@c713ed05 @a6ff0b2b John, I wanted to clear up a misconception here; the big win when capturing directly at 2x on the 14 Pro (vs just cropping later) is that the 2x capture is not a 3MP center crop of the 12MP 1x binned image then upscaled to 12MP - it’s a *natively 12MP* center crop of the full 48MP image. When you zoom to 2x, lighting permitting, the camera automatically switches the sensor to use the 48MP sensor mode, even if you have not explicitly selected it. 

 @fe630af1 You can also capture 48 MP at 1x and then crop later to 12 MP. 

 @a6ff0b2b Indeed you can. The tradeoff there is then file size and workflow. 

 @fe630af1 @a6ff0b2b (and the relatively huge delay between shots) 

 @fe630af1 What is the threshold for “light permitting”? And when there is insufficient light, presumably it uses binned pixels and upscales?