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

The variable aperture lens of the shiny new iPhone 18 Pro 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). In principle, this will allow for slightly shallower depth of field, enabling greater separation between your subject and the background – although it’s a relatively small difference . But there are four ways to achieve shallow depth of field (DOF) with much older iPhones … more…