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Apple is testing new camera lens coating technology for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, according to sources inside the company.
We are talking about atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, which allows you to deposit a material one atomic layer at a time to precisely control the thickness and composition. Its use allows manufacturers to deposit very thin layers of materials on semiconductor devices, including camera components.
For camera lenses, ALD can be used to apply an anti-reflective coating that can help reduce photographic artifacts such as streaking and ghosting that can appear in the final image when a bright light source such as the sun shines directly to the lens.
ALD can also reduce distortion, where faint background images appear in a photograph, usually in front of a bright light source.
Overall, this is expected to improve the quality of photographs, including a reduction in glare and other artifacts.