Oct 05, 2021 21:00:00

The macro shooting performance of the 'iPhone 13 Pro Max' has reached the level used by ophthalmologists for medical examinations.

Of the iPhone 13 series that appeared in September 2021, the

'iPhone 13 Pro' and 'iPhone 13 Pro Max' are equipped with a macro mode that allows you to shoot the subject from a close distance. An ophthalmologist who uses the macro mode of the iPhone 13 Pro Max to examine the eyes has appeared and has become a hot topic.

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The iPhone 13 Pro Max is being examined by Tommy Korn, who works as an ophthalmologist in California, USA. Mr. Korn shoots the patient's eyes in macro mode on the iPhone 13 Pro Max without using any special photography tools.

Below is a photo of the eye course after corneal transplant surgery on the iPhone 13 Pro Max. You can see that the eyeball is in focus and the state of the eye can be clearly recorded.

Before starting to use the iPhone for medical examinations, Mr. Korn used it for medical examinations by attaching a macro lens to

Nikon's digital SLR camera 'D800'. However, Mr. Korn said, 'I had to use the D800 to take a picture of the patient's eyes, then remove the memory card and register it in the database on my computer. There were many unsmooth points in the procedure.' It states.

Mr. Korn started using the iPhone for medical examinations around 2014, when the

iPhone 6 was introduced, in order to realize smooth medical examinations. The following photo taken in 2017 shows Mr. Korn remodeling a slit lamp commonly used in ophthalmology, wearing an iPhone, and conducting a medical examination.

And in 2021, the iPhone 13 Pro Max appeared, and since the macro mode was installed and the performance of the camera reached the required level, the iPhone 13 Pro Max alone without using specialized equipment such as slit lamps You can now take pictures of your eyes.

Mr. Korn is sending shooting data to the patient using the iPhone's wireless file sharing function,

AirDrop. This makes it easier for patients to show pictures to another ophthalmologist to convey their previous eye condition, Korn said.

Photo enthusiast Korn also owns Sony's full-size mirrorless camera ' α7 III' in addition to Nikon's D800. However, since the iPhone can perform smoother examinations than those cameras, it is said that the iPhone will continue to be used for examinations.