Studio Display
Apple’s new 5K external display “Studio Display” was released on the 18th. Along with that, reviews (of journalists who used it earlier) have also been released, but the image quality of the built-in webcam has been criticized as “like an old BlackBerry” and “terrible”, and Apple promises to fix it at a later date. It is a situation to do.
The Studio Display is equipped with a 12MP ultra-wide-angle camera that can be used for video calls such as FaceTime and Zoom. Of course, it’s more welcome than the Pro Display XDR without a webcam, but the criticisms of the reviewers are focused on image quality.
For example, Joanna Stern, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, pointed out that “a 12MP camera with an A13 Bionic chip” should be comparable to the front camera of the iPhone 11 Pro. However, the Studio Display camera consistently produced “granular, washed-out images”, often with “missing details” and “reminiscent of old BlackBerry cameras.” On the plus side, ironically, “no one could see my curly hair.”
The Verge’s Nilay Patel also states that the downside of Studio Display is that “I don’t know what’s going on with this webcam.” So far, Apple has said, “Although it has a long history of producing wonderful images with 12MP sensors and A series chips (the iPhone 13’s self-portrait camera is also 12MP), this camera looks terrible for some reason.”
In addition, Patel tried it on both a Mac Studio and a MacBook Pro with macOS 12.3, both of which seem to have little detail and a grainy, noisy image. The app I’m using is FaceTime, Zoom, Photo Booth, and QuickTime, all of which have “similar sad image quality,” and I’m afraid that turning off the center frame function and portrait mode didn’t work.
In response to these complaints, an Apple spokeswoman said he “discovered a problem with the system not working as expected” and plans to “improve it with a software update.”
However, the specific content of “improvement” is not stated, and the timing of the update is not mentioned at any time.
Studio DisplayDomestic price from 199,800 yenIt is not a cheap product. The price includes the webcam, so you may want to wait for the software update to be delivered and the image quality to improve.
Source:The Verge,The Wall Street Journal
via:MacRumors