aren’t any wi-fi chips on board.
Whereas Apple will clearly by no means launch its “F1” digicam on the market, it could possibly be a glimpse into its rumored good house safety digicam. Whereas the design and performance are more likely to be a lot completely different, Apple will nearly actually use iPhone digicam sensors and chips within the machine, which might ship as early as this fall. In the meantime, you possibly can see Apple’s digicam in motion on the large display when “F1” arrives in theaters subsequent Friday.
